Green Construction and Intelligent Maintenance Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Cement and concrete remain the backbone of global infrastructure, yet decarbonizing this sector now hinges on breakthroughs that couple material innovation with digital, intelligent workflows across the full life cycle. This Special Issue, entitled “Green Construction and Intelligent Maintenance Materials”, aims to provide a forum that advances carbon peaking and carbon neutrality by integrating low-carbon materials, circular utilization of industrial by-products, and data-driven design, construction, and maintenance. Through exchanges spanning theory, experiments, simulation, and engineering practice, we seek practical, scalable pathways that reduce CO₂ while enhancing performance, durability, and resilience. This Special Issue welcomes research papers and review papers. Possible research topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• New low-carbon cements and bio-based binders;
• Industrial solid-waste substitution for clinker and multi-solid-waste synergy;
• Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) in cement production;
• Intelligent low-carbon mix-design methods;
• Upgrading of recycled and solid-waste aggregates (beneficiation, pre-treatment, CO₂ curing);
• Low-carbon admixtures: development, molecular design, and functional regulation;
• BIM and digital twins for low-carbon design, construction, and O&M;
• Process innovations for 3D-printed concrete and structure–material co-design;
• UAV-based quality inspection and real-time carbon/emission monitoring;
• Intelligent low-carbon construction for prefabricated concrete structures.

Prof. Dr. Runsheng Lin
Dr. Haoliang Wu
Dr. Peng Wang
Guest Editors

Dr. Tianyu Wang
Guest Editor Assistant

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