Sustainable Built Environment: From Theory to Practice
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Building".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 52
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The built environment plays a key role in the global response to climate change, resource scarcity, and social inequality. The continuous expansion of urban areas—and hence the increasing demand for infrastructure and facilities—as well as the environmental and social consequences of construction, energy use, and land management, have become increasingly significant. The built environment makes a substantial contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions, as well as affecting public health, access to resources, and overall quality of life. Consequently, it serves as a strategic domain where meaningful change toward sustainability can be initiated and sustained.
In today’s world, implementing sustainability in the built environment is of vital importance. While sustainability principles have been widely used in academic theory, converting these concepts into architectural, engineering, and planning applications remains a permanent challenge.
This Special Issue, ‘Sustainable Built Environment: From Theory to Practice’, seeks to bridge the divide between sustainability theory and practice. It aims to bring together interdisciplinary, innovative, and sustainable approaches that transform the Sustainable Development Goals into tangible outcomes at the building, neighbourhood, and city scales.
We invite high-quality original research, review articles, methodological papers, experimental studies, and in-depth case studies that address low-carbon materials, energy-efficient design, green infrastructure, lifecycle assessment, smart cities, and community-based planning, as well as papers that explore how sustainability is being designed, implemented, and evaluated in real-world contexts.
Dr. Pinar Mert Cuce
Dr. Erdem Cuce
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable built environment
- green architecture
- energy-efficient buildings
- low-carbon construction
- climate-responsive design
- urban sustainability
- lifecycle assessment (LCA)
- environmental performance
- smart cities
- passive design strategies
- sustainable materials
- retrofitting and adaptive reuse
- resilient urban design
- built environment policy
- community-based planning
- digital tools for sustainability (e.g., BIM, AI, IoT)
- carbon footprint reduction
- circular construction
- net-zero buildings
- sustainable urban infrastructure
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