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Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Chimay J. Anumba
Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Engineering Unit A, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Tel. +1 814 865 6394; Fax: +1 814 863 4789
Website: http://www.engr.psu.edu/ae/faculty/anumba/
E-Mail: anumba@engr.psu.edu
Interests: advanced engineering informatics; artificial intelligence/knowledge-based systems/knowledge management; concurrent engineering in construction; distributed collaboration and e-business; construction (materials, safety, management & maintenance)

Managing Editor
Mr. Tony Xu
MDPI Haidian Office, Yingu Mansion, Suite 815, North 4th Ring Road West, 9, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, China
Tel. +86 10 62800830
E-Mail: tony.xu@mdpi.com

Publisher
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin
MDPI AG, Kandererstrasse 25, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland
Tel. +41 79 322 33 79
Website: http://www.mdpi.org/lin/
E-Mail: lin@mdpi.com

Editorial Board

Prof. Dr. George Baird
School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Tel. +64 4 463 6231; Fax: +64 4 463 6204
Website: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/architecture/staff/george-baird.aspx
E-Mail: george.baird@vuw.ac.nz
Interests: building performance; users’ perceptions of buildings; user performance benchmarks; low energy design and operation; internal environments of buildings; sustainable and regenerative systems

Prof. Linda Brock
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of British Columbia, 402-6333 Memorial Road, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2, Canada
Tel. +1 604 822 2779
Website: http://www.sala.ubc.ca/people/faculty/linda-brock
E-Mail: lbrock@sala.ubc.ca
Interests: masonry forensics; indigenous building materials and systems; development of materials, housing (affordable, prefabrication, light-wood frame construction, cultural implications); building envelope

Prof. Dr. Meredith Clausen
University of Washington, College of Built Environments, Department of Architecture, Box 355720, Seattle, WA 98195-5720, USA
Tel. +1 206 543 0935; Fax: +1 206 616 3515
Website: http://depts.washington.edu/archdept/cms/home/index.php?id=2&mid=38&fid=1
E-Mail: mlc@u.washington.edu
Interests: architecture since 1945; Paris: architecture and urbanism; 20th century architecture; 19th century architecture; American architecture 19th & 20th century architecture; introduction history of architecture (survey, history of architecture, non-Western as well as Western)

Prof. Dr. Rene Davids
Department of Architecture, University of California at Berkeley, 1501, 37th Ave. 2A, Oakland, CA 94601, USA
Website: http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/
E-Mail: rdavids@berkeley.edu
Interests: urban design; architectural design; construction processes and detailing; Latin American architecture and cities

Prof. Dr. Dennis Doordan
School of Architecture, University of Notre Dame, 110 Bond Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
Tel. +1 574 631 6771
Website: http://www.nd.edu/~ddoordan/
E-Mail: ddoordan@nd.edu
Interests: design research; history of materiality and tectonics; architectural theory and criticism; education

Prof. Dr. Richard Etlin
School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Website: http://www.arch.umd.edu/people/faculty_and_staff/bio.cfm/79
E-Mail: retlin@umd.edu
Interests: history of structural forms; stereotomic vaulting; the architectural sublime

Prof. Dr. Lorraine Farrelly
School of Architecture, University of Portsmouth, Portland Building, Portland Street, Portsmouth, PO1 3AH, UK
Tel. +44 2392 842083; Fax: +44 2392 842087
Website: http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/architecture/staff/title,38890,en.html
E-Mail: lorraine.farrelly@port.ac.uk
Interests: interdisciplinary education; urban design, housing; representation; architecture practice and research through design
Contribution: Special Issue: Representation in Architecture

Prof. Dr. Paul Fazio
Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, Canada
Website: http://www.bcee.concordia.ca/index.php/Dr._P._Fazio
E-Mail: fazio@alcor.concordia.ca
Interests: building envelope design; construction processes; energy consumption of buildings; industrialization of building systems

Dr. John Folan
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Architecture, 201 College of Fine Arts, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Tel. +1 412 268 6260
Website: http://www.cmu.edu/architecture/people/faculty/john-folan.html
E-Mail: jfolan@andrew.cmu.edu

Prof. Dr. Leif Gustavsson
Mid Sweden University, SE-831 25 Östersund, Sweden Linnaeus University, SE-351 95 Växjö, Sweden
Tel. +46 70 3447030; Fax: +46 63 165450
Website: http://www.miun.se/thu/ecotechnology
E-Mail: leif.gustavsson@miun.se
Interests: ecotechnology; building construction; energy efficiency; renewable energy; forestry

Dr. Jonathan Hale
Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
Tel. +44 1159 513164; Fax: +44 1159 513159
Website: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Engineering/Departments/ABE/People/jonathan.hale
E-Mail: jonathan.hale@nottingham.ac.uk
Interests: architectural theorynand criticism; philosophy of technology; phenomenology; perception; materiality and tectonics; museums and exhibitions; digital media

Prof. Dr. Paul Jenkins
1 School of Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ESALA, 74 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DF, UK
2 School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
Tel. +44 1312 216270; Fax: +44 1312 216157
Website: http://www.esala.ac.uk/people/academics/pjenkins.html
E-Mail: p.jenkins@eca.ac.uk
Interests: the global city - especially Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America; social dimensions of design - widening social participation; architecture as an everyday cultural medium - popular architectures; between the erudite and vernacular; re-thinking approaches to planning and housing in the rapidly urbanizing world; epistemologies and knowledge management in architecture and the built environment

Prof. Dr. Alan Johnston
ESALA, Edinburgh College of Art, 75 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DF, Scotland, UK
Tel. +44 1312 216154
Website: http://www.esala.ac.uk/people/academics/ajohnston.html
E-Mail: a.johnston@eca.ac.uk

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kastner
Automation Systems Group, Institute of Computer Aided Automation, Vienna University of Technology, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Tel. +43 1 58801-18320; Fax: +43 1 58801-18391
Website: https://www.auto.tuwien.ac.at/people/view/Wolfgang_Kastner
E-Mail: k@auto.tuwien.ac.at
Interests: building automation systems; smart homes; building automation networks (wired/wireless); security/safety; information modeling; integration

Prof. Dr. Steffen Lehmann
School of Art, Architecture and Design, The University of South Australia, City West Campus, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide SA5001, Australia
Website: http://Steffen.Lehmann@unisa.edu.au
E-Mail: steffen.lehmann@unisa.edu.au
Interests: green urbanism; climate change impact; architecture; energy-efficient cities

Prof. Dr. Vivian Loftness
School of Architecture & Center for Building Performance & Diagnostics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Tel. +1 412 268 1539
Website: http://www.cmu.edu/architecture/people/faculty/vivian-loftness.html
E-Mail: loftness@andrew.cmu.edu
Interests: passive energy systems; climate and architecture systems integration for sustainability; enclosure, HVAC, lighting, interiors health, productivity and the quality of the built environment

Prof. Dr. Peter Love
Dept of Construction Management, Faculty of Humanities, School of Built Environment, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box 1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
Tel. +61 8 9266 4723; Fax: +61 8 9266 2711
Website: http://humanities.curtin.edu.au/about/staff/index.cfm/p.love
E-Mail: p.love@curtin.edu.au
Interests: infrastructure procurement; construction project management; human and organizational psychology; accident analysis and prevention

Prof. Dr. Gordon Murray
Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Tel. +44 141 548 3171
Website: http://www.strath.ac.uk/architecture/department/staff/murraygordonprof/
E-Mail: g.murray@strath.ac.uk

Dr. Stephen Platt
Department of Architecture and Built Environment, The University of Nottingham, University Park, NG7 2RD, UK
Tel. +44 1159 514889
Website: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Engineering/Departments/ABE/People/stephen.platt
E-Mail: stephen.platt@nottingham.ac.uk
Interests: design research; user studies; public consultation; energy efficiency, sustainable settlements; disaster recovery

Prof. Dr. Garth Rockcastle
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Website: http://www.arch.umd.edu
E-Mail: gcr@umd.edu
Interests: adaptive reuse of buildings and cities; architectural theory; design practices; professional ethics

Prof. Dr. Kenneth Schwartz
Tulane University School of Architecture, 6823 Saint Charles Avenue, Richardson Memorial Hall Suite 303, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
Tel. +1 504 314 2361
Website: http://architecture.tulane.edu/people/kenneth-schwartz
E-Mail: kschwartz@tulane.edu
Interests: architectural design; urban design; community engagement; professional ethics

Prof. Dr. Enrico Sciubba
Room 32, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Roma Sapienza, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma, Italy
Tel. +39 06 44 58 52 44; Fax: +39 06 44 58 52 49
Website: http://www.turbomachinery.it/pageSciubba.html
E-Mail: enrico.sciubba@uniroma1.it
Interests: turbomachinery CFD; turbulence modelling; exergy analysis of complex systems; engineering applications of AI to thermal conversion processes
Contribution: In other journals:
Special Issue: Selected Papers from the 24th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS2011)
Special Issue: Selected Papers from the 25th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS2012)

Prof. Dr. Alan Short
Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and History of Art, University of Cambridge, 1-5 Scroope Terrace, Cambridge, CB2 1PX, UK
Tel. +44 1223 760118
Website: http://www.arct.cam.ac.uk/Arct/staffmember.aspx?p=23&ix=6&pid=2&prcid=21&ppid=1228
E-Mail: cas64@cam.ac.uk
Interests: sustainable design; low energy ventilation and cooling; policy making; theatre design; building for health

Prof. Dr. Gary W. Siebein
University of Florida, School of Architecture, 625 NW 60th Street, Suite C - Gainesville, Florida 32607, USA
Tel. +1 352 331 5111; Fax: +1 352 331 0009
Website: http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/arch/main/faculty/seib.htm
E-Mail: gsiebein@siebeinacoustic.com
Interests: acoustics; architectural acoustics; classroom acoustics; soundscape design; urban design; architectural design; evidence-based design; performance hall design; sustainability; occupational noise; building performance

Dr. Behzad Sodagar
Lincoln School of Architecture, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln LN6 7TS, UK
Tel. +44 1522 837141
Website: http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/architecture/staff/470.asp
E-Mail: bsodagar@lincoln.ac.uk
Interests: building performance analysis: lighting, solar, thermal and air flow; in situ thermal measurements and monitoring; post occupancy evaluation; sustainable planning and development; whole life cycle assessment of buildings; development of interactive design tools; renewable energy technology; carbon foot-printing; eco-refurbishment/conversion; low impact construction materials and techniques including crop based materials; aesthetic/design implications of environmental design
Contribution: Special Issue: Sustainable Design and Construction
In other journals:
Special Issue: Sustainable Design and Construction

Prof. Dr. Koen Steemers
The Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and History of Art, University of Cambridge, 1-5 Scroope Terrace, Cambridge, CB2 1PX, UK
Tel. +44 1223 760111
Website: http://www.arct.cam.ac.uk/Arct/staffmember.aspx?p=23&ix=2&pid=1&prcid=21&ppid=1228
E-Mail: kas11@cam.ac.uk
Interests: environmental building and urban design; comfort, perception and well being; energy efficiency

Dr. John Storey
School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Tel. +64 4 463 6208
Website: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/architecture/staff/john-storey.aspx
E-Mail: john.storey@vuw.ac.nz
Interests: sustainable architecture (design and construction); performance and sustainability enhancement in existing building; resource stewardship materials/water/energy); user, environmental and ecological well-being; adaptable and climate responsive buildings, regenerative building systems

Prof. Dr. V. Ismet Ugursal
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 2X4
Tel. +1 902 494 2246; Fax: +1 902 423 6711
Website: http://me.dal.ca/Faculty/Ismet_Ugursal.php
E-Mail: ismet.ugursal@dal.ca
Interests: building stock modeling; building energy consumptio and conservation; HVAC systems; energy efficient buildings; zero energy/emission buildings
Contribution: In other journals:
Special Issue: Energy Savings in the Domestic and Tertiary Sectors 2011

Prof. Dr. Carroll William Westfall
University of Notre Dame, School of Architecture, 110 Bond Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
Tel. +1 574 631 6138
Website: http://www.intbau.org/carroll-william-westfall.html
E-Mail: westfall.2@nd.edu
Interests: traditional and classical architecture and urbanism in theory and in past and present practice; history of architecture; history of urbanism; architecture serving Christianity

Prof. Robert Young
University of Utah College of Architecture and Planning, 375 South 1530 East; 235AAC, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0370, USA
Tel. +1 801 581 3909; Fax: +1 801 581 8217
Website: http://faculty.arch.utah.edu/young/
E-Mail: young@arch.utah.edu
Interests: stewardship of the built environment; adaptive use and preservation of buildings; energy efficiency; sustainability; community revitalization; building systems; building performance

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