Development of Low-Carbon Coatings/Materials and Intelligent Construction Protection Technology
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026 | Viewed by 161
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microbial modification technology; structural health monitoring and intelligent maintenance; green construction technology; resource utilization of construction wastes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Rapid urbanization worldwide is driving an immense surge in demand for new buildings and infrastructure. This escalating demand intensifies critical sustainability challenges, manifesting through significantly heightened greenhouse gas emissions, accelerated depletion of finite natural resources, and widespread environmental degradation. These profound impacts accelerate the global construction industry's imperative to adopt and implement truly sustainable solutions. In response, the sector is witnessing remarkable progress in the research, development, and practical application of innovative low-carbon coatings/materials designed to drastically reduce the embodied carbon footprint of structures.
Concurrently, the industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation, fuelled by the rapid integration of intelligent construction technologies. This powerful technological shift—encompassing advancements like Building Information Modeling (BIM), Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, robotics, automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced data analytics—is fundamentally restructuring project delivery approaches for both buildings and civil infrastructure. It offers compelling benefits including enhanced operational efficiency, substantial gains in productivity, improved resource management, greater potential for circularity, and demonstrably improved overall project outcomes, thereby contributing significantly to sustainability goals.
Our proposed Topic Collection, “Development of Low-Carbon Coatings/Materials and Intelligent Construction Protection Technology”, seeks to comprehensively explore and illuminate the latest scientific and technological advancements driving this dual transformation. We are particularly interested in fostering interdisciplinary research that investigates the synergistic potential between novel low-carbon coatings/materials, recyclable and reusable materials fostering circular economy principles, and the deployment of intelligent construction systems. We aim to understand how these innovations collectively support and propel modern building technologies towards achieving low-carbon, green, and intelligent development paradigms. We welcome the submission of high-quality, original research papers and insightful review articles that address, but are not limited to, the following interconnected focus areas:
- Green low-carbon coating;
- Microbial modification technology;
- Green and ecofriendly materials;
- Life cycle assessment (LCA) and environmental impact analysis;
- Advanced buildings and infrastructure systems;
- Sensors, smart structures, and intelligent control;
- Artificial intelligence (AI) in assessment, design, management, and construction technologies;
- Integrated application of building information modelling (BIM) and artificial intelligence in construction monitoring;
- Structural health monitoring and intelligent maintenance.
Dr. Tian Su
Prof. Dr. Fubo Cao
Dr. Jianwen Shao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- low carbon materials
- coatings
- artificial intelligence
- intelligent control
- life cycle assessment
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