Building Simulation - Call for Papers: Special Issue on Creating Healthy Built Environments: Transforming Utopian Visions into Sustainable Realities within a Low-Carbon Paradigm
Dear Colleagues,
People spend majority of time in various built environments, including both civil buildings, industrial buildings, and transportation vehicles. Pollution in built environments imposes considerable threat to the health of people, causing chronic or acute health problems. Specifically, exposure to particulate matter (PM) and hazardous organic compounds leads to increased heart and pulmonary diseases. Furthermore, the 21st century has witnessed a number of global epidemics of respiratory infections, including SARS and COVID-19. Under such circumstances, creating healthy built environments to shield human beings from various hazards has become significantly important. Among the techniques towards healthy built environments, ventilation and filtration have been recognized as most important tools by diluting and removal of air pollutants. Meanwhile, sustainable buildings with a low-carbon paradigm is emphasized in response to the problem of global warming and energy shortage. Consequently, efforts for establishment of healthy buildings should also in line with the goal of carbon neutralization.
Purpose of this special issue is therefore to present scientific articles that document the development and advancement of measures towards healthy built environment within a low-carbon paradigm, with a focus on novel theories, methods, and techniques. This special issue mainly covers original studies, including, but not limited to the following topics:
- Occurrence and distribution of gaseous, particulate or microbial pollutants in various built environments
- Innovative theories or models describing the transport and fate of gaseous, particulate or microbial pollutants in various built environments, including source emissions, physic-chemical transportation, and human exposure
- Development and assessment of measurement or monitoring techniques for indoor air quality
- Interventions controlling indoor air quality including but not limited to ventilation and filtration
- Utilization of efficient but energy-saving strategies in creating healthy built environments with satisfied indoor air quality.
The peer review process of the submissions for this special issue is the same as the peer review process of the journal in general. Additionally, if the guest editor(s) authors an article in the special issue, they will not handle the peer review process. Upon its acceptance, the paper will go into production immediately. It will be published in the latest regular issue and presented on the specific Topical Collection webpage simultaneously. In regular issues, Topical Collection articles will be clearly marked.
We sincerely invite you to submit your original work to this special issue and are looking forward to sharing your outstanding research outcomes with peers around the world.
Paper submissions: When preparing your manuscript, please follow the Instructions for Authors of Building Simulation, which can be downloaded from the journal website (https://www.springer.com/journal/12273 (this opens in a new tab)).
Submit your paper online at https://www.editorialmanager.com/buil (this opens in a new tab) and mark “Creating Healthy Built Environments: Transforming Utopian Visions into Sustainable Realities within a Low-Carbon Paradigm” in your manuscript.
Submission deadline: March 31, 2025
Co-guest Editors: | Editorial Office |
Jianjian Wei, Zhejiang University, China Jianping Cao, Sun Yat-sen University, China Shanshan Shi, Nanjing University, China | www.springer.com/journal/12273 E-mail: bsjournal@tsinghua.edu.cn |