Materials and Digital Technologies for Sustainable Construction
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2022) | Viewed by 524
Special Issue Editor
Interests: sustainable construction materials; construction management; automation in construction; digital engineering in construction; risk management and decision making
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainability in construction projects requires a reconciliation between environmental, economic and social impacts. By recognizing the challenge, extensive research has been conducted over the past few decades to develop the required technology to i) assess the environmental, financial and social impact of the projects, ii) develop alternative materials, as well as structural and operational solutions, to reduce negative environmental and social impacts of the projects, iii) national and international strategies and guidelines to regulate and reward the sustainability improvement efforts. Two major scientific disciplines contributing significantly to the above three fields are materials science and computer science where numerous innovative materials and digital solutions have been developed to assist organizations in achieving their sustainability goals. This issue calls for papers on innovative and practical solutions in the construction materials and digital engineering disciplines with particular focus on improving the economic, environmental and social sustainability in construction.
Dr. Ali Akbarnezhad
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- construction materials
- digital engineering
- sustainable construction
- automation in construction
- low carbon materials
- recycling
- reuse
- economic sustainability
- environmental sustainability
- social sustainability
- sustainability assessment
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