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Become an Associate Editor for Sustainable Buildings!

Details: Published on 02 May 2025

The Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of the Journal of Sustainable Buildings is seeking new Associate Editors (AEs) in order to strengthen the Editorial Board.

Sustainable Buildings is an essential resource for architects, engineers, urban planners, and researchers committed to advancing global sustainability while addressing affordability challenges and enhancing quality of life. The peer-reviewed content highlights innovations that foster climate-resilient, energy-efficient, and affordable built environments across diverse settings—from densely populated urban areas to suburban neighbourhoods and rural landscapes.

We welcome applications specifically from experts in the following domains: see the Journal’s Aims & Scope. Applications from experts in other fields in which Green Building, Renewable Energy or Zero Carbon play a role will also be considered.

An Associate Editor (AE) will handle autonomously manuscripts in their field of expertise. This includes choosing and inviting reviewers, analysing the reviews, and requesting manuscript revisions as applicable. The handling AE is in charge of the communication between the journal, the author and the reviewers until the final decision which will be taken by the EiC. An applicant should be aware that Sustainable Buildings editorship requires commitment, responsiveness and time to fulfill the assigned tasks. Associate Editors are not remunerated for their editorial work.

The call will remain open until vacant positions are filled.

For more information or to apply, please send an informal e-mail to the EiC (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ).

Call for Papers - Selected Contributions of the 2025 3rd International Conference on Green Building (ICoGB 2025)

Details: Published on 07 November 2024

Guest editors:

Prof. Yupeng Wang
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
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Asso. Prof. Paulo Mendonça
University of Minho (EAAD), Portugal
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This Topical Issue is restricted to invited articles only.

Aims and Scope of the Topical Issue:

Sustainable development faces specific challenges, including the depletion of natural resources due to overconsumption, climate change driven by rising greenhouse gas emissions, and rapid urbanization that strains infrastructure and housing. Green building addresses these challenges by utilizing sustainable materials and energy-efficient technologies, significantly reducing consumption. It is beneficial for water and energy resource conservation and climate change mitigation. However, the latest development and practical application of green building are rarely discussed. This special issue features the Selected contributions from the 2025 3rd International Conference on Green Building (ICoGB 2025). It presents the most current trends, applications and technologies in the field of green building and offers valuable insights into the latest technologies and future directions of the related field such as environmental and energy engineering.

CFP Topics include but are not limited to the following:

Climate adaptive design and planning
Energy storage technology application
Renewable energy research and application
Human factor engineering application in green building
Green building material development
Building carbon emission evaluation
Urban underground space planning and low-carbon development
Heritage preservation

Areas of interest or expertise:

Energy Efficiency, Sustainability, Light constructions, Environmental Building Design

The Instructions for authors of the journal are available here.

Submission deadline: 25 April, 2025

Sustainable Buildings contributes to the UN's sustainable development goals

Details: Published on 13 July 2023

In December 2022 we announced our membership of the UN SDG Publishers Compact, and in May 2023 we announced about the new ‘EDP Sciences: UN SDGs research collection’ on ScienceOpen. Several EDP Sciences journals have already pledged their commitment to the SDGs including Sustainable Buildings.

Introducing Dr. Masa Noguchi as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Sustainable Buildings

Details: Published on 18 October 2024

We extend a very warm welcome to Dr. Masa Noguchi from The University of Melbourne, Australia, in his new role of Editor-in-Chief of Sustainable Buildings. Dr. Masa Noguchi is replacing David Goodfield (Murdoch University, Australia), whom we thank for his contributions to the journal during the last two years.

David Goodfield, Murdoch University, joins Sustainable Buildings as Editor-in-Chief

Details: Published on 31 October 2022

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. David Goodfield as the new Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Sustainable Buildings. Dr. Goodfield teaches at Murdoch University (Perth, Australia) and is an expert in renewable energy technology, sustainable development and carbon management in the built environment.