Buildings

Research on Energy Performance in Buildings

edited by Xiaoping Li and Rong Hu

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 11545 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy consumption; carbon emission; energy conservation; green building; low carbon; carbon neutrality; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs) for Construction Project Deliveries

edited by

Patrick S.W. Fong

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10385 | Submission Open

Keywords: public– private partnership; projects; risks; effectiveness; politics and economy; project delivery; decision to invest; value for money; relationships; legal aspects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Sustainable Buildings, Resilient Cities and Infrastructure Systems

edited by

Ashwani Kumar

and

Chandan Swaroop Meena

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6184 | Submission Open

Keywords: net zero energy buildings; green technology; efficient use of energy in buildings; policy for energy efficient infrastructure; thermal energy storage; thermoeconomics; new energy technology for buildings; application of AI & ML in building sector; building energy supply; sustainable construction and resilient cities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Eco-Friendly Building Materials: Recycled Waste and Sustainable Design

edited by

Yanni Bouras

,

Le Li

and

Wasantha Liyanage

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2569 | Submission Open

Keywords: building materials; embodied energy; environmental impacts; recycled waste; sustainable construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Urban Infrastructure Construction and Management

edited by

Dongyu Niu

, Zhengxian Yang, Yangming Gao and

Dan Chong

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2063 | Submission Open

Keywords: cement-based materials; asphalt materials; numerical modelling; durability and resilience; intelligent transport; BIM; infrastructure construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Green Building Materials and Intelligent Construction Technology

edited by Jirong Lan, Yiqie Dong, Yaguang Du,

Mingfeng Kai

and Xian Zhou

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1842 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent construction; green building materials; structural design; management models; construction techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Research on the Seismic Design of Steel Frames

edited by

Linfeng Lu

and Shaofeng Nie

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1523 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel frame; seismic design; connection; braced steel frame; steel plate shear wall; retrofit; joints

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Sustainable Construction

edited by

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submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1309 | Submission Open

Keywords: prefabricated construction; modular construction; off-site construction; carbon emission; greenhouse gas emission; construction waste; demolition waste; sustainable urban; resilient cities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Recently Advances in the Thermal Performance of Buildings

edited by Haiying Wang

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open

Keywords: building envelop; lighting; heating; ventilating; and air-conditioning; energy use and energy saving; maintenance; building manage and control; indoor air quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

HVAC Research in Built Environment

edited by Jun Wang,

Rongpeng Zhang

and

Dong Liu

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 271 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy efficiency; low-carbon energy system; renewable energy utilization; indoor thermal environment; indoor thermal comfort; building ventilation; indoor air quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Advances in Concrete Technology for Sustainable Architecture

edited by Caitlin Mueller and Mohamed A. Ismail

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforced concrete; precast concrete; embodied carbon; concrete mix design; concrete reinforcement; structural efficiency; digital fabrication; material optimization; urban construction; infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Toward Equitable, Low-Carbon, and Liveable Cities: Quantitation, Effects Analysis, and Optimization of the Indoor and Outdoor Built Environment

edited by

Anqi Zhang

and

Yifu Ou

submission deadline 22 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3149 | Submission Open

Keywords: building environment; quantification; environmental effect; carbon emission; air pollution; urban heat islands; environmental justice; indoor and outdoor environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Performance and Design of Building Steel Structures

edited by

Jorge Miguel de Almeida Andrade

,

Luís Filipe Almeida Bernardo

and

Tiago Pinto Ribeiro

submission deadline 22 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural analysis; performance of structures; durability; modelling; experimental evidence; innovation in structural steel engineering; seismic design; new structural systems; steel design; steel detailing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Green, Resilient, and Sustainable Composite Structures: Development, Design, and Construction

edited by

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submission deadline 25 Apr 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 16890 | Submission Open

Keywords: prefabricated composite structures; self-centring composite structures; machine-learning-based design/modelling; composite bridges; green and sustainable materials; reliability analysis; fire/impact/earthquake resistance; novel numerical analysis methods; construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

High-Performance Steel–Concrete Composite/Hybrid Structures

edited by

Mu-Xuan Tao

and

Li-Yan Xu

submission deadline 25 Apr 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6714 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel– concrete composite structures; high-resilience structural system; disaster resistance and mitigation; high-performance materials; performance evaluation; fabricated construction; numerical simulation; seismic design; life-cycle design; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Indoor Air Quality in Buildings

edited by

Shamila Haddad

,

Arianna Brambilla

and

Baojie He

submission deadline 29 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 432 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor air quality; net-zero smart buildings; energy efficiency measures; comfort and productivity; building energy retrofiting; low-cost sensing and IoT technologies; urban overheating; extreme heat; bushfires and health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Architectural Design Based on the Influence of Indoor and Outdoor Environments

edited by

Jose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo

,

Jose Cabeza-Lainez

and

Pablo La Roche

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 15 articles | Viewed by 26099 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-responsive design; near-zero energy buildings; passive solar design; building energy performance; carbon neutral; thermal energy storage; physical testing-mockups; environmental design guidelines; vernacular architecture; thermal comfort

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Novel Cementitious Materials for Resilient and Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure

edited by

Jing Yu

,

Bo-Tao Huang

and

Hao-Liang Wu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 20361 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber-reinforced concrete; engineered cementitious composites (ECC); ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC); low-carbon concrete; self-sensing concrete; self-healing concrete; alkali-activated materials; geopolymer concrete; 3D concrete printing; modular integrated construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Characterization and Structural Rehabilitation of Ancient Masonry Buildings

edited by

Fernando F. S. Pinho

and

Humberto Varum

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18885 | Submission Open

Keywords: ancient buildings; characterization of walls and foundations; anomalies; inspection; structural rehabilitation; strengthening; experimental analysis; numerical modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Advanced Research and Prospect of Buildings Seismic Performance

edited by

Rafael Shehu

,

Nicola Tarque

and

Manuel Buitrago

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 14674 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic analysis; seismic performance; incremental dynamic analysis; pushover analysis; fragility functions; nonlinear response; seismic retrofitting; seismic isolation; new structures; existing structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Studies on the Real Estate Market and Property Management in the Post-pandemic Era

edited by

Janet Ge

and

Song Shi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12912 | Submission Open

Keywords: real estate market; property management; buildings; post COVID-19; rent; property development; technology and construction; affordability; sustainability; policies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Engineering Safety Monitoring and Management

edited by

Bo Yu

,

Sin Chi Kuok

and

Yang Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5512 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; machine learning; intelligent algorithms; engineering safety; construction safety; structural condition assessment; material performance estimation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Strategic Planning and Control in Complex Project Management

edited by Wenxin Shen,

Wenzhe Tang

and Jin Xue

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5194 | Submission Open

Keywords: strategic management; project planning; project control; project management; program management; portfolio management; megaproject management; risk management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Smart and Sustainable Buildings: Energy Use, Indoor Environmental Quality and Occupant Satisfaction

edited by

Tea Zakula

,

Zheng D. O'Neill

and

Luka Boban

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5048 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; occupant satisfaction; indoor environmental quality; smart buildings; performance optimization; performance gap; building management; user-centred control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Sustainable Building Environment

edited by

Elisa D. Sotelino

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5044 | Submission Open

Keywords: lean construction; green construction; building information modeling; lifecycle assessment; construction waste reuse; energy efficient materials; energy simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

New Concrete Materials: Performance Analysis and Research

edited by Zhe Xiong

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 5025 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled concrete; modified concrete; ultra-high performance concrete; mechanical properties; durability; low carbon; microstructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Timber in the City: Interior Design and City Environment Development with Wood Materials

edited by

Danijela Domljan

,

Dina Stober

and Vjekoslav Živković

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4165 | Submission Open

Keywords: interior design; wood products design; city environment; trends in wood application; environmental; perception of wood; human-centered design; health; human behavior; well-being; biophilic design; multisensory stimulation; traditional wooden structures; design theory; BIM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Mechanical Performance of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) and Its Composite Structures

edited by Youyou Zhang,

Qing Sun

, Yang Zhang and Lu Ke

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3766 | Submission Open

Keywords: fatigue and fracture performance; interfacial behavior; time-dependent behavior; UHPC composite structures; strengthening and rehabilitation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Recent Scientific Developments in Steel Structure

edited by

Yonghui Huang

,

Zhicheng Yang

and

Zhou Chen

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3709 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel structures; stability; high-strength steel; CFST members; fatigue

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research on Reinforced Concrete Buildings Structural Analysis and Durability Assessment

edited by Yong Ye

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3677 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural analysis; durability; reinforced concrete; finite element analysis; retrofitting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Structural Dynamic Disaster and Protection

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3548 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural dynamic disaster; earthquake; impact loading; blast loading; dynamic behavior; damage mechanism; protective structure; analysis method; design method

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Energy Efficiency of Green Buildings

edited by

Luca Evangelisti

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3484 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable buildings; ZEB and nZEB; LCA; energy efficiency; renewables; optimization; comfort; case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Strategies for Building Energy Efficiency

edited by

Da Xu

, Xiaodong Yang,

Xiaolong Jin

, Xuebo Qiao and Ziyi Bai

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3425 | Submission Open

Keywords: building microgrid; building power/load forecasting; building energy consumption; demand response strategies; transactive energy control; building management strategies; economic optimization strategies; urban distribution systems; building HVAC; cyber-physical system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

New Technologies in Concrete Structures

edited by Mohammad Jamal Mahmoud M Al-Shannag,

Ali Saeed Abdulrahman Alqarni

and

Abdullah Abdulrahman Almajed

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2913 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete structures; construction materials; fiber-reinforced composites; smart materials; structural repair; nanotechnology; durability; 3D printing; geopolymers; soil treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Engineering Problems and Legal Challenges in Urban and Rural Low-Carbon Development

edited by

Yujun Yang

, Zongzhou Zhu, Yao Zhang,

Tao Zhang

and Duo Xu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2912 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-friendly and green facade design; low-carbon design; sustainable materials; building-integrated photovoltaic; building-attached photovoltaic; economy of renovation; low-carbon renovation; fairness of development.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Phase Change Materials for Building Applications

edited by

P. Manoj Kumar

,

M. B. Shyam Kumar

and

Joao Paulo Davim

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2747 | Submission Open

Keywords: phase change materials (PCM) for buildings; characterization of PCM for buildings; nano PCM for buildings; stability of PCM; encapsulation of PCM; zero energy buildings; building thermal management; numerical study of building; optimization; energy and exergy analysis; economic analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Use of Post-processing Waste in Construction

edited by

Paweł Falaciński

and

Łukasz Szarek

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2548 | Submission Open

Keywords: post-processing waste; combustion by-products; fly ash; blast-furnace slag; ashes from biomass combustion; municipal waste incineration ash; solid waste; carbon footprint; green buildings; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Performance Evaluation of Concrete Structures and/or High-Performance Concrete/Cement-Based Composite Structures

edited by

Chang Wu

and Jiajia Zhou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2348 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete structures; engineered cementitious composites (ECCs); ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPCs); performance assessment; structural performance analysis; seismic performance; structural design; extreme loading; durability; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Building StructuresⅠ

edited by

John Mander

,

Andrea Benedetti

and

Erwin Oh

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2343 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Thermal Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Buildings

edited by

Jiying Liu

and

Jie Deng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1921 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal fluid; fluid flow; heat transfer; conduction; convection; radiation; built environment; energy efficiency; sustainable building; ventilation; air distribution; thermal comfort; occupant well-being; HVAC; building retrofit; building envelope; thermal management; CFD; building simulation; case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Urban Climatic Suitability Design and Risk Management

edited by Lin Liu,

Genyu Xu

, Jing Du and Xiaoyu Tian

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1829 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban climate; sustainable urban design; risk assessment and management; thermal comfort; thermal safety; urban wind and thermal environment; solar radiation modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Building Thermal Environment: Improving Indoor Comfort by Optimizing Ventilation Systems

edited by

Congcong Wang

,

Jiayu Li

and Lizhi Jia

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1555 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor environment; ventilation; airflow distribution; HVAC; thermal comfort; CFD; airflow structure; energy saving

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

The Contribution of Energy Efficiency and Onsite Energy to the Resilience of Buildings

edited by

Enrique Rosales Asensio

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1555 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental assessment of building; thermal comfort strategies; indoor thermal environment; building energy analysis and efficiency; green buildings; construction materials and their impact on indoor conditions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Building Foundation Analysis: Soil–Structure Interaction

edited by Qiang Xie,

Yuxin Ban

and Xiang Fu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1511 | Submission Open

Keywords: building foundations; soil mechanics; soil– structure interaction; building behavior; pile foundations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Sustainable and Circular Construction through Modular Prefabricated Systems

edited by Pejman Sharafi, Parisa Shadan and Alireza Goudarzi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1001 | Submission Open

Keywords: modern methods of construction; prefabricated systems; modular systems; waste management; prefabricated concrete/steel/timber/composite structures; sustainable design; design for manufacture and assembly; offsite manufacturing/construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Smart Building Materials and Designs for Sustainable Built Environment

edited by Kishor Zingre

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 678 | Submission Open

Keywords: building materials; heat transfer; low carbon; thermal comfort; built environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Resilience and Robustness of Steel Buildings and Structures

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 559 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel structures; steel connections; structural resilience; structural robustness; structural reliability and strengthening and retrofitting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research on Concrete and Composite Materials in Structural Engineering

edited by Zigeng Wang and Guosheng Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 488 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete; cementitious materials; composite materials; functional materials; workability; physical and mechanical properties; durability; hydration reaction; microscopic testing technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Sustainable Construction Materials, Building Energy and Environment

edited by

Md Jaynul Abden

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; recycled materials; building energy; life-cycle analysis; thermal comfort; construction management; environmental management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Advances in Automation and Intelligence in Construction

edited by Ebrahim Parvaresh Karan

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in construction; smart construction; Internet of Things (IoT) sensors in construction; autonomous heavy construction equipment; pre-fabrication and modular construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

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