New Technologies Applied on Built Environment to Enhance Well-Being and Safety
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2023) | Viewed by 2905
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ergonomics; human performance; virtual reality; usability; architecture
Interests: wayfinding; virtual reality; architecture; urban planning; ergonomics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
New technologies (e.g., virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence, generative and additive design, biometric senses, new building processes and materials, and ubiquitous technology) have been applied in the context of the built environment to promote and enhance people's quality of life. From smart systems that allow buildings to adapt themselves to their users to the interaction with a whole new virtual world that needs to be built according to users' needs, the new technologies are even more embedded in the environment people interact impacting their well-being and safety. In this context, this special number intends to present applied research focusing on the use of new technologies to enhance human well-being and safety in the built environment. It is directed to professionals, researchers and students from architectural design and engineering, urban planning, human factors and ergonomics, and design that are interested in high-quality research using new technological solutions to improve the quality of the built environment and the positive impact of new solutions on well-being and safety. It will also be a useful and inspirational source for those interested in developing solutions to enhance people's quality of life.
Thus, this special number will approach from more open themes, such as sustainability, to more focused ones, such as technological solutions for housing—apartments, buildings, neighborhoods, cities—and buildings' safety during emergencies.
Dr. Francisco Rebelo
Dr. Elisângela Vilar
Dr. Hugo Farias
Guest Editors
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