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Energy Performance in Sustainable Architecture Design

edited by

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3475 | 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 482 | 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 32 | 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 14383 | 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

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submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12638 | 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 12212 | 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 9814 | 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)

Advances and Applications in Timber Structures

edited by Zeli Que

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 6571 | Submission Open

Keywords: timber; EWP; CLT; connect; wooden structure; seismic mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Applications of Computational Methods in Structural Engineering

edited by

Denise-Penelope N. Kontoni

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6537 | Submission Open

Keywords: civil engineering structures (R.C.; steel; composite; masonry); structures under loads (earthquakes; winds; fires; blasts; etc.); computational methods in structural analysis (FEM; BEM; etc.); soil– structure interaction (SSI); seismic isolation of structures; structural vibration control; special dampers; smart materials and structures; artificial intelligence in structural engineering; soft computing techniques in structural engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Sustainable Development: Recycling and Reuse of Waste Materials in the Construction Industry—2nd Edition

edited by

Zengfeng Zhao

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5022 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled aggregates and sustainability; construction and demolition wastes; 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)

Buildings and Infrastructures under Natural Hazards

edited by

Florin Pavel

, George-Bogdan Nica and

Ehsan Noroozinejad

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4820 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical modelling; structural health monitoring; structural testing; seismic vulnerability; wind tunnel testing; collapse analysis; structural testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Innovative Solutions for Enhancing Seismic Resilience of Buildings

edited by

Himan Hojat Jalali

and Arman Mamazizi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2761 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural resilience damage control; damper; rocking mechanism; low-damage system; repairable seismic system; self-centering seismic system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Studies in Cement-Based Materials

edited by

Oscar Aurelio Mendoza Reales

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 621 | Submission Open

Keywords: cement-based material; 3D printing concrete; nanostructured concrete; residue upcycling; alternative binders; sustainable construction

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

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

edited by Yuan Mei,

Yili Yuan

,

Lei Li

and Tao Zeng

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 496 | Submission Open

Keywords: engineering construction and management; green building materials; intelligent construction; mechanized construction; project schedule management; construction quality control; structural safety

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

Geoinfrastructure: A Comprehensive Review of Current Trends, Challenges and Future Perspectives

edited by Yongfeng Deng,

Feng Zhou

and Zi Ying

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 356 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomaterial behavior; geoinfrastructure; long-term performance; countermeasure of climate change; environmental effect; soil and structure interaction; Multi3 (phase; filed and sacle) analysis; disaster prevention; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advancements in Net-Zero-Energy Buildings

edited by Amirhossein Balali,

Shen Wei

,

Antonios Kanellopoulos

,

Shady Attia

,

Gloria Pignatta

and

Hamidreza Alavi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: net-zero-energy buildings; passive design; advanced construction materials; sustainable construction management; BIM; AI-driven decision-support systems; low-carbon buildings

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

New Insights into the Seismic Behaviour of Buildings

edited by Guoshan Xu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural analysis; experimental studies; structural design; seismic engineering; artificial intelligence; structural retrofitting and strengthening; seismic performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Modeling and Simulation of Building Energy System

edited by

Sung Lok Do

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy efficiency; renewable energy integration; smart building technologies; net zero energy buildings (ZEBs); artificial intelligence in energy management

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

Advances in Additive Manufacturing and Construction 4.0: 2nd Edition

edited by

Zoubeir Lafhaj

,

Tarek Zayed

and

Wassim Al Balkhy

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 565 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D printing; sustainable and green building materials; life cycle analysis; lean construction; construction automation; circular economy; durability

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

Advances in Built Environment Engineering: Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Heating Technology

edited by Lingjie Zeng, Xin Wang, Ruiyan Zhang and Han Zhu

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 16930 | Submission Open

Keywords: built environment; building ventilation; industrial ventilation; thermal management of vehicles; low-carbon building; air conditioning; heat supply engineering; energy-efficient; built environment optimization

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

Resilience of Urban Underground Space: Planning, Design, Assessment and Enhancement

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submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 13998 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural and functional resilience; resilience planning; resilience design; resilience assessment; resilience enhancement; numerical modeling; physical model test; damage analysis and assessment; deep learning; digital twin

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

Evaluation and Design of Smart-Built Environments Based on Advanced Performance Simulation: From Building to Regional Scales

edited by

Yu Huang

, Siwei Lou,

Yukai Zou

and

Pei Huang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2724 | Submission Open

Keywords: simulation-based design approach; data-driven design approaches; artificial intelligence in design evaluation; built environment; urban environment; climate change impact; energy-oriented design and evaluation; occupant factors in design stage; urban heat island; sustainable urban planning

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

Recent Advances in Intelligent Applications of Well-Being Spaces Design and Engineering

edited by Guodan Liu, Hongbing Chen and

Sheng Miao

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2702 | Submission Open

Keywords: well-being spaces; artificial intelligence (AI); healthy and comfortable built environment; data mining and machine learning; renewable energy applications

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

Structural Response of Buildings in Fire

edited by

Byong-Jeong Choi

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1502 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural fire; post-earthquake fire; post-fire earthquake; residual strength after fire; fire resistance of building materials; numerical evaluation of buildings under fire; infrastructure fire

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

High-Performance Concrete: Modification Methods, Sustainability, and Multifunctional Applications—2nd Edition

edited by Yekai Yang,

Weiqiang Wang

,

Yiwei Weng

, Zhaoyao Wang, Qiao Wang and Ruizhe Shao

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1171 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance concrete; modification; 3D printing; sustainability; dry concrete; mechanism analysis; mechanical property; artificial intelligence

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

Sustainable Development of Concrete Materials and Related Building Materials

edited by

Ali Shubbar

and

Mohammed Salah Nasr

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycling and reuse of low-carbon sustainable materials; life cycle assessment (LCA); pavement engineering; geopolymer materials; green infrastructures

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

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 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 137 | 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)

Urban Climatic Suitability Design and Risk Management

edited by Lin Liu,

Genyu Xu

, Jing Du and Xiaoyu Tian

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14742 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban climate; sustainable urban design; risk assessment and management; thermal comfort; thermal safety; urban wind and thermal environment; solar radiation modeling

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

Research on BIM—Integrated Construction Operation Simulation

edited by

Zhao Xu

and Hongyu Ye

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13896 | Submission Open

Keywords: BIM; VR; AR; MR; collaboration; digital construction; simulation; laser scan; digital twin; internet of things; safety and efficiency; carbon emission

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

Recent Developments in Structural Health Monitoring

edited by

Huaping Wang

, Pengfei Cao and

Ping Xiang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 13007 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; smart sensors and structures; damage identification; dynamic analysis; data-motivated model updating; performance assessment; buildings; bridges and dams; optical fiber sensing technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research on the Crack Control of Concrete

edited by

Lepeng Huang

, Zuowei Liu and

Lin Chen

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11043 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete cracking; crack control; cracking mechanisms; prevention strategies; material modification; design guidelines; structural performance; durability; innovative solutions; research advancements

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

Structural Health Monitoring and Vibration Control

edited by

Zuguang Ying

, Youwu Wang, Sumei Wang and

Yi-Qing Ni

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9664 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; parameter estimation; vibration control; data processing; machine learning; neural network; smart structural dynamics; stochastic vibration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Renewal Design and Challenge of Urban and Rural Livable Environments in the Age of Population Shrinkage

edited by

Quanhua Hou

,

Yingtao Qi

,

Bo Gao

, Minghui Xue and Jiansong Lu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 9275 | Submission Open

Keywords: population shrinkage; urban– rural spatial structure; urban– rural ecological environment; public service facility; traditional architecture and culture; planning and renewal strategy; people oriented

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

Building Thermal Environment: Improving Indoor Comfort by Optimizing Ventilation Systems

edited by

Congcong Wang

,

Jiayu Li

and Lizhi Jia

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8608 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor environment; ventilation; airflow distribution; HVAC; thermal comfort; CFD; airflow structure; energy saving

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

Urban Planning and Construction Management Under Smart City Development

edited by

Fan Zhang

,

Tiantian Gu

and

Shiyao Zhu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8598 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart cities; urban planning; construction management; urban resilience; built environment; carbon emissions; innovative solutions; old community renewal; public engagement

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

Emerging Technologies and Workflows for BIM and Digital Construction

edited by

David Heesom

and

Wei Zhou

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7081 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information modelling (BIM); emerging technology; digital twin artificial intelligence; virtual augmented reality; digital data; robotics

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

Innovation in Construction and Project Management: Digital Technologies, Intelligent Systems, and Sustainable Solutions

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submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5382 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction engineering; project management; emerging technology; technology diffusion; technology convergence; green and low-carbon innovation; responsible innovation and development; operation management innovation; smart facility management

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

Robotics, Automation and Digitization in Construction

edited by

Kepa Iturralde

and

Thomas Bock

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5333 | Submission Open

Keywords: robots; automation; prefabrication; robot oriented design; data flow; data acquisition; digitization; computational design

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

AI-Driven Cooling, Refrigeration, and Energy Solutions for Built Environments

edited by

Yu Wang

,

Hong Shi

, Nianyong Zhou and Jun Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5000 | Submission Open

Keywords: heat transfer technology; heat transfer enhancement; low-carbon technology; high-efficiency energy engineering; heating and cooling; materials for heat transfer; building simulation

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

Occupational Safety and Health in Building Construction Project

edited by

Guodong Ni

,

Chunlin Wu

, Fan Yang and Miaomiao Niu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4838 | Submission Open

Keywords: workplace stress; job burnout; mental health; work– family interface; occupational diseases; well-being at work; accidents; safe/unsafe behavior safety climates/cultures; safety management

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

Engineering Mathematics in Structural Control and Monitoring

edited by Xu Wang, Yanru Wang and Lei Zhou

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3696 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; structural control; environmental action; advanced remote sensing; structural durability; data processing; artificial intelligence; optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Identification of Engineering Structures

edited by Feng Xiao and Gang S. Chen

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3673 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; damage identification; bridge health monitoring; optimization; signal processing; temperature effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Wind Load Effects on High-Rise and Long-Span Structures: 2nd Edition

edited by

Pedro Martinez-Vazquez

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3139 | Submission Open

Keywords: analytical and experimental approaches to determine wind loads; structural performance against limit states; performance-based design initiatives; impact of extreme events; multi-hazards involving wind loading; aerodynamics and aeroelasticity; structural health monitoring and maintenance strategies; novel systems to optimize structural/aerodynamic response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Structural Techniques for Prefabricated Modular Buildings

edited by Yang Xiang,

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submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1908 | Submission Open

Keywords: prefabricated structures; modular structures; modular integrated construction; prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction; connections; seismic performance; wind resistance; smart design; modular high-rise structures; collapse resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Development in Low-Carbon, High-Performance Concrete Technology

edited by

Xiaoyong Wang

and Meiyu Xuan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1706 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-CO2 concrete; sustainability; high-performance concrete; microstructure; testing; modeling; CO2 utilization

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

Mechanics of Masonry Towers

edited by

Rafael Shehu

,

Ahmad Basshofi Habieb

and Maria Gracia López Patiño

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1280 | Submission Open

Keywords: static analysis; dynamic analysis; seismic risk; retrofitting; structural monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Healthy and Affordable Zero-Emission Buildings: A Challenge for the Near Future

edited by Cristina Becchio and

Marta Bottero

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 975 | Submission Open

Keywords: zero-emission buildings; healthy buildings; affordable housing; human comfort and well-being; climate change mitigation; decarbonization

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

Advances in Composite Construction in Civil Engineering—2nd Edition

edited by

Hang Lu

and Wei Yin

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 963 | Submission Open

Keywords: polymer composites; structural capacity; property measurement; longevity estimation; life cycle cost analysis (LCCA); mechanical analysis; numerical simulation; interface mechanics; construction technology; environmental impact

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

Digital Management in Architectural Projects and Urban Environment

edited by Jeng-Wen Lin, Da-Jie Lin and Meng-Hsun Hsieh

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 870 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; building information modeling; computer-aided design; construction automation; digital management; engineering management; intelligent transportation systems; safety management; smart city; smart construction

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

Study on Concrete Structures—2nd Edition

edited by

Haijun Zhou

,

Rujin Ma

, Rui Zhou and Cong Ma

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 626 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete material; concrete structure; mechanical behavior; experimental technique; modeling technique; concrete structural system; structural monitoring; durability and improvement

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

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