Building Refurbishment and Urban Rehabilitation for Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 July 2020) | Viewed by 15825
Special Issue Editors
Interests: building energy; sustainable built environment; sustainable construction; life cycle assessment; energy life cycle; rehabilitation and sustainability
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Interests: building rehabilitation; sustainable construction; net zero energy buildings (NZEB); intelligent buildings
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is our great pleasure to invite you to submit your most recent research related to the process, rehabilitation and sustainability of buildings or sustainable urban rehabilitation for this exciting new special Issue.
Existing buildings and urban areas are essential for human life and, in most cases, have a lack of maintenance or are even degraded. During life cycle they must be adjusted and upgraded for different services and needs increasing flexibility and, durability, as well as, having in consideration other aspects, as: improving energy and water consumption; lower pollution; integrating ecological aspects; answering to climatic challenges; contributing to a good environment; providing an economic and social balance.
Urban areas have large environment impact. It is time and the opportunity to lower negative impacts and provide a significant contribution to sustainable development.
This Special Issue on “Building refurbishment and urban rehabilitation for sustainability” wants to reflect on this problem and to give sustainable solutions on refurbishment existing buildings and urban zones.
This Special Issue focuses on papers that identify and analyze better approaches, tools, assessment models (environment, social and economic), solutions and case studies (buildings and urban areas), best practices analyses and their limitations.
Contributors from academia, designers, industry and managers that allow a broad perspective and wide-ranging approaches and discussions on sustainable building refurbishment and urban areas are welcomed. Papers submitted to this Special Issue are of interest to all those involved in area.
Prof. Dr. Manuel Duarte Pinheiro
Prof. Dr. Fatima Farinha
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- Sustainable Refurbishment
- Building Process
- Urban Rehabilitation
- Sustainable Built Environment
- Sustainable Buildings
- Sustainable Building Materials
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