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MAIN GOALS - GENERAL ACTIVITIES - FIELD OF EXPERTISES
Buildings & Cities is an independent, not-for-profit, open-access academic journal that aims to advance knowledge and improve policy and practice across the built environment. Its main goal is to bridge the gap between researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and building users by publishing high-quality, evidence-based research on buildings, neighbourhoods, cities, infrastructure, and building stocks. The journal promotes interdisciplinary dialogue and supports the development of sustainable, resilient, and equitable built environments through research, policy analysis, commentaries, briefing notes, and special issues. Its fields of expertise include sustainable development, climate change mitigation and adaptation, energy efficiency, urban governance, building performance, circular economy approaches, housing, resilience, public health, and social equity. Buildings & Cities focuses on the environmental, social, economic, technological, and policy dimensions of the built environment throughout the entire building life cycle.
ACTIVITY RELATED TO LOW GHG AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND RESILIENT BUILDINGS
Buildings & Cities actively contributes to the transition toward low-greenhouse-gas (GHG) and energy-efficient buildings by publishing and disseminating research on energy performance, energy efficiency, zero-carbon buildings, embodied carbon, renewable energy systems, energy retrofits, energy storage, and decarbonisation pathways for the building sector. The journal also promotes knowledge on carbon accounting, energy policy, net-zero building stock transformation, and strategies to reduce both operational and embodied emissions across the built environment. In relation to resilient buildings and communities, the journal supports research and dialogue on climate adaptation, disaster recovery, urban resilience, climate-risk management, resilient infrastructure, and long-term planning. It highlights approaches that strengthen the ability of buildings and cities to withstand climate-related hazards while improving social equity, public health, and community resilience.
