Towards Sustainable Building & Infrastructure Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 6957
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy efficiency in buildings; BIM and digital twin applications in the AEC/FM industry; compliance checking of digital building data; linked data applications for buildings and industrial facilities; reality capture methods and VR/AR applications for buildings and facilities in the energy sector
Interests: facility management; indoor air quality; energy efficient built environment; AEC industry, construction management; ML and AI applied to built environment; BIM; organisational readiness; user-centric solutions in the built environment; XR and 360 photogrammetry solutions for the AEC industry; net zero carbon infrastructure; semantic web; big data
Interests: construction management; BIM; decarbonisation; digital health; smart energy systems and transforming construction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainability in the built environment is concerned with several aspects of building and infrastructure performance throughout their lifecycle, from an environmental, social and economic perspective. The Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of buildings and infrastructure, which is typically the longest lifecycle stage, presents both challenges and opportunities related to e.g. energy efficiency, decarbonization, and lifecycle costs. The AEC/FM industry is responsible for around 33% of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide, making it one of the most energy intensive sectors. Energy use in building and infrastructure operations accounts for a significant part of the total (embodied and operational) energy use and costs during their lifecycle. Technological advancements in data and information management in the form of BIM and digital twins can contribute to reducing embodied, and operational energy use, as well as overall lifecycle costs, by providing access and management of accurate data about all aspects of building and infrastructure assets. However there are still many barriers that are preventing their uptake by the AEC/FM industry, and reaping those benefits.
The main focus of this Special Issue is presenting the ongoing research which is being developed to address sustainability challenges in the built environment, particularly in operations & maintenance of buildings & infrastructure.
Key subject areas of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:
- BIM and digital twins’ applications for O&M of buildings and infrastructure
- Energy efficiency in buildings and infrastructure
- Sustainability in Asset Management and Facility Management of buildings and infrastructure
- LCA/LCC of buildings and infrastructure
- Decarbonization challenges in new and existing buildings and infrastructure
- Interoperability challenges in BIM and digital twins for O&M
- Innovative building solutions
- Soft sciences and organizational aspects in the loop
- End user and the occupant engagement in sustainable buildings
- Large infrastructure sustainable management
- Semantic web and linked data for sustainable facility operation
- Indoor Environmental Quality: new challenges and trends
- Big data in city infrastructure management
All researchers and members of the technical and scientific community involved in all aspects of operations & maintenance of buildings & infrastructure are invited to submit a manuscript.
Dr. Joao Patacas
Dr. Sergio Rodriguez
Prof. Dr. Nashwan Dawood
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainability
- energy efficiency
- operations & maintenance
- decarbonization
- BIM
- digital twin
- lifecycle assessment
- LCA
- LCC
- building big data
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