Net Zero Architecture: Pathways to Carbon-Neutral Buildings
A special issue of Architecture (ISSN 2673-8945).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 8 December 2025 | Viewed by 770
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Net Zero/low-energy buildings; retrofitting buildings sustainability; indoor air quality; thermal/visual comfort; lighting and daylight; ventilation and heat-recovery systems; sustainable architecture; passive house design; carbon cost-effectiveness and lifecycle analysis; digital architecture and BIM management; energy/thermal simulation for buildings; moisture and risk assessment in building retrofit
Interests: big data; sustainability; digital construction; construction management and digital capabilities
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Interests: carbon-neutral/positive design; passive & solar architecture; AI/ML generative design (BIM, Dynamo, Grasshopper); biomimetic/bionic principles; building physics, sustainable urbanism; large-scale master planning; post-industrial infrastructure; geospatial & climate data analysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A roadmap to reduce global carbon emissions is an urgent call and response to degrading climate change by the international community of the United Nations in 2015. A viable strategy for addressing the environmental effects of carbon emissions worldwide and for achieving carbon emission reduction goals is the Net Zero carbon development system (Van Soest Et Al., 2021). In the UK climate committee report, which was a conference held on November 2022 for the 27th conference report, the United Kingdom committed to implement the Net Zero strategy and recognised the need to increase its response to the climate change catastrophe. Decarbonizing the built environment entails huge work from cross-sectoral stakeholders, including professionals, authorities, and local communities. In addition, solutions should be technology-driven and focus on long-term plans which ensure inclusive and sustainable practises. The primary aim of this Special Issue is to explore innovative ideas and opportunities in research to serve as the transformational phase towards true Net Zero carbon emissions. It will establish a platform for a multidisciplinary research approach which will focus on, but is not limited to, the following themes:
- Green energy solutions;
- Solar energy and storage;
- Use of AI in achieving Net Zero carbon;
- Green construction and materials;
- Thermal and energy modelling;
- Effective carbon cost analysis;
- Lifecycle cost analysis of low-energy solutions;
- Community-driven initiatives for energy policy and regulations;
- Energy inequality and security in communities and global contexts.
Dr. Jamal Alabid
Dr. Bernard Tuffour Atuahene
Prof. Dr. Thomas Spiegelhalter
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Net Zero carbon
- green energy
- community-driven solutions
- technology and innovation
- lifecycle analysis
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