Net Zero Architecture: Pathways to Carbon-Neutral Buildings

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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