Carbon-Neutral Infrastructure: 2nd Edition
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: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 1945
Special Issue Editors
Interests: green energy conversion pavement technology; solid recycling materials used in asphalt pavement; sustainability of road infrastructures; technical testing to address performance properties; composition of asphalt mixtures considering various additives and re-using reclaimed asphalt
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Interests: road engineering; asphalt pavement; high-performance asphalt; power generation pavement; pavement coating
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Interests: microstructure and numerical modeling in pavement; mechanical property analysis and measurements; advanced materials and structures; failure analysis; fracture mechanics
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Interests: performance characterization of rubber asphalt using molecular dynamics simulation; tire-pavement contact and its friction mechanism; adhesion and debonding behaviors between asphalt binder and aggregate; sustainable materials used in asphalt pavement
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Achieving carbon neutrality is a global priority. Transportation infrastructure, characterized by a high demand for resources and energy consumption, significantly contributes to carbon emissions. Road infrastructure, which heavily relies on non-renewable resources during construction, particularly asphalt and cement, generates substantial emissions during both the construction and maintenance phases. Therefore, it is crucial to reduce reliance on non-renewable resources, enhance construction and maintenance practices, increase material recycling, and develop low-carbon materials and technologies to support sustainable transportation and the goal of carbon neutrality. Efforts to construct transportation infrastructure with low carbon emissions include using solid waste to replace natural resources in concrete, developing warm-mix and cold-mix asphalt technologies, applying waste materials to road and underground works to enhance the use of resources, and improving the efficiency of recycling via the optimization of processes and equipment. This Special Issue aims to present articles that address the development of novel materials or innovative technologies for carbon-neutral transportation infrastructure. We welcome original research and review articles with a clear focus on these areas, contributing to the goal of carbon neutrality in transportation.
Dr. Wentong Wang
Dr. Dongdong Yuan
Dr. Augusto Cannone Falchetto
Dr. Fucheng Guo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon-neutralized cement or asphalt-based materials
- material technologies to improve the utilization of infrastructure waste resources
- alternative materials for carbon neutral infrastructure
- recycled materials in infrastructure
- cold mix asphalt materials
- green and sustainable infrastructure materials
- energy harvesting and green conversion technologies for road infrastructure
- smart infrastructure materials and structures
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- Carbon-Neutral Infrastructure in Buildings (12 articles)
