Green Building for Sustainability: From Testing, Design and Construction to Operation and Lifecycle Assessment

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to announce a new Special Issue, ‘Green Building for Sustainability: From Testing, Design and Construction to Operation and Lifecycle Assessment’, for the journal Sustainability.

In today’s global society, climate change, which is mostly likely caused by ever-increasing carbon emissions, is a huge challenge for global sustainable development. Methods to reduce carbon emissions have thus attracted international attention. The traditional construction industry produces about 40% of global carbon emissions. Widely used construction materials, i.e., cement, steel, and glass, are all produced with high energy consumption and high carbon emissions. In addition, construction machinery undoubtedly contributes significant carbon emissions to the construction industry. It is thus of great significance to suppress carbon emissions in the construction industry to benefit the goal of global carbon reduction.

To embark on the sustainable development of the construction industry, the concept of the lifecycle of green buildings has been proposed and implemented, which may help to achieve global construction needs to the greatest extent without significantly degrading natural resources and the environment. The title of this Special Issue, ‘Green Building for Sustainability: From Testing, Design and Construction to Operation and Lifecycle Assessment’, is a comprehensive approach to creating environmentally responsible and resource-efficient structures throughout their lifecycle. This concept integrates sustainable practices at every stage, from initial testing and design to construction, operation, and eventual decommissioning or reuse.

We hope that this Special Issue of Sustainability will present interesting facts about advanced testing techniques, sustainable building design methods, intelligent and green construction technologies, low-energy-consumption operation modes and other new theories and technologies involved in the lifecycle of green buildings.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Below is a non-comprehensive overview of the key components involved in green building for sustainability:

• Intelligent testing technology;
• Low-carbon reinforcement techniques;
• Polluted soil remediation;
• Recycling of solid waste;
• Sustainable building design;
• Intelligent and green construction;
• Energy efficiency and renewable energy integration;
• Low-energy-consumption operation modes;
• Lifecycle assessment and performance evaluation;
• Geotechnical and structural sustainability.

Dr. Wei Duan
Dr. Xidong Zhang
Dr. Shaoyun Pu
Dr. Zhonghu Wu
Dr. Xiaoqiang Li
Guest Editors

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