Advanced Technologies for Whole-Life Building Energy Efficiency
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 September 2023) | Viewed by 4841
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy-efficient buildings; carbon-negative buildings; low-carbon construction techniques; life cycle assessment; sustainable construction materials
Interests: self-healing; bio-based materials; durability; performance-based design
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2. Research Group for Recycled Concrete Structure and Construction, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Interests: additive manufacturing; concrete technologies; concrete durability; concrete material technology; structural reliability; self-compacting concrete; low-carbon materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The construction industry is currently facing global challenges, and the United Nations have also designed a few Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in an attempt to solve these while tackling climate change and preserving natural resources. Energy consumption as well as carbon footprint over the building life cycle have been important to measure. Thus, advanced technologies are to be considered which can positively impact building performance along with a few other factors. These include reducing the use of carbon-intensive materials, implementing faster, sustainable, energy-efficient, and climate-resilient building techniques, and monitoring building performance related to energy consumption, embodied energy, and embodied carbon over the life cycle of a building.
The Special Issue “Advanced Technologies for Whole-life Building Energy Efficiency” focuses on research studies related to, but not restricted to, the following themes:
- Climate-resilient construction.
- Sustainable construction materials.
- Rapid construction technologies.
- Net zero energy buildings.
- Embodied energy and embodied carbon.
- Energy-efficient buildings.
- Life cycle assessment.
- Life cycle costing.
Prof. Dr. Rahul Ralegaonkar
Dr. Ana Bras
Dr. Amardeep Singh
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- LCA
- net zero
- sustainability
- energy efficiency
- rapid technologies
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