Special Issue "Eco-Construction for Sustainable Development"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Danièle Waldmann-Diederich
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Research Group for Solid Structures, Department of Engineering, University of Luxembourg, L- 4364 Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg
Interests: sustainable concrete structures; demountable structures; reuse of materials and components; Material Bank; structural analysis of concrete structures; structural health monitoring; new innovative concrete formulations
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Dr. Laddu Bhagya Jayasinghe
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Guest Editor
Research Group for Solid Structures, Department of Engineering, University of Luxembourg, L- 4364 Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg
Interests: finite element methods in structural dynamics; structural protection under extreme loadings; concrete structures; sustainability in construction; demountable and reusable structures; building information modelling; soil–structure interaction

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The construction industry supports the economy and social development in any country. However, it has significant impacts on the environment, such as the depletion of natural resources, carbon emissions, energy consumption, waste generation,  and water consumption. Hence, it is essential to find solutions to bring sustainability to the construction industry.

In this context, on the one hand, implementing innovative design concepts and strategies by applying the high-quality recycling of construction and demolition waste, designing for collective reuse, designing demountable and modular constructions, and administering construction materials by the use of Material Banks is a contemporary solution which can promote circular economy but has not yet been achieved. On the other hand, finding alternate renewable bio-degradable sustainable materials that can replace the conventional construction materials has been advocated as fostering sustainable development in the construction industry.

Therefore, this Special Issue provides a platform for scientists and researchers to present recent progress in innovative research and development on sustainability in the construction industry and to report the new sustainable materials and their applications. Works that contribute to advancing our knowledge of advanced technologies and their applications for the sustainable development in construction are also welcome in this Special Issue. 

This Special Issue seeks contributions on topics including but not limited to the following:

  • Sustainable built environment;
  • Monitoring;
  • New materials for sustainable buildings;
  • Advanced recycling technologies and materials;
  • Recycling/reusability;
  • Material and component banks;
  • Sustainable water management;
  • Sustainable traffic management and transport systems;
  • Innovative technologies and systems;
  • Building information modelling;
  • Internet of Things and blockchain;
  • Assessment methods and tools for sustainable buildings;
  • Certification and reliability in the context of circularity of the built environment.

Prof. Dr. Danièle Waldmann-Diederich
Dr. Laddu Bhagya Jayasinghe
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • circular economy
  • sustainable built environment
  • recycling/reuse
  • building information modelling
  • Internet of Things
  • blockchain
  • life-cycle assessment
  • renewable materials

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Heat Transfer Measurement within Green Roof with Incinerated Municipal Solid Waste Aggregates
Sustainability 2021, 13(13), 7115; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137115 - 24 Jun 2021
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A green roof is composed of a substrate and drainage layers which are fixed on insulation material and roof structure. The global heat resistance (Rc) within a green roof is affected by the humidity content of the substrate layer in which the coarse [...] Read more.
A green roof is composed of a substrate and drainage layers which are fixed on insulation material and roof structure. The global heat resistance (Rc) within a green roof is affected by the humidity content of the substrate layer in which the coarse recycled materials can be used. Moreover, the utilization of recycled coarse aggregates such as incinerated municipal solid waste aggregate (IMSWA) for the drainage layer would be a promising solution, increasing the recycling of secondary resources and saving natural resources. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the heat transfer across green roof systems with a drainage layer of IMSWA and a substrate layer including recycled tiles and bricks in wet and dry states according to ISO-conversion method. Based on the results, water easily flows through the IMSWAs with a size of 7 mm. Meanwhile, the Rc-value of the green roof system with the dry substrate (1.26 m2 K/W) was 1.7 times more than that of the green roof system with the unsaturated substrate (0.735 m2 K/W). This means that the presence of air-spaces in the dry substrate provided more heat resistance, positively contributing to heat transfer decrease, which is also dependent on the drainage effect of IMSWA. In addition, the Rc-value of the dry substrate layer was about twice that of IMSWA as the drainage layer. No significant difference was observed between the Rc-values of the unsaturated substrate layer and the IMSWA layer. Full article
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