Buildings

Energy and Climate Policy in Practice: Insights from Sustainable, Smart and Resilient Buildings

edited by

Mehrdad Rabani

,

Guilherme Coelho

and

Mehran Rabani

submission deadline 22 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1941 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy policy implementation; climate-responsive buildings; sustainable building practices; smart building technologies; resilient design strategies; lived experiences in buildings; AI in building performance; policy-practice gap; indoor environmental quality

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

Advances in Studies in Artificial Intelligence for Construction Management

edited by

Byungjoo Choi

and Hyunsoo Kim

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4757 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; construction management; construction engineering; machine learning applications; computer vision; construction automation; large language models; generative AI

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

Advances in Deconstruction and the Sustainable Management of Construction Waste: Towards a Circular Economy

edited by

Terri-Ann Berry

,

Kim L. de Graaf

,

Ferdinand Oswald

and Mohamed Elkharboutly

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4395 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable waste management; building circularity; sustainable building design; zero waste construction; construction material recovery; C&D waste reuse; hazardous C&D waste management; embodied and operational carbon sustainable reuse of waste soils; deconstruction methods

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

Advanced Digital Technologies for Heritage Conservation and Management

edited by António Candeias and Fabio Sitzia

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2690 | Submission Open

Keywords: photogrammetry; aerial LIDAR; thermographic photogrammetry; underwater photogrammetry; digital twins; building pathology; SEM-photogrammetry

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

Research and Development of Cement-Based Materials

edited by

Jie Yuan

and

Gaowang Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1855 | Submission Open

Keywords: cement-based materials; cement concrete; concrete repair materials; recycled concrete; concrete admixture; durability performance; early-age behaviour

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

Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering: Intelligent Construction, Structural Health Monitoring and Sustainable Materials

edited by

Jun Hu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1448 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable architecture; civil engineering; green and low-carbon buildings; structural health monitoring; resilient and smart structures; energy-efficient building design; life cycle assessment; digital twin; sustainability of infrastructure

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

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 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1255 | 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)

Planning Resilient and Inclusive Cities: From Spatial Policy and Territorial Governance to Housing Policy

edited by

Elżbieta Zysk

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1230 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart technological solutions in urban spaces; tools supporting equality and social cohesion in urban spaces; planning climate-resilient cities; resilience of cities to crises: climate, demographic, and economic; sustainable urban planning and design; climate resilience and adaptation; green infrastructure; blue infrastructure; social inclusiveness; social resilience and equality; spatial policy and management; urban resilience; inclusiveness; housing policy; territorial management; sustainable development; social participation

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

Intelligent Assessment and Retrofitting of Existing Building Structures for Sustainable and Resilient Cities

edited by

Kuangyu Dai

,

Lei Li

and

Yumeng Qiao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1111 | Submission Open

Keywords: existing building structures; structural health monitoring; digital twin; machine learning; structural resilience; seismic strengthening; sustainable upgrading; building information modeling (BIM); computer vision; high-performance materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Resilient and Sustainable Buildings: Advances in Architecture and Structural Systems

edited by

Majid Movahedi Rad

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1077 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient buildings; sustainable architecture; structural systems innovation; building information modeling (BIM); digital twin technologies; retrofitting and rehabilitation; energy-efficient building design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Building Physics: Towards Low-Carbon and Human Comfort

edited by

Xiangli Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 905 | Submission Open

Keywords: building physics; low-carbon buildings; thermal comfort; indoor environmental quality; building energy systems; energy-efficient HVAC; human-centered building design; fault diagnosis and integrity monitoring of heating pipeline

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

Nonlinear Behaviour of Steel and Composite Structures

edited by

Jorge Bonilla

and

David Hernandez Figueirido

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 781 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel structures; steel–concrete composite structures; nonlinear analysis; structural behaviour; structural stability and ductility; advanced analysis; finite element modeling; experimental investigation; bolted connections

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Complexity, Systems, and Safety Management in Construction

edited by

Michael Behm

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 462 | Submission Open

Keywords: system safety; complexity; resilience engineering; systems theory; human factors; safe design

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

Disaster Prevention and Resilience Enhancement of Engineering Structures

edited by

Qian Zhang

and Marco Meloni

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 367 | Submission Open

Keywords: metamaterial energy absorption; impact resistance optimization; impact damage control; composite structures under impact; long-span structure collapse control; multi-hazard bridge strengthening; structural time-variant reliability; structural system safety evaluation; infrastructure resilience optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advancing Civil Engineering Construction and Management: Innovations in Green Building, Intelligent Construction, and Sustainable Infrastructure Development—2nd Edition

edited by Yuan Mei,

Yili Yuan

,

Lei Li

and Tao Zeng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open

Keywords: civil engineering construction and management; underground and tunnel engineering; temporary structure safety; engineering safety assessment; green building materials; low-carbon construction; carbon emission control

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

Reliability and Fire Resistance of Building Structures

edited by

Amit H. Varma

and

Shivam Sharma

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire resistance; structural performance-based fire design; nonlinear analysis; large-scale testing; reliability under fire; progressive collapse; connection behavior under fire; system level analysis under fire

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Sustainable Urban Transformation: Buildings, Policy and Technology

edited by Shuang Gao,

Li'na Liu

,

Yuqu Wang

and Jieyu Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban transformation; building energy efficiency; urban energy consumption; low-carbon development; carbon emissions and mitigation; low-carbon technologies; urban and land-use planning; climate and energy policy

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

Structural Performance and Analysis of Wood-Based Structures

edited by

Miroslav Premrov

and

Erika Kozem Šilih

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open

Keywords: timber buildings; structural analysis; timber–glass load-bearing components; mid-rise and high-rise timber structures; hybrid wood-based buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Control for Grid-Integrated, Energy-Flexible and Resilient Buildings

edited by

Navid Morovat

,

Mojtaba Parsaee

and

Farid Bahiraei

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; model predictive control; energy flexibility; building-to-grid integration; grid-interactive efficient buildings; demand response; building energy management; digital twins; resilience; decarbonization

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

Advanced Study on Urban Environment by Big Data Analytics—2nd Edition

edited by

Lei Wang

,

Xin Han

, Yang Yang,

Baoyue Kuang

and Jianxun Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban visual intelligence; urban perception; urban built environment; urban thermal environment; heritage conservation; digital heritage; urban planning and design; urban mobility

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

Advances in Fire Safety and Resilience of Buildings

edited by

Jinxian Zhao

, Liulu Guo,

Rui Ma

and

Tianwei Chu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: building fire safety; fire dynamics; intelligent fire-safety technologies; active and passive fire protection; performance-based fire design; post-fire assessment and resilience; fire risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

New Reinforcement Technologies Applied in Slope and Foundation: 2nd Edition

edited by Changfu Chen,

Jianfeng Zhu

, Renhua Tang,

Genbao Zhang

and Shimin Zhu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotechnical reinforcement materials; geotechnical reinforcement technology; slope stability analysis; foundation treatment; soil–structure interaction; bearing performance; mechanical analysis model; performance optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Resilience of Urban Underground Space: Planning, Design, Assessment and Enhancement—2nd Edition

edited by

Kaihang Han

,

Chengping Zhang

and

Wei Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban underground space resilience; disaster chain; AGI-empowered resilience; digital twin; resilience assessment; resilience enhancement; deep underground space development; whole life cycle

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

Sustainable Development: Recycling and Reuse of Waste Materials in the Construction Industry—3rd Edition

edited by

Zengfeng Zhao

and

Shi Hu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled aggregates and sustainability; construction and demolition waste; 3D printing concrete containing recycled materials; sustainable cementitious materials based on waste materials; life cycle assessment of concrete using recycled materials; recycled aggregates and sustainability; construction and demolition waste

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

Digital and Intelligent Transformations for Sustainable and Resilient Urban Built Environments

edited by

Xuan Liu

, Arghavan Akbarieh and

Chenshuo Ma

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: data-driven smart cities; sustainable buildings and communities; circular economy; urban analytics and spatial decision support; climate resilience and environmental performance; sustainable housing and real estate; semantic interoperability; urban data integration; artificial intelligence transformation; digital twinning paradigms and practices; urban environmental; health and wellbeing

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

Urban Microclimate, Building Environments, and Population Health: Adaptive Design Strategies for a Warming City

edited by

Huanchun Huang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban heat island; building microclimate; heat exposure and public health; adaptive urban design; urban green infrastructure and cooling; outdoor thermal comfort; thermal remote sensing and GIS; machine learning and explainable AI; climate resilience and adaptation; heat equity and environmental justice

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

Climate-Adaptive Urban Landscapes: Digital Methods for Perception, Performance, and Design

edited by

, Yuan Chen,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-adaptive landscape planning and design; blue–green infrastructure; digital landscape mapping; urban big data and GeoAI; spatial–visual characteristics; landscape perception and preference; nature-based solutions; urban thermal and hydrological performance

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

Advances in 3D Printing Construction Materials

edited by Vuong Nguyen-Van and

Junli Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 3 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon concrete; extrusion-based 3D printing; rheological property; printing performance; fibre-reinforced concrete; digital fabrication; printable ECC/EGC; large-scale structural applications; durability; sustainable construction materials

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

Vibration Control and Utilization by Smart Materials and Structures

edited by

Zhenyu Chen

, Jie Jia,

Ruijun Zhang

, Shuai Qu and

Zhihao Zhai

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration control; structural dynamics; vibration utilization; smart materials and structures; disaster prevention of structures; wave manipulation; noise control; seismic protection of buildings; mechanical metamaterials; energy harvesting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Assessment and Retrofitting of Structures: Modelling and Testing

edited by Natalia Pingaro,

Ali Güney Özcebe

,

Ernesto Grande

and

Gabriele Milani

submission deadline 1 May 2027 | Viewed by 253 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical analysis; experimental testing; structural assessment; structural strengthening; earthquake engineering; soil-structure interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Smart Thermal Management and Energy Savings in HVAC Systems

edited by

José Sánchez Ramos

and

Rafael Monge Palma

submission deadline 1 May 2027 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart control; HVAC; passive systems; innovative EMS solutions; advanced control; resilient control solutions; model-based controllers

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

Digital Innovations in Construction: Integrating BIM, AI, Robotics and Blockchain

edited by

Vladimir Vukovic

and

Vishak Dudhee

submission deadline 1 May 2027 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information modelling (BIM); artificial intelligence; digital twins; robotics; blockchain; Internet of Things (IoT); digital construction; construction automation; interoperability; smart buildings

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

Urban Air Pollution and the Built Environment: Sources, Impacts, and Solutions

edited by Celine Siu Lan Lee and

Hao Wang

submission deadline 10 May 2027 | Viewed by 455 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; indoor air quality; built environment; building design; indoor–outdoor exchange; urban; public health

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

AI-Driven Earthquake and Multi-Hazard Vulnerability, Fragility, and Resilience Assessment of Buildings

edited by

Moustafa Moufid Kassem

and

Fadzli Mohamed Nazri

submission deadline 10 May 2027 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; earthquake engineering; multi-hazard assessment; seismic vulnerability; fragility analysis; building resilience; machine learning; functional recovery; performance-based earthquake engineering; risk and reliability assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Digital Twins for Information Management in Digitalization, Sustainability, and Resilience: Bridging Heritage and the Modern Built Environment

edited by

Gozde Basak Ozturk

,

Weiwei Chen

and Soheila Kookalani

submission deadline 20 May 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8184 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twins; information management; artificial intelligence; smart structures; built heritage; sustainability; resilience; HBIM (heritage BIM); immersive technologies; predictive analytics

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

Artificial Intelligence and Digital Workflows for Sustainable Building Design, Assessment and Reuse

edited by

Sina Sarfarazi

and

Ikram Abarkan

submission deadline 20 May 2027 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in building engineering; building information modelling (BIM); digital twins; explainable machine learning; physics-informed machine learning; sustainable building assessment; structural health monitoring; lifecycle assessment and optimisation; circular construction and adaptive reuse; structural and material reuse

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

Advances in Building Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Energy Integration for Low-Carbon Built Environments

edited by

Zeyuan Wang

,

Fenghao Wang

and Menglong Lu

submission deadline 30 May 2027 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: net/nearly zero energy buildings; renewable energy; energy flexibility; optimal control; integrated energy system; energy storage; artificial intelligence; heat pump; grid-friendly interaction

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

Buildings and Urban Microclimate Challenges: Impacts on Thermal and Wind Environments

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3131 | Submission Open

Keywords: building form; building layout; local climate; ventilation path; street canyon effect; wind and thermal environment; thermal comfort; ENVI-met; CFD; GIS

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

Earth-Based Eco-Efficient Architecture and Construction

edited by Francisco Javier Castilla Pascual,

Alejandro Jiménez Rios

,

Paulina Faria

and

Maria Stefanidou

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2460 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthen structures; low-carbon building material; regenerative design; retrofit; digital heritage; nature-based solutions; mechanical– hygrothermal performance; stabilization techniques; fibre reinforcement; lifecycle assessment

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

Advances in Materials and Structural Technologies for the Historical Built Environment and Heritage Conservation

edited by

Radek Zigler

, Martin Pospisil and

Klára Kroftová

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1591 | Submission Open

Keywords: heritage conservation; historic building materials; structural assessment and strengthening; compatibility and durability; sustainable conservation; advanced repair materials; monitoring and diagnostics; non-destructive testing (NDT)

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

Advancing Building Energy Efficiency Through Better Design, Engineering and Management

edited by Yanan Liu,

Shen Wei

,

Anxiao Zhang

, Chika Udeaja and

Amin Hosseinian-Far

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1403 | Submission Open

Keywords: passive design; energy-efficient systems; low-carbon solutions; renewable energy; occupant behaviour; whole life-cycle design; building information modelling/management; digital twins

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

Assessment of Safety, Reliability, Robustness, Risk and Resilience: Building Structures and Civil Infrastructure

edited by

Luchuan Ding

,

Fulvio Parisi

and André Teófilo Beck

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 879 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural safety; structural reliability; structural robustness/progressive collapse; risk management; disaster resilience; civil engineering; disaster mitigation; structural resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Digitalization and AI in Materials Engineering for Smart Construction

edited by

Krishanu Roy

and

G. Beulah Gnana Ananthi

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open

Keywords: digitalization in construction; artificial intelligence (AI); smart construction materials; sustainable building materials; materials engineering; building information modelling (BIM); digital twin technology; machine learning in construction; smart buildings; sustainable construction technologies

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

Enhancing Seismic Resistance in Reinforced Concrete Structures

edited by

Müslüm Murat Maraş

and Hasim Ali Khan

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforced concrete structures; earthquake engineering; seismic resistance; seismic assessment; structural repair and strengthening; seismic retrofitting; advanced composite materials; performance-based earthquake engineering; structural resilience; sustainable and low-carbon structural materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Spatial Strategy for Sustainable Urban Planning and Architectural Development

edited by

Massoomeh Hedayati Marzbali

and Aldrin Abdullah

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban planning; architectural design; urban resilient; healthy cities; place attachment; CPTED; space syntax

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

Resource Utilization of Solid Wastes for Circular and Sustainable Construction

edited by Ming-Feng Kai, Kai Yang, Wendong Chen and Yanling Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid wastes; resource utilization; waste‑based cementitious materials; geopolymer concrete; cement‑based materials; sustainable construction; green building; building design; building ecology

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

Smart Damping and Vibration Control for Structural Resilience

edited by

Shouzhen Li

,

Hao Liu

, Liang Cao and

Yao-Rong Dong

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural resilience; vibration mitigation; life‑cycle assessment; structural health monitoring; optimization algorithm; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep reinforcement learning; smart damping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Data-Driven Intelligent Energy Management for Low-Carbon Buildings

edited by

Fabrizio Leonforte

,

Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad

,

Harold Enrique Huerto-Cardenas

and Hashem Amini Toosi

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: data-driven energy management; smart buildings; artificial intelligence; machine learning; low-carbon buildings; renewable energy; adaptive and predictive control; demand response management; building–grid interaction; techno-economic and environmental analysis

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

Intelligent Diagnosis, Performance Assessment and Life-Cycle Management of Engineering Structures

edited by

Zhifeng Wu

, Hao Xu and Zhihao Li

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent structural diagnosis; structural performance assessment; structural health monitoring; finite element model updating; artificial intelligence and machine learning; digital twin; uncertainty quantification and Bayesian inference; risk and reliability assessment; smart operation and maintenance; advanced structural and strengthening materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Sustainable Materials for Low-Carbon and High-Performance Concrete

edited by

Xiang Tian

,

Hui Liu

and Jie Wu

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable concrete; low-carbon materials; supplementary cementitious materials; geopolymers; solid waste utilization; carbon sequestration; durability; life-cycle assessment; hydration mechanisms; high-performance concrete

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

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