Special Issue "Advances in Green Building Technologies"
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F: Energy and Buildings".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2021) | Viewed by 6861
Special Issue Editors
Interests: climate-smart infrastructure/PPP delivery; sustainable construction carbon—management and green building technologies in construction; construction informatics (e.g. BIM / digital technologies) and their impact on project performance; smart water management

Interests: project management and project success; project finance and public–private partnerships (PPPs); construction procurement and relational contracting; construction industry development; construction health and safety
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Interests: artificial intelligence in construction; building information modeling (BIM); green and sustainable construction; modular and offsite construction; sustainable built environment; sustainability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The world is facing unprecedented sustainability challenges, with climate change threatening humanity. Greenhouse gas emissions, the root cause of climate change, continue to increase, year after year, reaching “new record highs” in 2018, as reported by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Buildings account for a significant percentage of about 40% of the global emissions of greenhouse gases. Therefore, to reach the ambitious goal of the Paris Agreement to deal with the threat of climate change by keeping the rise in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, it is very important to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from buildings. This can be achieved through adopting and implementing green building technologies. In addition to reducing building-related greenhouse gas emissions and protecting the environment through energy efficiency, green building technologies further contribute to sustainability by helping to develop buildings that are water efficient, healthy, and save costs such as those relating to operation and maintenance.
This Special Issue encourages both academic and industrial researchers to present their latest research findings on green building and green building technologies adoption, application, and promotion within the building and construction sector. Findings on green building technologies enabling zero or low carbon buildings, zero or low energy buildings, zero or low water buildings, zero or low waste construction, and zero sick buildings development are particularly welcomed. The goal is to provide readers with findings that are comprehensive, unbiased, and grounded in scientifically and methodologically sound research, and that make significant new contributions to the theory and practice on green building and green building technologies.
Dr. Ernest Effah Ameyaw
Prof. Dr. Albert P. C. Chan
Dr. Amos Darko
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- Green building
- Green building technologies
- Sustainable construction
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- Climate change
- Zero or low carbon buildings
- Zero or low energy buildings
- Zero or low water buildings
- Zero or low waste construction
- Zero sick buildings