Sustainable Cement-Based Materials and Low-Carbon Construction Technologies
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2026 | Viewed by 27
Special Issue Editors
Interests: low-carbon cement-based materials; carbonation and hydration
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The construction industry plays a pivotal role in global carbon emissions, prompting a pressing need for sustainable construction materials and technologies. This Special Issue aims to collect original research and review articles focused on recent advances in sustainable construction materials and low-carbon technologies. Emphasis is placed on the low-carbon design and durability enhancement of cement-based materials, the integration of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) in construction practices, and the implementation of digital technologies for greener and more efficient construction.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Development of low-carbon cementitious materials;
- Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) in construction;
- Low-carbon design approaches for cement-based systems;
- Durability improvements of sustainable construction materials;
- 3D printing and digital manufacturing of cementitious components;
- Life-cycle assessments and environmental impacts of new materials;
- Integration of AI and digital tools for material design and process optimization.
We invite researchers and practitioners to contribute their latest findings that contribute to the decarbonization and digital transformation of construction materials and technologies.
Dr. Qiang Ren
Dr. Yi Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- low-carbon cementitious materials
- durability improvement
- low-carbon design of cement-based materials
- carbon capture, utilization, and storage
- improvement of durability
- sustainable construction technology
- life-cycle assessment
- artificial intelligence
- decarbonization
- digital manufacturing
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