Resilient Built Environment and Public Health
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 8695
Special Issue Editors
Interests: built environment and infection transmission; air pollution control technologies; fate and transport of contaminants in built environments; computational fluid dynamics; environmental fluid mechanics; neural networks for environmental health and health care
Interests: quantitative microbial risk assessment; complex systems modeling and analytics; health effect optimization through environmental and engineering controls; water treatment technology and policy; uncertainty in decision analyses
Interests: risk assessment; decision analysis; Bayesian statistics; dose-response and exposure modeling; risk management and environmental policy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
COVID-19, more frequent extreme weather events, climate change and increasing energy demands have made the requirements of a resilient built environment multi-faceted and urgent. The built environment needs to adapt to stresses, both intensified current stresses and new ones, all of which are induced from multiple fronts. This will require changes in infrastructure ranging from transportation to homes, offices, utilities and health care facilities, as well as the social infrastructure supporting these systems. Even more significant, a resilient built environment must anticipate, respond and adapt to emerging risks. To do so there is a need to understand the fundamental physics governing the heat and mass transfer of outdoor/indoor environments, and their interaction with the surroundings. It is essential to identify, measure and correlate the associated risks for the different stressors. These will require assessment tools ranging from field measurements to full-scale and reduced-scale laboratory measurements as well as numerical methods. Gaining insight into how the range of factors play a central role in designing and implementing a resilient built environment can help inform public policy, which can shape better decisions and responses for the next adverse event beyond the pandemic.
The Special Issue aims to summarize the latest ideas and visions that will shape a built environment that is resilient and ensures the health and well-being of the occupants and users of the environment.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Aerosols and built environment;
- Indoor air quality and risk assessment;
- Natural hazards and their impact on sustainable building design;
- Health, wellness and infection transmission in built environments;
- Assessment of building design supporting the health of occupants;
- Materials for building construction that is adaptive to climate change;
- Smart innovations for resilient built environment;
- Exposure assessment of occupants in green buildings;
- Balance of economic, environmental and health sustainability.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Shamia Hoque
Dr. Mark H. Weir
Dr. Jade M. Mitchell
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- building ventilation
- recuperators
- air filters
- heat pumps
- building energy simulation
- system sizing
- system optimization
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