Innovative Bio-Based Construction Strategies for Near-Zero Energy Buildings with Low Carbon Footprints
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "G: Energy and Buildings".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 November 2025 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editors
Interests: building materials; construction materials; sustainable building
Interests: sustainable city; low-carbon building; energy efficiency; thermal comfort; residential settlement; overheating; bio-based material; phase change material
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Dear Colleagues,
Under the goal of carbon neutrality and the low-carbon development of the building industry internationally, bio-based building materials have become a low-cost path to achieving near-zero energy and net-zero energy of the whole life cycle of buildings with low carbon emissions. This Special Issue focuses on bio-based building materials and the agricultural waste-derived materials to explore their synergistic mechanisms with passive design and renewable energy systems, aiming to build a sustainable architectural pattern. The outcomes of this issue will provide low-cost technical paths for green buildings in developing countries especially and promote the building of an industrial chain for the resource utilisation of bio-based materials and agricultural waste.
Dr. Xunzhi Yin
Dr. Haibo Guo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bio-based building materials
- straw-based building
- low-cost
- near-zero and zero energy building
- passive low-energy design
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