Impact Assessment of Climate Change on Buildings

Dear Colleagues,

In the sequence of climate changes, the warmest years in history as a result of greenhouse gas emissions have been recorded recently. Globally, the energy sector is one of the main contributors to the emissions, and the buildings sector absorbs a large part of the final energy consumption. Nevertheless, the buildings sector has great potential to reduce its consumption through the implementation of measures aiming to improve its energy efficiency.

Most of the structures and infrastructures around the world have been built in the first half of the 20th century, therefore, their service life is currently at a critical stage from the durability and maintenance perspective. The growing problem of climate changes has caught the attention of its managers, and several studies have shown that the built environment can be affected by this phenomenon, manifesting a decrease of its durability and of its expected service life.

Considering the interest of this theme, we are organizing a Special Issue entitled “Impact Assessment of Climate Change on Buildings”, addressed to report the most recent findings from researchers and professionals of the AECO sector.

Original manuscripts covering the following broad themes are invited from researchers and agencies:

• Degradation and durability of the built environment under the influence of climate changes
• Risks caused by climate changes: built environment risk assessment
• The impact of climate changes on the comfort: at building level
• The impact of climate changes on the comfort: at city level
• Climate changes impact on the energy efficiency of buildings
• Climate changes impact on the durability of the built environment
• Durability of energy retrofit interventions
• Maintenance and refurbishment measures to avoid the impact of climate changes
• BIM as a tool for built environment risk assessment
• Sustainability with BIM methodology
• Approaches for the simulation of climate impacts on the built environment
• Case studies
• Other related topics

Prof. Fernanda Rodrigues
Prof. Sergio Montelpare
Guest Editors

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