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Sustainability of Smart Building: The Intelligence Application, Industry 4.0, BIM, Environmental Comfort, and Safety Application

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Building".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 November 2025 | Viewed by 576

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Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Interests: human settlement; construction education; construction economics; construction management; construction digitalisation; construction measurement; green and sustainable buildings; construction safety; sustainable tourism

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Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria
Interests: architecture; sustainable architecture; built environment; sustainable development; urban planning; urbanism; spatial planning; urban management

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Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
Interests: building; construction digitalization; value management; quantity surveying; construction industry development
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue titled ‘Sustainability of Smart Building: The Intelligence Application, Industry 4.0, BIM, Environmental Comfort, and Safety Application’, is timely and tailored towards addressing a crucial part of socio-economic development, especially for developing countries’ construction sustainability and digitalisation. This Special Issue will offer a significant platform for researchers to share their solutions to the age-long problems of the construction industry, particularly in developing countries. This is because research shows that when construction organisations transform from a traditional service delivery approach to a more digitalised approach, significant improvements in project delivery and better competitive advantage for these organisations are inevitable. This can be achieved through knowledge sharing via research publications. This Special Issue welcomes research papers in related fields that are tailored towards construction sustainability and digitalisation to improve the transformation quest and deliver a more sustainable environment.

Dr. Andrew Ebekozien
Dr. Solomon Oisasoje Ayo-Odifiri
Prof. Dr. Clinton Aigbavboa
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • sustainability
  • smart building
  • intelligence application, Industry 4.0, BIM, environmental comfort, safety application in construction
  • construction digitalisation

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