Build It Green—Sustainable Structural and Environmental Studies
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Building".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (4 January 2025) | Viewed by 2427
Special Issue Editors
Interests: earthquake engineering; structural walls; concrete technologies; cracking; sustainability; experimental procedures; concrete material technology; construction technology; structural reliability; construction economics; seismic; construction; building; construction engineering; building materials; construction materials; civil engineering technology; civil engineering materials; structural analysis; structural stability; structural dynamics; steel structures; steel design
Interests: expert systems and knowledge representation; fuzzy cognitive maps, artificial intelligence; modeling and prediction; decision support systems; data mining; machine learning; medical decision making
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Interests: geotechnical engineering simulations; soil dynamics; geotechnical earthquake engineering; soil properties; sustainability; geo-environmental engineering
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The construction industry is important for the achievement of sustainability, meaning economic growth and social progress but not to the expense of the protection of the environment. Many structures of various types (e.g., buildings, bridges) have already been designed and optimized to enhance sustainability and many different materials are used (e.g., concrete, steel, timber).
The idea of sustainability and sustainable structures considers the health of the occupants and users by reducing the environmental load. The idea of sustainability aims to reduce energy consumption and pollution, and by achieving that, the environment and people's health are protected. Thus, different types of structural systems should be designed following sustainable strategies like energy efficiency. The aim is to construct structures both technically accurate, e.g., in the case of an earthquake action, and viable for the environment.
The aim of this Special Issue is to encourage researchers to publish their original research and review articles in the field of sustainability and related engineering structures under various types of loading, including seismic action. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
- Experimental, numerical and analytical procedures;
- Concrete, steel and masonry structures;Build It Green—Sustainable Structural and Environmental Studies;
- Energy saving/efficiency and environmental protection;
- Green structures;
- Sustainability and sustainable development (materials and systems);
- Mechanics of materials and nonlinear dynamics;
- Repair and retrofit of structures;
- Machine learning applications in sustainability;
- Water resources management and climate change;
- Hydraulic angineering;
- Geo-environmental engineering;
- Seismology and soil dynamics;
- Natural hazards and risk analysis.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Theodoros Chrysanidis
Dr. Elpiniki I. Papageorgiou
Dr. Nikolaos Alamanis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainability
- engineering structures
- energy saving
- machine learning
- seismic design
- seismic evaluation / retrofit / resilience
- geoengineering
- high-performance materials
- outdoor and indoor air pollution
- water pollution
- soil dynamics
- environmental impact of energy
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