Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Building".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2024) | Viewed by 2126
Special Issue Editors
Interests: construction; green building
Interests: green and sustainable cities, built environment; local economic development and green enterprises
Interests: climate-smart infrastructure; public–private partnership (PPP); procurement; carbon management and green building technologies in construction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Green building design utilizes environmentally friendly products and techniques to plan and construct sustainable buildings that are energy-efficient, environmentally responsible, and socially beneficial. These practices aim to promote sustainable living and mitigate the negative environmental impacts that rapid construction can generate. To achieve, environmentally friendly materials, such as bamboo, salvaged wood, and repurposed steel, as well as sources of clean energy, such as solar and wind energy, should be employed.
Sustainable construction methods and environmentally friendly design primarily aim to fabricate buildings that demand less energy, generate less waste, and diminish the adverse effects that construction operations can have on the environment. Minimizing the energy usage and upkeep costs can also result in cost reductions over the course of the building’s existence. To achieve this, tactics such as implementing energy-efficient designs, utilizing sustainable resources, and applying sustainable practices while building, should also be employed.
In conclusion, green building design and sustainable construction are essential to creating more enduring, ecologically friendly, and socially responsible structures.
This Special Issue welcomes contributions attending to topics that include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Energy-efficient design and construction;
- Sustainable materials and resource use;
- Green roofing and landscaping;
- Net-zero energy and carbon-neutral buildings;
- Life cycle assessment and sustainable design strategies;
- Building resilience and adaptation to climate change;
- Green drainage systems;
- Urban sustainability assessment methodologies.
I eagerly look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. De Graft Owusu-Manu
Dr. Eric Oduro Ofori
Dr. Ernest Effah Ameyaw
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable materials
- green roofing
- building resilience
- green construction practices
- sustainable construction
- sustainable building
- green construction
- green building
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