Dear Colleagues,

Building construction materials and technologies play an essential role in the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP). Many solutions and opportunities are offered in the field of research and industry for facing the decarbonization of buildings through innovative envelope components and renewable energy systems integrated into the buildings.

This Special Issue wants to offer a collection of papers that deals with not only innovative construction elements and components on various levels, including composition selection, production technology and end-of-life options, but also with novel RES (Renewable Energy Systems) systems and technologies integrated into the building from all points of view: functional, constructive and aesthetic.

This Special Issue aims to contribute an outstanding collection of both research and design practice papers on in sustainable and innovative building materials and technologies.

Furthermore, the Special Issue will contribute to identify best practices to support the development of materials and technologies, the implementation of sustainable production processes in the perspective of a circular economy by promoting a reconnaissance of tools to support the economic-financial evaluation, financing sources, decision-making and management processes in the product and process innovation for companies in the industry and in the programming of energy requalification interventions in buildings in the private and public perspective.

Dr. Francesco Nocera
Prof. Dr. Maria Rosa Trovato
Guest Editors

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• integration renewable energy resources (biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, heat pump)
• sustainable architecture
• nearly zero energy buildings
• smart buildings
• building-integrated PV/thermal (BIPV/T)
• building-integrated solar thermal (BIST)
• green buildings
• HVAC Systems
• responsive envelopes
• LCA analysis
• LCC—life cycle cost
• LCR—life cycle revenue
• economic-financial feasibility
• financing
• social impact finance
• decision system support
• circular economy