Buildings 2022, 12(8), 1157; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12081157 - 3 Aug 2022
Best Paper Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Buildings 2020 Best Paper Award, as listed below. All papers published in 2020 in Buildings were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the papers’ originality, impact, and number of citations and downloads, the six winning papers, as nominated by the Editor-in-Chief, have been selected.
First Award: (CHF 500 + one free publication)
Humans-as-a-Sensor for Buildings—Intensive Longitudinal Indoor Comfort Models (10.3390/buildings10100174)
By Prageeth Jayathissa, Matias Quintana, Mahmoud Abdelrahman and Clayton Miller
Second Award: (CHF 400 + one free publication)
Circular Building Design: An Analysis of Barriers and Drivers for a Circular Building Sector (10.3390/buildings10040077)
By Jouri Kanters
Building Information Modelling (BIM) to Enhance Occupational Safety in Construction Activities: Research Trends Emerging from One Decade of Studies (10.3390/buildings10060098)
By Mario Fargnoli and Mara Lombardi
Third Award: (CHF 300 + one free publication)
A SWOT Analysis of the Use of BIM Technology in the Polish Construction Industry (10.3390/buildings10010016)
By Krzysztof Zima, Edyta Plebankiewicz and Damian Wieczorek
Durability and Climate Change—Implications for Service Life Prediction and the Maintainability of Buildings (10.3390/buildings10030053)
By Michael A. Lacasse, Abhishek Gaur and Travis V. Moore
Worker 4.0: The Future of Sensored Construction Sites (10.3390/buildings10100169)
By Diego Calvetti, Pedro Mêda, Miguel Chichorro Gonçalves and Hipólito Sousa
Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Buildings 2020 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for their continued support of Buildings.
Buildings 2020 Best Paper Award
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Buildings will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
A Grammar-Based Optimization Approach for Designing Urban Fabrics and Locating Amenities for 15-Minute Cities
Nature-Based Solutions (NBSs) to Mitigate Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effects in Canadian Cities
Buildings 2022, 12(7), 925; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12070925 - 30 Jun 2022
Permeability Prediction Model Modified on Kozeny-Carman for Building Foundation of Clay Soil
Buildings 2022, 12(11), 1798; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12111798 - 27 Oct 2022
Experimental Seismic Assessment of Nonstructural Elements: Testing Protocols and Novel Perspectives
Buildings 2022, 12(11), 1871; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12111871 - 3 Nov 2022
Digital Twin and Industry 4.0 Enablers in Building and Construction: A Survey
Buildings 2022, 12(11), 2004; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12112004 - 17 Nov 2022
Winner
Positioning Positive Energy Districts in European Cities
Buildings 2021, 11(1), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11010019 - 4 Jan 2021
Practical Implementation of Structural Health Monitoring in Multi-Story Buildings
Buildings 2021, 11(6), 263; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11060263 - 20 Jun 2021
The Role of Blockchain Technology in Augmenting Supply Chain Resilience to Cybercrime
Buildings 2021, 11(7), 283; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11070283 - 30 Jun 2021
Application of Portable Air Purifiers for Mitigating COVID-19 in Large Public Spaces
Buildings 2021, 11(8), 329; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11080329 - 29 Jul 2021
Construction Waste Audit in the Framework of Sustainable Waste Management in Construction Projects—Case Study
Buildings 2021, 11(2), 61; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11020061 - 11 Feb 2021
Facial Expression-Based Experimental Analysis of Human Reactions and Psychological Comfort on Glass Structures in Buildings
Buildings 2021, 11(5), 204; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11050204 - 14 May 2021
Winner
Clayton Miller
Building and Urban Data Science (BUDS) Lab, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore 117566, Singapore
Jouri Kanters
Division of Energy & Building Design, Department of Architecture and the Built Environment, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
Mario Fargnoli
Department of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment (DICMA), Sapienza-University of Rome, via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy
Krzysztof Zima
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Krakow, Poland
Michael A. Lacasse
National Research Council Canada, Construction Research Centre, 1200 Montreal Road, Building M24, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada
Pedro Mêda
CONSTRUCT/GEQUALTEC, Construction Institute, Faculty of Engineering, Porto University, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. David Arditi
Chairman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Winner
Ziwen Liu
Digitalization Department of Built Environment Research and Innovation Institute (BERII), Building and Construction Authority, 200 Braddell Road, Singapore 579700, Singapore
Vojtěch Biolek
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Veveří 331/95, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Kamyar Kabirifar
Faculty of Built Environment, University of New South Wales; Sydney 2052, Australia
Winner
Kheir Al-Kodmany
Department of Urban Planning and Policy, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Antonella Petrillo
Department of Engineering, University of Naples “Parthenope”, Isola C4, Centro Direzionale Naples (NA) 80143, Italy
Aryan Rezaei Rad
Laboratory of Timber Construction (IBOIS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. David Arditi
Chairman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Winner
Evangelos I. Gkanas
"Hydrogen for Mobility Lab, Centre for Mobility and Transport, School of
Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, Coventry University,
Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK"
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/7/3/78
Lucia Della Spina
Department of Heritage, Architecture, Urban Planning, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria 89124, Italy
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/7/4/85
Pierfrancesco De Paola
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale Vincenzo Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/7/3/76
Linda Giresini
Department of Energy Systems, Territory and Constructions Engineering, University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 1, 56100 Pisa, Italy
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/7/3/69
