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Selected Papers from AUBEA 2025: Building Sustainable, Smart, and Resilient Communities: Planning, Design, Construction, and Education

edited by

Xiancun Hu

, Hitomi Nakanishi and

Mike Louw

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced construction project management; built environment education; climate change adaptation; smart construction tenologies; digital transformation; health; safety and risk in construction; low-carbon built environment strategies; smart cities and buildings; green building and construction materials; sustainable construction

Sustainability Beyond Building(s) Toward Real Zero-Impact Buildings

edited by Ronald Rovers

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: zero-impact buildings; resource regeneration; 0/embodied energy approaches; life-cycle sustainability; restoring material flow approach; renewable materials; regrowable materials; infrastructure integration; temporal impact assessment; built environment resilience; system evaluations; space– time calculations (land)

Sustainable Lightscapes: Enhancing Health and Innovation in Green Building Environments

edited by Luoxi Hao, Yong Luo, Xin Zhang and Qiang Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 8 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrative lighting; visual comfort; human-centric lighting; photobiology; health; safety; and environment; artificial intelligence; lighting/daylighting; circadian lighting; BIM and IoT for integrated lighting design; lighting education

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

Advanced Research on Cultural Heritage—2nd Edition

edited by

Emilia Vasanelli

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open

Keywords: heritage; repair and conservation; NDT; decay and durability; case studies; diagnostic tools; digital technologies

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

Adaptive Lightweight Materials and Systems for Sustainable Construction: Innovations and Future Directions

edited by

Alessandra Zanelli

Carol Monticelli

, Salvatore Viscuso, Farzaneh Oghazian and

Amirhossein Ahmadnia

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptable building systems; lightweight/ultra-lightweight construction; energy efficiency; composite/bio-composite materials; membrane architecture; textile-based building systems; smart materials; sustainable construction; bio-inspired building systems; life cycle thinking

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

Advances in Sustainable Green Building Practices and Structural Engineering

edited by

Ahmed Ibrahim Hassanin Mohamed

Hani Salim

and

Pan Ni

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: green building management; structural engineering; recycled materials; self-healing concrete; composite materials; nanomaterials; carbon-negative materials; life cycle assessment; smart monitoring systems

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

Low-Carbon Construction of Indoor Environments and Building Thermal Resilience Under Climate Change

edited by Chenqiu Du

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 8 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal comfort; pollutant exposure; daylighting; comfort soundscape; indoor environments; moisture and mold in buildings; building thermal resilience

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

Advances in Novel Bridge Structures Pertinent to High-Performance Concrete

edited by Haibo Jiang, Renda Zhao and Xiaohong Zheng

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance concrete (HPC); precast HPC segmental bridges; joints or critical portions with HPC in bridge elements; rehabilitations of bridge structures; novel HPC composite bridges

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Studies in Structural Performance, Durability, and Constractional Improvements of Reinforced Concrete Structures

edited by

Neda Asgarkhani

and Farzin Kazemi

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforced concrete (RC) structures; structural performance; structural durability; constructional improvements; seismic performance; structural health monitoring; material degradation; concrete technology; high-performance concrete (HPC); fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC); corrosion resistance; service life prediction; retrofitting techniques; nonlinear analysis; structural rehabilitation; crack propagation; load-bearing capacity; sustainable construction materials; experimental testing; finite element modeling (FEM); life-cycle assessment (LCA); structural optimization; advanced cementitious materials; damage assessment; smart materials in RC

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Computational Design for Low-Carbon and Climate-Responsive Architecture and Urban Environments

edited by Xuan Ma,

Juan Ren

and Qian Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational design; low-carbon architecture; climate-responsive urban planning; parametric and generative design; performance-based simulation

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

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

edited by

Mehrdad Rabani

Guilherme Coelho

and Mehran Rabani

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 142 | 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)

Design, Construction and Maintenance of Underground Structures—2nd Edition

edited by

Sulei Zhang

, Xiaoming Guan and Chang Liu

submission deadline 28 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground space; tunnel structure; stability analysis; mechanical performance; safety evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Prediction and Mitigation of Building Vibrations and Noise: Integrating Safety and Sustainability

edited by

Chao Zou

and Ziyu Tao

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration and noise prediction; propagation and mitigation; technological advances in testing; vibration comfort; noise disturbance; long-term performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Climate Change and the Built Environment: Pathways to Resilience, Sustainability, and Equity

edited by

Chang Xia

Anqi Zhang

and

Yifu Ou

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; built environment; climate adaptation; climate mitigation; urban planning and design; data-driven methods

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

Synergizing Sustainable Materials with Energy Efficiency for Enhanced Thermal Comfort in Buildings

edited by

Mohammad Nyme Uddin

and

Shahnawaz Anwer

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable building materials; energy-efficient design; human thermal comfort; BIM-enabled lifecycle assessment; low-carbon materials; passive design strategies; bio-based composites; net-zero energy buildings; occupant-centric design; climate-resilient architecture; adaptive reuse of materials

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

Research on Energy Efficiency and Low-Carbon Pathways in Buildings

edited by

Sikai Zou

, Yantong Li and

Xiuming Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy efficiency; renewable energy sources utilization; low-carbon buildings; lifecycle carbon analysis; socio-economic and policy issues in buildings; building system control and optimization

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

Performance Assessment and Enhancement of Infrastructure Under Multi-Hazard Conditions

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: disaster-triggering mechanisms; assessment methods; enhancement techniques; multi-hazard coupling; high-performance materials; infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Healthy Aging and Bulit Environment

edited by Yifan Yu, Esther H.K. Yung and Jie Yin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open

Keywords: age-friendly communities; aging in place; green spaces; physical activity; accessibility; walkability; social determinants of health; inclusive design

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

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