Emerging Technologies to Promote Sustainability and Mitigate Climate Change through Asset Lifecycle

Dear Colleagues,

For nearly three decades the United Nations has been bringing together almost every country on earth for annual global climate summits, which are called Conferences of the Parties (COP). At the November 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, a Climate Pact was agreed to drive action across the globe regarding reducing emissions (mitigation), and helping those already impacted by climate change (adaption). To achieve a significant mitigation and adaption impact, action is required on a massive scale. Since the construction sector is ranked the second biggest industry in the world, just after financial services, with a market value of 12.5 trillion USD annually and growing, it should be one of the main targets for action. Approximately 55% of the world’s population currently live in urban areas and this is expected to increase to 70% by 2050; population growth will result in 2.5 billion more people living in urban areas than there are now. This will mean a huge demand for new high-performance infrastructure, such as multi-story residential and commercial buildings. Already, global infrastructure is growing at an extreme rate, making concrete the single most widely used material in the world. What is alarming is that concrete production is so energy intensive that it generates over 8% of man-made CO₂.

Through a lifecycle assessment lens, this Special Issue will focus on innovative construction methods, materials, technologies, and management that will contribute to the mitigation of emissions and provide adaption approaches for handling the impact of climate change.

This Special Issue covers sustainability initiatives through a lifecycle assessment lens, including planning, material preparation and processing, design and construction, maintenance and monitoring, modification and upgrades, and demolishing and waste management—with focus on climate change mitigation.

Articles submitted to this Special Issue will help enrich the existing literature with new material and technologies that help promote sustainability through a lifecycle assessment lens to help mitigate climate change.

Dr. Moatasem M. Fayyadh
Dr. Karol S. Sikora
Prof. Dr. Sivakumar Naganathan
Dr. Jian Li Hao
Guest Editors

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