Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation
A section of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309).
Section Information
“Building Materials and Repair and Renovation” is a popular Section of the journal “Buildings”, with a large number of published articles. The objective of this section is to collect and spread valuable scientific research dealing with innovative, smart, and eco-friendly building materials addressing the general sustainability of buildings and infrastructure systems. This section also focuses on promoting and disseminating materials, tools, and techniques related to the repair and rehabilitation of older structures and building components in an eco-friendly manner. Multidisciplinary research and cross-cutting techniques are encouraged with the support of a broad range of methodological and technical approaches, such as advanced experimental tests, numerical methods, and artificial intelligence. Download Section Flyer
Keywords
- smart building materials
- sustainable and low-carbon building materials
- green and ecofriendly building materials
- recycled building materials
- innovative building materials
- life cycle impact analysis
- circular economy
- greenhouse gas emissions
- heritage buildings and structures
- structural deterioration
- novel repair methods
- eco-friendly retrofitting methods
- building automation systems
- building information modeling
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- High-Performance Concrete: Modification Methods, Sustainability, and Multifunctional Applications (Deadline: 10 February 2025)
- Sustainable Concrete: Design and Performance Analysis (Deadline: 10 February 2025)
- Materials Engineering in Sustainable Buildings (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Green Building Materials and Intelligent Construction Technology (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Characterization and Design of Cement and Concrete Materials (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Development and Properties of Sustainable Composite Materials for Building Applications (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- New Technologies for Asphalt Pavement Materials and Structures (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Inspection, Maintenance and Retrofitting of Existing Buildings (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Innovative Solutions towards Sustainable Precast Concrete Products (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Studies on the Characterization and Technology of Construction Materials (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Towards Zero-Emission, Hazard-Resilient Buildings and Infrastructure: Advanced Material, Construction, and Energy Systems (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Low-Carbon Concrete with Different Sources of Solid Waste (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Advances in Road Pavements (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Recent Scientific Developments in Cement-Based and Alternative Materials–2nd Edition (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- A Circular Economy Paradigm for Construction Waste Management (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Application of Environment-Friendly Materials in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Sustainable Development: Recycling and Reuse of Waste Materials in the Construction Industry—2nd Edition (Deadline: 10 March 2025)
- Built Heritage Conservation in the Twenty-First Century: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 10 March 2025)
- Sustainable Development in Building: High-Performance Materials with Solid Waste (Deadline: 10 March 2025)
- Materials and Technologies for Regenerative Built Environments (Deadline: 15 March 2025)
- Design and Application of Cement-Based Materials in Sustainable and Efficient Construction (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Application of High-Performance Asphalt and Asphalt Mixture in Construction (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Assessment, Repair, Maintenance, and Conservation of Existing Buildings: State-of-the-art Methods, Advances, and Case Studies (Deadline: 27 March 2025)
- Research on Durability and Aging on Materials and Structures in Buildings (Deadline: 30 March 2025)
- Eco-Friendly Building Materials (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Pathway to Sustainability: Advances in Road Pavement Structures and Materials (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Research on Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials in Civil Engineering: Strengthening, Rehabilitation, and Application (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Development in Low-Carbon, High-Performance Concrete Technology (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Selected Papers from the 17th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction in Concrete (ICAAR 2024) (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Building Tomorrow: Revolutionary Materials for Sustainable Construction (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Transforming Waste into Resources: Circular Approaches to Building Restoration (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Trends and Prospects in Cementitious Material (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Advances in Composite Construction in Civil Engineering—2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Advances in the 3D Printing of Concrete (Deadline: 10 April 2025)
- Advanced Construction Materials and Technologies for a Sustainable Future (Deadline: 10 April 2025)
- Urban Infrastructure Construction and Management (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Next-Generation Smart Construction: Civil Engineering Materials and Technologies (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Novel Cementitious Materials for Resilient and Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Sustainable Approaches to Building Repair (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Advances in Steel–Concrete Composite Structural Systems (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- The Future of Architecture: Bioresources and Biocomposites Utilising Fabrication Revolution for Innovation and Sustainability in the Building Industry (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Sustainable and Low-Carbon Building Materials in Special Areas (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Low-Carbon Material Engineering in Construction (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Advanced Technologies in Foundations Engineering and Construction Materials—2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Advanced Research on Cementitious Composites for Construction (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Natural-Based Solution for Sustainable Buildings (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Advanced Techniques in Smart Road Construction and Maintenance: Multi-Scale Characterization and Real-Time Performance Evaluation (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- High-Strength, High-Ductility, Low-Carbon and Sustainable Modern Cementitious Materials (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Innovative Composite Materials in Construction (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Next-Gen Cementitious Composites for Sustainable Construction (Deadline: 10 May 2025)
- Advanced Research in Cement and Concrete (Deadline: 10 May 2025)
- Recent Advances in Technology and Properties of Composite Materials (Deadline: 15 May 2025)
- The Application of New Nano/Micron Bio-Originated Supplementary Materials in Construction (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Advances in Sustainable Building Materials: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Sustainable and Low-Carbon Building Materials and Structures (Deadline: 25 May 2025)
- High- and Ultra-High Performance Concrete: Properties, Developments and Applications (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Latest Advances in Optimized Concrete Mix Design: Assessing Physical Properties, Mechanical Performance and Long-Term Durability (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Advances in Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) and UHPC Structures (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Advancements in Cementitious Materials: Exploring the Latest Trends and Future Outlook—2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Properties and Applications of Sustainable Construction Materials (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Advances in Modeling and Characterization of Cementitious Composites (Deadline: 10 June 2025)
- Characteristics of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 10 June 2025)
- Optimal Design of FRP Strengthened/Reinforced Construction Materials (Deadline: 10 June 2025)
- Advance in Eco-Friendly Building Materials and Innovative Structures (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Multi-scale Modelling and Characterization of Asphalt Pavement Materials—Second Edition (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Advancements in Sustainable Cement-Based and Recycled Materials: Pathways to Eco-Friendly Materials for Buildings (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Advanced Research on Cultural Heritage (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Advances in Performance-Based Asphalt and Asphalt Mixtures (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Intelligent Technologies in Concrete Engineering (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Existing Environment, Equipment, Materials and Technical Means for Buildings (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Impact of Different Unbound Material Layers on Pavement Performance and Sustainability (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Research on the Performance of Traditional, New and Potential Building Materials: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Advanced Studies in Structure Materials—2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Advances in Methods for Performance Characterization and Prediction of Reinforced Concrete—2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Intelligent Design, Green Construction, and Innovation (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- New Trends in Innovative Building Materials and Structures (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Research on Sustainable Materials in Building and Construction (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- New Concrete Materials: Performance Analysis and Research—2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Advances and Applications of Recycled Concrete in Green Building (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- High Utilization of Geopolymer Concrete for Sustainable Building Solutions (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Application and Characterization of Innovative Cementitious Materials in the Construction Industry (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Performance Evaluation and Durability Assessment of Concrete Materials in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Renewal and Retrofit in Buildings: Toward a Sustainable and Low-Carbon Future (Deadline: 1 July 2025)
- Advanced Green and Intelligent Building Materials (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Building Solutions: Harnessing Nanotechnology, Smart Materials, and Photocatalysis for Enhanced Durability and Sustainability (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Research on Performance of Pavement Concrete (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Recycling of Waste in Material Science and Building Engineering (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Seismic Prevention, Structural Analysis and Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete Structures (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Advances in Building Foundation Engineering (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Advanced Characteristics and Long-Term Durability of Cementitious Materials and Reinforced Concrete Structures (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Urban Renewal: Protection and Restoration of Existing Buildings (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Sustainable Geopolymers and Low-Carbon Cementitious Materials for High-Performance Concrete (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Application of Nanotechnology in Buildings Material (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Functional Improvement, Characterization and Simulation of Cement-Based Materials (Deadline: 10 August 2025)
- Recycled Aggregate Concrete as Building Materials (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advances in Multifunctional/Smart Concrete Materials and Structures (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Eco-Friendly and Sustainability in Concrete Technology (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- The Application of Intelligence Techniques in Construction Materials (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Are “Green” Construction Materials Truly Feasible? (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Fiber-Reinforced Polymers and Fiber-Reinforced Concrete in Civil Engineering—2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Sustainable Concrete: Research on Waste Utilization and Performance Optimization (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Advances in Soil–Geosynthetic Composite Materials (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- New Insights on the Intelligent Preservation of Architectural Heritage (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Advances in Cementitious Materials (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Towards Sustainable Construction: New Trends in Building Renovation, Energy Efficiency and Innovative Materials (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Utilization of Recycled Aggregates and Waste in Sustainable Concrete Materials (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Analysis, Conservation, and Refurbishment Methods of Heritage Architecture Based on Modern Technology (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Advances in Additive Manufacturing and Construction 4.0: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 October 2025)
- Sustainable Development of Concrete Materials and Related Building Materials (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Research on the Crack Control of Concrete (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Study on Concrete Structures—2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Research on Corrosion Resistance of Reinforced Concrete (Deadline: 15 November 2025)
- Advanced Studies in Asphalt Mixtures (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Low-Carbon Cement and Concrete in Modern Construction: Towards a Green and Sustainable Future (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Alternative Additions in Concrete: Screening, Assessment, and Specifications for Durability (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Future Civil Engineering: Low-Carbon, High Performance and Strong Durability (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Mechanical Properties of Asphalt and Asphalt Mixtures: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Nanotechnology-Enhanced NSM-FRP Retrofitting Systems: Advances in Polymer Nanocomposites for Bonding Efficiency and Structural Performance (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advanced Concrete Materials in Construction
- Advances in Sustainable Building Materials and Construction (Closed)
- Green and Sustainable Building Materials
- Innovation of Materials and Technologies in Civil Construction
- Innovative Structures and Materials: Analysis, Design and Application
- Sustainable and Green Construction Materials
- Sustainable Use of Construction and Structural Materials (to Meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals-SDG)
- Utilization of Waste Materials in Building Engineering
