Building Materials, Smart Construction, and Green Innovations for the Future Building Industry
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 80
Special Issue Editors
Interests: high-strength concrete; sea water sea sand concrete; green concrete; bond stress; shrinkage stress; interior restraint; cracking in early age
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Interests: civil engineering construction; application of building information model; construction industrialization; green construction theory and practice
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Interests: intelligent construction; digital construction; energy infrastructure; steel-concrete composite structures; bridge structures
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The global construction industry is undergoing a profound transition to digitalization, intelligence, and sustainability. Innovative building materials and smart construction technologies are playing a pivotal role in improving structural performance, reducing environmental impacts, and promoting the sustainable development of the built environment. This Special Issue aims to bring together recent research and technological advances in building materials, intelligent construction, and green innovations that are shaping the future of the building industry.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the development and application of advanced and eco-friendly building materials, intelligent construction management systems, building information modeling (BIM) and digital twin technologies, construction automation and robotics, green and low-carbon construction practices, and lifecycle performance evaluation. In particular, we encourage studies that explore the integration of artificial intelligence, smart sensing, data-driven decision-making, and sustainability assessment.
Through this Special Issue, we seek to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and knowledge exchange that drive innovation in materials science, digital construction, and green transformation. We warmly invite researchers, engineers, and practitioners to contribute original research papers and comprehensive reviews to this Special Issue, advancing the vision of a smarter, greener, and more sustainable building industry.
Dr. Lepeng Huang
Dr. Kaiyang Wang
Dr. Yang Yang
Dr. Kang Wang
Dr. Lin Chen
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- concrete materials
- high-performance concrete
- smart construction technologies
- intelligent construction and monitoring
- building information modeling (BIM)
- digital twin
- automation and robotics in construction
- green construction
- low-carbon building
- sustainable stragety
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