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Challenges Posed by Climate Change to the Building Industry
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Special Issue "Challenges Posed by Climate Change to the Building Industry"

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2023) | Viewed by 1446

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Nuno Simões

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Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: energy performance of buildings; materials characterisation; heat and mass transfer problems; passive solutions; laboratory techniques for thermal characterisation
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Dr. Michael A. Lacasse

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National Research Council Canada, Construction Research Centre, 1200 Montreal Road, Building M24, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada
Interests: environment; sustainability; climate change; climate loads; climate modelling; carbon budget; durability; long-term moisture performance; urban heat island; green technologies; materials technology; polymeric materials; building technology; civil engineering; simulation and numerical modelling; technological innovation; technology transfer
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Dr. Julieta António

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Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: building acoustics; sustainable building materials; materials characterization; numerical simulation of wave propagation
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is related to the Second International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES 2023*), organized by Itecons, University of Coimbra (Portugal), in collaboration with CONST-NRC (Canada), taking place in Funchal (Madeira Island), Portugal, from 27 to 30 June 2023.

The effects of climate change on buildings and building occupants is necessitating changes to building practice in order to counter the impact of increasingly frequent extreme weather events, such as intense winds, rain events of longer duration and greater strength, hurricanes, and prolonged periods of excessive heat. New as well as retrofitted buildings are now in need of updated performance requirements and more useful standards and related building codes. At the same time, there is a need for product manufacturers to re-engineer their products, or develop new ones, which can achieve and maintain these new requirements over time. Given the obligation for a more resilient built environment, all key stakeholders of the construction sector need to be involved in adapting their practices going forward.

This Special Issue is dedicated to studies focused on addressing challenges facing the building industry that may arise from the effects of climate change.

Dr. Nuno Simões
Dr. Michael A. Lacasse
Dr. Julieta António
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • climate resilience
  • service life prediction
  • high-performance building elements
  • durability

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Qualitative and Quantitative Scientometric Analysis of Bioclimatic Retrofitting in Commercial Buildings from 2008 to 2022
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Ali Heidari
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Francesca Olivieri
Buildings 2023, 13(9), 2177; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13092177 - 28 Aug 2023
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The present study offers a thorough scientometric analysis of the practice of bioclimatic retrofitting in commercial buildings, which is considered a crucial approach for mitigating energy consumption and addressing the challenges posed by climate change. Since Scopus offers advanced tools for literature search [...] Read more.
The present study offers a thorough scientometric analysis of the practice of bioclimatic retrofitting in commercial buildings, which is considered a crucial approach for mitigating energy consumption and addressing the challenges posed by climate change. Since Scopus offers advanced tools for literature search and analysis, its database was used to acquire bibliographic data for nearly 400 published papers using a bibliometric search, a scientometric methodology, and an in-depth qualitative analysis. The scientometric procedure utilizes various quantitative dimensions, such as the number of intermediate citations, occurrences, average publication year, and general connection power. A retrospective examination of research publication patterns spanning 2008 to May 2022 has unveiled an upward trajectory in scholarly investigations pertaining to commercial buildings during this 15-year period. Nevertheless, research on the topics of bioclimatic design, retrofitting strategies, and green building practices in the context of commercial buildings exhibits a more gradual incline, displaying an almost linear trend between the years 2016 and 2020. Additionally, the study provides qualitative perspectives on the research environment. The paper delineates various focal points of research within the field, encompassing thermal comfort in the context of energy management and climate control, ventilation systems, sustainable development as it pertains to architectural designs and green buildings, retrofitting strategies in commercial buildings to enhance energy efficiency, the interplay between carbon dioxide levels and energy resources, the utilization of solar energy, the relationship between energy conservation and atmospheric temperature, and the application of building energy simulation techniques. Full article
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