Materials Engineering in Sustainable Buildings

Dear Colleagues,

The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a venue for networking and communication between scholars in the field of sustainable buildings. This is a topical issue; the cities of the future are expected to face complex challenges, including maintenance, resilience, energy efficiency, and environmental sustainability. In order to avoid being caught unprepared in the management of cities of the near future, it is imperative that we develop in our materials engineering innovations that can bring significant improvements to design, planning, and environmental policies. To successfully pursue this goal, a “change of pace” is necessary, which will allow us to give innovative answers to the ancestral human need for comfortable and functional shelters. From this perspective, the exchange of skills between scholars from very different fields is strongly encouraged. Excessive sectorization, in fact, has always been the enemy of innovation.

The main topics to be covered include—but are not limited to—natural materials for structural retrofitting and strengthening, natural materials to improve the energy efficiency of buildings, additive 3D printing of natural building materials, risk management, seismic engineering, structure/subsoil interactions, experimental studies, structural modelling, and soil stabilization. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcomed.

Dr. Elena Ferretti
Guest Editor

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