Advanced Studies on Housing Energy Efficiency, Net Zero Developments and Real Estate Values
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 348
Special Issue Editors
Interests: real estate market; project appraisal; risk assessment; water economics; housing energy efficiency
Interests: climate-sensitive architecture; building performance and technology; net zero carbon architecture; building physics; building performance simulation; sustainable refurbishment; Passivhaus standard
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Interests: architecture (city, landscape) system ecology research; green building and energy-saving and low-carbon design; healthy and ecological urban planning and design; built heritage protection and design research; architectural (city, landscape) psychology research; port and marine architectural design research
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Buildings is devoting a Special Issue to the role that housing energy efficiency plays in the real estate market and urban transformation. Governments around the world are being called upon to promote the energy efficiency of buildings and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero in the construction sector. This Special Issue aims to explore the role of sustainable building practices in lowering emissions in light of global building standards. In addition, this Special Issue aims to examine how urban planning policies can foster the creation of more sustainable communities through the design of eco-friendly neighborhoods. Through interdisciplinary analysis, this issue aims to highlight the importance of an integrated approach involving developers, urban planners, governments, and local communities to promote the transition to a more energy-efficient and sustainable built environment.
Research areas of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Reducing carbon emissions: identifying best practices and technologies to improve the energy efficiency of buildings, thus contributing to the fight against climate change;
- Economic savings: improving the energy efficiency of buildings can lead to long-term economic savings for both owners and tenants. This can influence real estate market dynamics, including supply, demand, pricing mechanisms, and neighborhood dynamics;
- Sustainable growth: developing models and decision-making tools to guide this transition to more energy-efficient and sustainable cities;
- Policy improvement: evaluation of policy frameworks, regulatory measures, and financing mechanisms to support energy performance housing initiatives and their integration into broader urban development strategies;
- Benefits for health and well-being: exploring the links between the energy efficiency of buildings and occupant well-being, thus helping to promote public health and comfort for building users.
We welcome original research articles, review papers, case studies, and conceptual frameworks.
By fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and knowledge exchange, this Special Issue endeavors to advance scientific understanding and inform actionable strategies for addressing contemporary housing challenges and fostering more sustainable and resilient urban futures.
We look forward to receiving valuable contributions to this Special Issue.
Dr. Maria Macchiaroli
Dr. Masoud Sajjadian
Dr. Junxue Zhang
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- housing energy efficiency
- real estate market
- building energy performance
- climate-sensitive architecture
- healthy and ecological urban planning and design
- sustainable city assessment
- green and low-carbon building
- healing urban landscape design
- energy and ecological urban
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