Modern Technologies and Methods in Architecture and Civil Engineering
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 16430
Special Issue Editors
Interests: MCDM/MCDA methods; multi-criteria analysis; sustainability in AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction)
Interests: thermo-modernization of buildings; energy audits; energy efficiency
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Special Issue Information
We would like to invite researchers to publish scientific articles in a Special Issue dedicated to modern technologies and multi-criteria decision support methods in architecture and civil engineering. Articles may concern both theoretical aspects (e.g., theoretical and methodological basis, state of the art) as well as practical aspects (case studies at the level of a single building, group of buildings, district, and even a city). However, special attention will be paid to instruments supporting decision-making considering the paradigm of sustainable development.
Articles offering a new approach to design decision-making for nearly zero energy buildings (NZEB) are also welcome. Papers may include analyses of the application of cost-effective solutions and technologies, but may also consider aspects of indoor air quality in such type of buildings. In addition to technical–economic as well as environmental approaches to the building design process, social dimensions and user preferences may also be considered, for which a combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches is necessary. The wide variety of available measures, as well as the number of aspects to consider, results in a high degree of complexity in the decision-making process, which makes multi-criteria analyses indispensable, as they are able to quantify trade-offs and interactions between measures.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- multi-criteria analysis in architecture and/or civil engineering;
- sustainable and environmentally friendly technologies in architecture and/or civil engineering;
- energy efficiency in buildings;
- nearly zero-energy buildings.
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Keywords
- MCDM/MCDA methods
- multi-criteria analysis
- sustainable development
- nearly zero energy buildings (NZEB)
- cost-effective solutions and technologies
- indoor air quality, user preferences
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