Selected Papers from the "World Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2026—WSBE26"
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 September 2026 | Viewed by 7
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable built environment; circular built environment; SDGs; R-strategies; education
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Interests: renewable energy; future fuels; multi-objective optimization; BIM; asset management
Interests: sustainable development; circular economy and resilient built environment; sustainable manufacturing; prefabrication; artificial intelligence
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue explores the evolving nexus between circular building design, construction and operation, through to end of life and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As a major consumer of resources and a critical driver of ecological balance, economic resilience, and social equity, the building sector must adopt a circular economy approach to enable sustainable transformation. This Special Issue aims to gather interdisciplinary research, case studies, and innovations that promote resource efficiency, waste reduction, and regenerative approaches across the building life cycle.
Authors presenting at the “World Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2026” (WSBE26) will be invited to submit extended, peer-reviewed versions of their papers for consideration in this Special Issue focusing on innovative approaches to circularity in design, construction, operation and policy/ legislation.
This Special Issue invites contributions linking with the SDGs through the following:
- Life cycle design, through to end-of-life innovation;
- Capacity building and knowledge transfer;
- Integrated sustainability assessment beyond LCA;
- Novel frameworks and tools for systemic transition (e.g., business models, digital tools);
- Policy, governance and strategic pathways;
- Context-specific case studies and scalable solutions.
Conference Website:
Prof. Dr. Usha Iyer-Raniga
Dr. Pabasara Wijeratne
Dr. Janappriya Jayawardana
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- circular economy
- circular construction
- circular design
- education
- sustainable design
- end-of-life
- SDGs
- operational sustainability
- capacity building
- policy and governance
- digital tools
- sustainability assessments
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