Recent Advances in Intelligent Applications of Well-Being Spaces Design and Engineering
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 October 2025 | Viewed by 2327
Special Issue Editors
Interests: new energy development; energy efficiency technology for buildings; thermal environments and indoor human thermal comfort
Interests: comprehensive utilization of solar energy; nano phase change fluids; heat and mass transfer in porous media; green buildings and building energy efficiency
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Well-being spaces are intentionally designed environments that promote mental, emotional, and physical health. These spaces can be found in various settings, including workplaces, healthcare facilities, community centers, and educational institutions. They often incorporate natural elements, comfortable furnishings, and thoughtful layouts to foster relaxation, social interaction, and overall wellness. With the rapid development of information technology, data science, and computer technology, various novel approaches have been introduced into the field. In particular, artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to enhance well-being space design and engineering by providing data-driven insights that inform user-centered design choices, enabling personalization through adaptive environments that respond to individual preferences. It employs predictive analytics to anticipate usage patterns, helping create flexible layouts and optimize resource efficiency. Additionally, AI-powered simulation tools allow designers to visualize the impact of changes, while smart technology integration fosters user interaction through wellness-promoting features, ultimately contributing to more effective, sustainable, and supportive environments.
This Special Issue aims to reflect the current state of the art and new developments in the application of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data-driven applications for air quality, water quality, thermal comfort, solar radiation, energy planning and policy, and other topics relevant to well-being spaces. This Special Issue will provide a comprehensive and interdisciplinary avenue for researchers, experts, and engineers to publish their latest findings. We welcome original research articles, case studies, and reviews focusing on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Artificial intelligence as applied to well-being spaces;
- Indoor/outdoor building environmental assessment and simulation;
- Healthy and comfortable built environments;
- Green buildings and sustainable systems based on computer science;
- Advances in modelling and simulation tools;
- Data mining in well-being space datasets;
- Machine learning applications for energy management;
- Predictive maintenance and assessment;
- Renewable energy applications;
- Modeling in health, productivity, and well-being related to the built environment.
Prof. Dr. Guodan Liu
Prof. Dr. Hongbing Chen
Dr. Sheng Miao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- well-being spaces
- artificial intelligence (AI)
- healthy and comfortable built environment
- data mining and machine learning
- renewable energy applications
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