Research on Low-Carbon Buildings and Sustainable Urban Energy
A special issue of Urban Science (ISSN 2413-8851). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Planning and Design".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 201
Special Issue Editor
Interests: civil engineering; buildings and sustainability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The topic of low-carbon buildings and sustainable urban energy is one of the challenges of contemporary construction, architecture, urban planning, and energy. Low-carbon buildings and sustainable urban energy systems represent a critical research area at the intersection of architecture, construction, urban planning, and environmental technologies. Buildings contribute to the production of greenhouse gas emissions, not only throughout the entire life cycle of a building and its operation, but also in the phases of production, transport, and disposal of materials. Among the main elements that contribute to low-carbon buildings are energy-efficient building envelopes, minimization of heat loss, intelligent building management, ecological materials, use of renewable resources, recyclability, and application of the principles of construction modularity and circularity. In the context of urban settlements, low-carbon buildings are connected with the concept of sustainable energy, smart grids, AI, IoT technologies, building information modeling, and digital twin technologies.
Prof. Dr. Darja Kubečková
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- low-carbon buildings
- sustainability
- urban planning
- architecture
- energy
- environmental
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