Buildings

Towards Sustainable Construction: New Trends in Building Renovation, Energy Efficiency and Innovative Materials

edited by

Daniel Ferrández Vega

,

Paulo Santos

and

Alicia Zaragoza Benzal

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6416 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction materials; energy efficiency in buildings and thermal behaviour; building conservation techniques; gypsum; lime mortars; cement composites; wood; steel and concrete; building pathology and rehabilitation strategies; circular economy for a sustainable construction; life-cycle assessment of buildings and building components; passive conditioning of buildings; new technologies applied to buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Research on Health, Wellbeing and Urban Design

edited by

Wei-Ling Hsu

, Kuo-Shun Sun and

Hsin-Lung Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5495 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban ecological infrastructure; spatial spillover; village revitalization; rural housing; polycentricity; carbon footprint; resilience; sustainability; green buildings digital technologies; historic districts; urban health; smart cities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

New Trends in Built Environment and Mobility

edited by

Chaoying Yin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5340 | Submission Open

Keywords: built environment; emerging mobility; advanced analytical approach; subjective well-being; longitudinal design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Enhancing Building Resilience Under Climate Change

edited by Yundan Liao,

Chengliang Fan

and Hang Wan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4156 | Submission Open

Keywords: building performance simulation; climate change effects; building resilience evaluation; building optimization; built environment; heat risk evaluation; nature-based solutions; building energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

The Dynamic In Situ Characterisation of Buildings

edited by

Virginia Gori

,

Cliff Elwell

and

Frances Hollick

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3833 | Submission Open

Keywords: building physics; buildings and energy; dynamic thermal performance; demand side response; building flexibility; building systems; in situ building characterisation; thermal comfort; domestic and non-domestic buildings; ventilation in buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

High-Rise Building Design: Phenomena and Analyses Involved

edited by

Marcelo Greco

and João Paulo Correia Rodrigues

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3703 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanics of structures; safety; comfort; experimental analysis; dynamics of structures; nonlinear analysis; strengthening of structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Environmentally-Friendly Building Materials in Construction

edited by

Ruby Mejía de Gutiérrez

and Rafael A. Robayo-Salazar

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3067 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; sustainable and low-carbon building materials; eco-friendly materials and processes; utilization of by-products and waste materials in construction; construction and demolition wastes; recycled aggregates; alternative binders to Portland cement; geopolymers; 3D concrete printing; concrete durability; life cycle analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Building Resilient Cities: Architecture and Urban Planning for Combating Extreme Hot and Cold Weather

edited by Sheng Liu and Yingzi Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2819 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-resilient cities; climate-resilient buildings; extreme hot/cold events; low-carbon buildings and cities; architectural and urban planning practices; urban microclimate; building energy efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Seismic Prevention and Response Analysis of Buildings

edited by Sarmad Shakeel and

Alessia Campiche

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2656 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquake engineering; structural analysis; innovative structural systems; retrofitting; resilience; seismic design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Concrete in the Digital Age: Advanced Simulations for Structural Innovation

edited by Golsa Mahdavi and Jan Cervenka

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2501 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital technology; concrete materials and structures; concrete model; damage identification; durability and sustainability; case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Soil–Structure Interactions for Civil Infrastructure

edited by

Kaiwen Liu

,

Wenbing Wu

, Tengfei Wang, Xiaoning Zhang and

Kang Shao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 2469 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation infrastructure; soil– structure interactions; foundation engineering; intelligent construction; sustainable infrastructure; embankments and slopes; structural resilience; machine learning; numerical simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Modeling and Testing the Performance of Masonry Structures

edited by

Nicola Longarini

and

Pietro Giuseppe Crespi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2460 | Submission Open

Keywords: masonry structures; laboratory and in-situ tests; numerical modelling; non-linear behavior of masonry; seismic response of masonry structures; historical masonry buildings; smart bricks; retrofitting techniques for masonry structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Innovative Approaches to Sustainability Management and Digital Integration in the Built Environment

edited by

Stefano Cascone

,

Eleonora Laurini

, Silvia Meschini and

Antonio Salzano

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2275 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction; digital integration; building information modeling (BIM); engineering modeling; lifecycle management; construction innovation; smart infrastructure; environmental sustainability; process optimization; socioeconomic impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Community Resilience and Urban Sustainability: A Global Perspective

edited by Duanfang Lu and Chunyan Yang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2140 | Submission Open

Keywords: community resilience; building sustainability; climate change; urban governance; green Infrastructure; sustainable design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Strengthening and Rehabilitation of Structures or Buildings

edited by

Rami Hawileh

, Ghada Karaki and

Reza Haghani

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1713 | Submission Open

Keywords: strengthening; rehabilitation; FRP; composites; reinforced concrete; steel; modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Building Structure Analysis and Health Monitoring

edited by

Gongfa Chen

,

David H. Bassir

and

Shuai Teng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1484 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; building structures; structural health monitoring; machine learning; predictive maintenance; deep learning; structural analysis; damage detection; data-driven models; smart buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Thermal Environment in Buildings: Innovations and Safety Perspectives

edited by

Wenyu Yang

and Yongjun Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1411 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy efficiency; renewable energy integration; energy storage in buildings; smart building technologies; thermal insulation advancements; sustainable building design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Energy Efficiency, Health and Intelligence in the Built Environment

edited by Boya Jiang, Yiming Shao and

Yiqi Tao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1220 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon-emission building; energy-efficient design; life cycle assessment; vertical farming; indoor environment quality; sustainable building technology; building information modelling; intelligent design and construction; health- and well-being-oriented design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Performance Analysis of Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Constructions Under Current and Future Climates

edited by Lin Wang and

Hua Ge

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1145 | Submission Open

Keywords: cross-laminated timber constructions; characterization of material properties; hygrothermal performance analysis; durability performance analysis; energy performance analysis; thermal comfort performance analysis; structural performance analysis; life cycle carbon/cost analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Assessment and Retrofit of Reinforced Concrete Structures

edited by

Pier Paolo Rossi

and

Melina Bosco

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1127 | Submission Open

Keywords: prestressed and nonprestressed reinforced concrete; laboratory tests; numerical modeling; seismic assessment; retrofit

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Seismic Performance of Seismic-Resilient Structures

edited by Chao Li, Hao Zhou and

Zhongkui Cai

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 953 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic resilient; energy dissipation; strengthening; seismic performance; retrofitting; shaking table tests; cyclic test; FRP

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Safety Management and Occupational Health in Construction

edited by

Krishna Kisi

and

Kishor Shrestha

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 920 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction safety; occupational health; human factors; ergonomics; hazard detection; worker well-being; decision making; workplace monitoring; automation in safety management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Utilization of Recycled Aggregates and Waste in Sustainable Concrete Materials

edited by

Arvindan Sivasuriyan

and

Eugeniusz Koda

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 704 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable concrete; recycled aggregates; waste utilization; circular economy; green building materials; mechanical properties; durability performance; structural applications; environmental impact; artificial intelligence in construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Integrating Nature-Based Solutions into the Built Environment of Urban and Rural Areas

edited by

Lei Zhu

and

Chin Haw Lim

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 694 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban and rural built environments; nature-based solution; resilience and sustainability; green infrastructure; planning and implantation; heritage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Performance-Based Seismic Design, Structural Health Monitoring, and Deformation Prediction for Building Structures

edited by Edmond Muho, George S. Kamaris and Nicos A. Kalapodis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 595 | Submission Open

Keywords: performance-based seismic design; structural health monitoring (SHM); deformation prediction; AI and machine learning in structural engineering; sustainability and life-cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Safety Assessment and Structural Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Buildings

edited by Wei Huang, Zhi Zhou and Wuchao Zhao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 590 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforced concrete structures; structural analysis; durability; load-bearing capacity; seismic; finite element analysis; construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Advanced Research on Concrete Materials in Construction

edited by Wenlin Tu and

Shengqian Ruan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 586 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon materials; recycling; sustainability; mix design; mechanical performance; microstructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Analysis, Conservation, and Refurbishment Methods of Heritage Architecture Based on Modern Technology

edited by

Giorgia Predari

and Carlo Costantino

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 353 | Submission Open

Keywords: heritage buildings and structures; building information modeling; building automation systems; eco-friendly retrofitting methods; virtual reality and visualization technologies; digital twins; sensors; smart structures; and intelligent control; artificial intelligence; neural networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Mechanical Properties of High-Performance Bimetallic Steels

edited by

Xuanyi Xue

, Zhilu Wang and Fei Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance steel; mechanical property; durability; bimetallic steel; corrosion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Analysis, Calculations, Evaluations, and Controls of High-Rise/Large-Span Structures

edited by Meng Wang, Jiaxu Shen, Wenjin Zhang and Hua-Jian Jin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open

Keywords: tall buildings/building clusters; bridges; wind turbines/wind farm; passive control; earthquake engineering; multi-hazard; constructional simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Development of Indoor Environment Comfort in Buildings

edited by

Francesco Ruggiero

and

Roberto Stasi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 256 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor environmental comfort; energy efficiency; building design; smart technologies; occupant well-being; indoor environmental comfort; energy efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Strategies for Green Building, Ventilation Efficiency and Fire Protection

edited by Yanfeng Li, Hua Zhong, Xiaoliang Shao, Marzia Bolpagni and Youbo Huang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open

Keywords: building ventilation; air distribution; smoke control; green building; carbon reduction; CFD simulation; thermal comfort; energy conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Sustainable Housing and Urban Planning: Enhancing Well-Being Through Environmental Design

edited by Siqi Jia,

Shengbiao Wu

,

Cheolhee Yoo

and Wanlu Ouyang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; sustainable building; sustainable development; environmental design; green building; thermal environment; urban built environment; urban climate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Research on Indoor Air Quality and Sustainable Artificial Environments

edited by Yu Zhao, Peng Wang, Chunhui Liao and Jinfu Zheng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor air quality; building energy; building physics; thermal comfort; HVAC systems; pollutant dispersion in artificial environments; smart control; CFD simulation indoors; artificial intelligence; CFD fast prediction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Research on the Thermal, Environmental, and Economic Performance of Building Envelopes: Advancing Sustainable Solutions

edited by

Carmen Diaz López

,

Antonio Serrano-Jiménez

,

Manuel Carpio

,

Konstantin Verichev

and Rubén Mora-Esteban

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: building envelopes; sustainable architecture; energy-efficient; environmental impact; thermal comfort; innovative strategies; resource management; policy frameworks; economic performance; renovation projects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Analysis of Performance in Green Concrete Structures

edited by Robin Kalfat and

Jessey Lee

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: green concrete; geopolymer concrete; low-carbon concrete; sustainable concrete structures; strengthening and retrofitting; fiber composite materials; concrete durability; post-installed fastenings; life cycle assessment (LCA); nano additives

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Novel Steel and Steel-Concrete Composite Structures

edited by

Jingzhong Tong

, Wenhao Pan and Genshu Tong

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13176 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel-concrete composite structures; steel structures; novel structural systems; high-performance materials; stability analysis; seismic design; simulation technique

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Study on the Durability of Construction Materials and Structures

edited by

Jun-Mo Yang

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13039 | Submission Open

Keywords: durability; construction materials; degradation mechanisms; sustainability; innovative construction techniques; environmental stress; mechanical loading; weathering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Sustainable Building Technology and High-Performance Building Engineering

edited by

Jun Lu

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9382 | Submission Open

Keywords: low carbon and zero carbon building; transportation hub; HVAC; efficient air conditioning room; sustainable development; application of renewable energies; high-performance building materials; energy conservation and management; environment and economic evaluation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

BIM and Advanced Technologies: Recent Applications and Future Perspectives

edited by

Zhen Liu

and

Mohamed Osmani

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1463 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information modeling/management (BIM); city information modeling/management (CIM); Internet of Things (IoT); artificial intelligence (AI); virtual reality (VR); metaverse; big data; digitization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

AI-Powered Structural Health Monitoring: Innovations and Applications

edited by

Yanda Shao

, Qilin Li and

Fei He

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring (SHM); artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML); computer vision; smart structure; digital twin; physics-informed machine learning; sensor fusion anomaly detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Building Structure Health Monitoring and Damage Detection

edited by

Fidel Lozano

and

Edison Atencio

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; damage detection; structural integrity; dynamic structural response; artificial intelligence; real-time monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Studies in Smart Construction

edited by

Changwan Kim

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart construction; automation and robotics; ai and big data; construction decision-making; construction safety; off-site construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Energy Performance in Sustainable Architecture Design

edited by

Ingliang Wong

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3949 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy; sustainable building; architecture design; energy performance; energy efficiency ; sustainable design; sustainable architecture ; energy consumption ; renewable energy ; built environment; building material

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Potential Use of Green Hydrogen in the Built Environment

edited by

Michael A. Lacasse

and Christer Sjöström

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 528 | Submission Open

Keywords: green hydrogen; energy storage systems; heating and cooling homes; modelling energy systems; efficiency durability; hydrogen storage systems; integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Advances in Green Building and Environmental Comfort

edited by

Hee Joo POH

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: CFD application in built environment; total building performance; building information modelling; building energy analysis and simulation; indoor environmental quality; sustainable energy management; green development; digitalisation in the built environment; integrated energy and environmental modeller; built environment engineering principles and practice

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Nature-Based Solutions to Mitigate the Effects of Urban Heat Islands and Urban Flooding

edited by

Zahra Jandaghian

and

Umberto Berardi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 16286 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate resiliency of built environment; nature-based solutions; buildings’ decarbonization; climate change; urban heat islanding; urban flooding; mitigation strategies; adaptation techniques; energy efficiency; net-zero energy buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Inspection, Maintenance and Retrofitting of Existing Buildings

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14322 | Submission Open

Keywords: existing building; inspection and maintenance techniques; decision-making model; building stock; sustainable retrofitting; governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Research on Recent Developments in Building Structures

edited by

Pengcheng Li

and

Hao Wang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13631 | Submission Open

Keywords: building structures; novel structural systems; novel structural materials; structural analysis; structural design; structural optimization; intelligent construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research on the Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Structures

edited by Weijing Zhang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11301 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic performance; concrete; structural walls; earthquake-resilient structures; seismic design method; RC frame; experimental research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

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