Renewal and Retrofit in Buildings: Toward a Sustainable and Low-Carbon Future
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 July 2025 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editors
Interests: building energy big data; building energy system modelling and simulation; building environment and health
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: building energy and carbon emission; built environment and health
Interests: neighbourhood renewal; built environment management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Buildings are the key places of human activities. Building-related carbon emissions account for 39% of global emissions. However, many existing buildings are subject to challenges, such as ageing structure, poor building functions, and outdated energy designs. Timely and innovative building renewal and retrofitting are regarded as key solutions. Building renewal and retrofitting can enhance building service functions and thermal comfort, improving residents’ welfare (SDG 11), reducing inequalities (SDG 10), and lowering energy expenditure (SDG 7). Meanwhile, building renewal and retrofitting can slow building turnover rates and reduce demands on raw building materials (SDG 12).
This Special Issue aims to bring together the current state-of-the-art technologies and new developments in building renewal and retrofitting and to explore interdisciplinary solutions from engineering and social sciences. We encourage all researchers working in related areas to submit research papers detailing their work. Papers reporting the outcomes of research at all stages, including literature reviews, data analyses, and completed research projects, are welcome. The topics for consideration in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Start-of-the-art reviews and case studies of building renewal and retrofit;
- Renewal and retrofit strategies for existing buildings
- Sustainable assessment method on building renewal and retrofit;
- Improvement on energy efficiency and service performance of buildings;
- Advanced techniques of structural retrofitting and strengthening;
- Advanced techniques on building insulation performance;
- Existing building material management and circular economy.
Prof. Dr. Weiguang Cai
Dr. Kairui You
Dr. Ruopeng Huang
Dr. Xinyue Fu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- building repair
- building energy retrofit
- circular economy
- low-carbon building structure
- neighborhood renewal
- sustainable building environment
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