Sustainable Construction and Demolition (Best Contributions of the International Conference on Sustainable Construction and Demolition, Valencia, November 2021)

Dear Colleagues,

The International Conference on Sustainable Construction and Demolition (SCD)  (https://scd.congresos.upv.es/) aims to bring together international institutions, researchers, professionals, and students to exchange their knowledge and experiences. Contributions will be related to sustainability in the construction industry during the entire life-cycle process: from project design to demolition, reuse and recycling of waste, in the global environment and circular economy context.

This international challenge is a key point to promote the ecological use of materials, the rational use of energy with renewable systems and energy-efficient buildings, the dismantling and recycling processes, and the management of waste generated in all these activities.

Sustainability has been crossing boundaries in all areas of human activities and development. Without losing sight of the three basic pillars (environment, economy, and social equity), we have divided this first conference into three large blocks focused on construction activity.

The conference is divided into three main categories to discuss in the most complete way possible the concepts of sustainable construction and demolition; the three areas include different strategies related to the different fields of study (https://scd.congresos.upv.es/tematica/).

THEMATIC AREA I

Construction and sustainable rehabilitation.

THEMATIC AREA II

Building technology, buildings with zero energy consumption, and the application of efficient renewable energies.

THEMATIC AREA III

Management in demolition, agents involved, life cycle, and reuse.

Dr. Maria Carmen Carnero
Dr. Javier Cárcel-Carrasco
Guest Editors

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• construction and sustainable rehabilitation
• building technology
• buildings with zero energy consumption
• application of efficient renewable energies
• management in demolition
• agents involved
• life cycle and reuse.