Special Issue Editors
Dr. Amos DarkoE-MailWebsiteSciProfiles
Guest Editor
Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Interests: sustainability and sustainable development; sustainable built environment; green building; sustainable construction; modular and offsite construction; building information modelling; machine learning and artificial intelligence
Prof. Dr. Albert P. C. ChanE-MailWebsiteSciProfiles
Guest Editor
Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Interests: project management and project success; project finance and public–private partnerships (PPPs); construction procurement and relational contracting; construction industry development; construction health and safety
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Dr. Lei ZhuE-MailWebsiteSciProfiles
Guest Editor
Department of Construction and Real Estate, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China, 211189
Interests: project management strategies and innovations for green construction project; externalities of infrastructure project; project finance and public–private partnerships (PPPs); project performance assessment and improvement; project cost management; modular and offsite construction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today, science faces great challenges related to actions undertaken in the frameworks of the sustainable development of the buildings and construction sector (the sector), from environmental, economic and social perspectives. It seems that the greatest challenge of our time is to increase the sustainability, efficiency, resiliency, safety and inclusiveness of the sector in order to achieve the Paris Agreement goals and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The sustainable development of the sector is not only a prerequisite for addressing climate change, but it also leads to the enhancement of the quality of life for all. In the sustainable development of the sector model, extremely important roles are ascribed to green building, sustainable construction, modular and offsite construction, zero carbon building, zero energy building, resilient construction, circular economy, lean construction, and digital technologies such as building information modelling (BIM), machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, cloud computing, automation, robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT), cyber-physical systems, cybersecurity, sensors, 3D printing, RFID, GIS, big data, simulation, augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality, blockchain, drones, digital twin, laser scanning, photogrammetry, and so on.
For this Special Issue, we would like to invite researchers and professionals from universities, research and development centres, enterprises and governmental units to share new ideas, innovations, trends, research findings and experiences concerning any issues related to the sustainable development of the sector. Both original research papers and review papers are welcome. In this Special Issue, the subtopics may include but are not limited to the following:
- Status of the sustainable development of the sector
- Challenges and benefits of the sustainable development of the sector
- Opportunities in the sustainable development of the sector
- COVID-19 pandemic impact on the sustainable development of the sector
- Progress made towards the SDGs in the sector
- Innovations for the sustainable development of the sector – digital and technological aspects
- Environmental, economic and social aspects of the sustainable development of the sector
- Productivity, safety, quality, prosperity, efficiency, resiliency and inclusiveness aspects
- Partnerships aspect of the sustainable development of the sector
- Renewable energy and energy efficiency in the sector
- Decarbonising the sector
- Sustainability issues in the sector
- Digital solutions, innovations and technologies for sustainability in the sector
- Modelling in sustainable development
- Sustainable management of buildings and construction
- Sustainable practices in operations and maintenance
- Sustainable supply chain and supply chain integration
- Sustainable procurement
- Sustainable and affordable housing
- Sustainable and responsible consumption and production
- Waste management and reduction
- Recycling
- Pollution prevention and control
- Integrated digital delivery
- Smart and sustainable building and construction
- Design for manufacture and assembly
- Sustainability transformation of existing buildings
- Innovative and sustainable building solutions
- Sustainable building materials, technologies and methodologies
- Prefabrication and modular and offsite construction
- Green building and sustainable construction
- Circular economy and lean construction
- Life-cycle assessment and life-cycle cost assessment
- Corporate social responsibility and corporate social responsibility reporting
- Urban heat island
- Health and wellbeing
- Resilient buildings and construction
- Green finance and sustainable investments
- Sustainability policies, standards, codes, guidelines and regulations
- Ethical issues in the sustainable development of the sector
- Externalities of infrastructure projects
- Sustainable built environment
Dr. Amos Darko
Prof. Dr. Albert P. C. Chan
Dr. Lei Zhu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainability and sustainable development
- sustainable development of the buildings and construction sector
- status, challenges, opportunities and benefits
- climate change and greenhouse gas emissions
- COVID-19 pandemic
- digital technologies and innovations
- green building
- energy efficiency
- renewable energy
- environmental protection
- decarbonisation
- modular and offsite construction
- circular economy initiatives
- lean construction
- sustainable buildings and construction
- policies and regulations
- construction healthy and safety
- productivity
- efficiency and resiliency
- quality
- inclusiveness
- prosperity
- waste and pollution
- responsible consumption and production
- ethics and partnerships
- financing for sustainability initiatives in the sector
- externalities
- recycling
- nature-based solutions
- health and wellbeing
