Description
The construction and architecture industry plays a critical role in advancing global efforts toward sustainability, resilience, and climate change mitigation. As one of the most resource-intensive sectors, it must rapidly adopt circular economy principles and green technologies to reduce its environmental footprint. With growing urbanization, aging infrastructure, and increased energy demand, the push for energy-efficient, decarbonized built environments is more urgent than ever. Transforming the built environment is essential not only for reducing emissions but also for ensuring long-term economic viability and social well-being. This transition supports broader global objectives for clean energy, equitable resource use, and sustainable development.
Mitigating Unsustainable Practices in Construction and Architecture explores research and concrete actions that can be widely implemented in the built environment for more sustainable construction. It addresses global policies and regulations aimed at supporting climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies for clean and sustainable construction and architecture. Covering topics such as adaptive behavior, machine learning, and urban development, this book is an excellent resource for architects, engineers, urban planners, policymakers, researchers, academicians, and more.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Roberto Alonso González-Lezcano (Ed.)
Roberto Alonso González-Lezcano
Full Professor at the Department of Architecture and Design, area of Building Systems, within the Institute of Technology of Universidad CEU San Pablo. His research focuses on energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality, and building systems. He is ranked among the top 2% of researchers worldwide in his field according to the Stanford–Elsevier TopSciNet ranking. He serves as Director of the Master’s Program in Energy Efficiency and Building Systems and coordinates a doctoral research line in innovation and construction technology. He is also Principal Investigator of the ARIE Research Group. He has received the Ángel Herrera Award for Best Research in Architecture and Engineering twice. His academic output includes more than 200 publications, numerous indexed books, and extensive editorial experience in JCR journals. He maintains a strong h-index across major databases and has contributed significantly to advancing sustainable and healthy building design.
Sunil Kumar Sansaniwal (Ed.)
Sunil Kumar Sansaniwal
is a Senior Researcher, deals in multidisciplinary research including green buildings, building energy efficiency, occupant adaptive behavior, indoor environmental quality and renewable energy. He has a rich experience of more than ten years in scientific research, teaching and academic consultancy. Dr. Sansaniwal has been involved in various national and international collaborative research projects under different capacities. He has published peer-reviewed research in reputed journals and also working as a reviewer and provides editorial services to various scientific journals and publishers. He has also secured various awards and got recognitions from different renowned organizations. Dr. Sansaniwal has excellent academic credentials and has secured a Master of Technology and Bachelor of Engineering (with distinction) both in Mechanical Engineering.