Sustainable Buildings Life Cycle Through Digitalization
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "G: Energy and Buildings".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 February 2025 | Viewed by 814
Special Issue Editors
Interests: building engineering; construction technologies; performance building design with user-centric approach; building energy modeling; sustainability and resilience assessment with life cycle approach; open innovation approach for the construction sector; building data management
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Interests: life cycle analysis of structures and infrastructures integrating environmental; social and economic criteria; resource efficiency in construction; energy efficiency in buildings; design for adaptability of structures; reuse/recycling of materials and circular economy; effects of climate change on structures and mitigation and adaptation measures; decarbonization strategies; digitalization tools (BIM, digital twins)
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In line with the European Green Deal, which aims to bring a more efficient, innovative, and human-centered perspective to the European construction sector, the sustainable built environment surpasses the sole aim of improving the energy and resource efficiency of buildings. On the one hand, it includes comfort and a human dimension to ensure the application of the life-cycle assessment and a circular approach, but on the other hand, digital technologies such as BIM and/or Digital Twins offer different opportunities for a more efficient life-cycle design of buildings and thus constitute a tool for the sustainability of the building sector.
Addressing the broader transformation of the built environment requires a higher level of involvement from all the actors across the value chain of the built environment and throughout the building life cycle, thereby developing holistic R&I for an effective transition towards sustainability.
To achieve this, we would like to ask you to participate in this Special Issue by presenting your new research results in scientific papers.
Topics targeting sustainable building life cycles through digitalization seek to achieve the following targets:
- Building stocks that are more energy-efficient and are supported by an accurate understanding of materials, building performance, and related evolutions and emissions.
- Building design, construction, operation, and refurbishment procedures that effectively combine energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, as well as digital and smart technologies to support the transformation of the built environment towards climate neutrality.
We invite papers on innovation, reviews, case studies, analytical and numerical sustainable assessments, and optimization, as well as assessment papers on the topic of the operation, maintenance, and renovation of existing buildings through approaches that are based on the principles of the circular economy and are supported by digital technologies.
This Special Issue belongs to the section "G: Energy and Buildings" and represents a fusion of scientific rigor and engineering innovation, thereby contributing to the digitalization of sustainable designs and the analysis of the whole building life cycle.
Furthermore, the listed scope (keywords) can be expanded to other topics.Dr. Marta Maria Sesana
Dr. Helena Gervásio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainability
- LCA
- building information management
- digital twins
- energy efficiency
- low carbon
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