Dear Colleagues,
The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Buildings 2021 Best Paper Award, who were chosen by a selection committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. David Arditi. Following a review process by the Award Evaluation Committee, six winners were selected.
The First Prize: CHF 500 plus a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Buildings in 2023
Positioning Positive Energy Districts in European Cities
By Oscar Lindholm, Hassam ur Rehman and Francesco Reda.
Buildings 2021, 11(1), 19; doi:10.3390/buildings11010019
The Second Prize: CHF 400 plus a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Buildings in 2023
Practical Implementation of Structural Health Monitoring in Multi-Story Buildings
By Eugeniusz Koda, Arvindan Sivasuriyan, Dhanasingh Sivalinga Vijayan, Wojciech Górski, Łukasz Wodzyński and Magdalena Daria Vaverková.
Buildings 2021, 11(6), 263; doi:10.3390/buildings11060263
The Role of Blockchain Technology in Augmenting Supply Chain Resilience to Cybercrime
By David J. Edwards, Aya Bayramova and Chris Roberts.
Buildings 2021, 11(7), 283; doi:10.3390/buildings11070283
The Third Prize: CHF 300 plus a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Buildings in 2023
Application of Portable Air Purifiers for Mitigating COVID-19 in Large Public Spaces
By Zhiqiang (John), He Li, Robert Bahl and Keith Trace.
Buildings 2021, 11(8), 329; doi:10.3390/buildings11080329
Construction Waste Audit in the Framework of Sustainable Waste Management in Construction Projects—Case Study
By Tomáš Mandičák, Marcela Spišáková and Peter Mésároš.
Buildings 2021, 11(2), 61; doi:10.3390/buildings11020061
Facial Expression-Based Experimental Analysis of Human Reactions and Psychological Comfort on Glass Structures in Buildings
By Chiara Bedon and Silvana Mattei.
Buildings 2021, 11(5), 204; doi:10.3390/buildings11050204
Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Buildings 2021 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Buildings.
Kind regards,
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Salvaged timber elements often have length limitations, and therefore, their reuse in structural products normally would require additional processing and end-to-end joining. This increases the costs of reusing such materials, which makes them even l...
The mechanical property of the pile-core–cement-soil interface is a crucial factor affecting the shaft capacity of the expanded stiffened deep-cement-mixing (ESDCM) pile. The research on the characteristics of the steel-pipe–cement-soil i...
Robot-based assembly in construction has emerged as a promising solution to address numerous challenges such as increasing costs, labor shortages, and the demand for safe and efficient construction processes. One of the main obstacles in realizing th...
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