Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Construction to Mitigate the Urban Heat Island Phenomenon in Urban Environments
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Biometeorology and Bioclimatology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 1167
Special Issue Editors
Interests: buildings’ energy sustainability; external envelope techniques; redevelopment of modern building heritage; UHI
Interests: buildings’ energy sustainability; external envelope techniques; redevelopment of modern building heritage; UHI
Interests: buildings’ energy sustainability; green infrastructures; energy retrofitting; life cycle assessment; UHI
Interests: sustainable construction practices; digital technologies in built environment; lifecycle management of structures; environmental impact and resource efficiency; preservation and management of built heritage
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The past decade has been the warmest on record, and the cooling degree-days have increased by 25% compared to the 1980s. In its Sustainable Development Goals, the United Nations included the topic of climate action, highlighting the need to act on rising global temperatures and tackle the ongoing issue of climate change. In the last few years, the mitigation of the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon has become an increasingly critical challenge in urban environments. Frequent summer heatwaves result in diffuse overheating in urban centres, not only leading to uncomfortable conditions in outdoor spaces for the resident population but also threatening human health because of thermal stress.
In this context, this Special Issue invites the submission of contributions relating to innovative strategies for mitigating the UHI effect in the built environment. We welcome research on the implementation and analysis of green and blue infrastructures and on possible cooling materials and technologies, as well as contributions addressing sustainable and integrated retrofitting approaches that enhance both the energy efficiency and environmental performance of existing building heritage. Additionally, we encourage the submission of studies on strategies and systematic methodologies to tackle climate change and reduce the increase in external air temperature.
The submission of original research articles and reviews to this Special Issue is welcomed and encouraged. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Urban heat island mitigation;
- Green and/or blue technological solutions for UHI mitigation;
- Environmental sustainability;
- Sustainable and integrated retrofitting;
- Life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle cost (LCC) analysis;
- Cooling materials and technologies;
- Buildings’ energy performance;
- Integration of BIM with sustainable design strategies;
- Climate resilience and risk management.
Dr. Frida Bazzocchi
Dr. Vincenzo Di Naso
Dr. Cecilia Ciacci
Dr. Stefano Cascone
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban heat island
- green infrastructures
- green buildings
- LCA
- energy efficiency
- ENVI-met
- sustainable retrofitting
- green technological solutions
- universal thermal climate index
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