Sustainable buildings: opportunities, challenges, aims and vision

In recent years, a large and rapidly growing body of research in the built environment has involved multi disciplinary collaboration, a trend driven by the increased funding for multi-disciplinary projects and research institutes, along with the challenges and opportunities detailed previously. There is therefore more scope for disseminating the research output of these initiatives in a focused, effective and multi-disciplinary journal. Sustain able Buildings intends to fulfil this role and serve the diverse international community of engineers, architects, urban physicists, urban designers, researchers, scientists and industry professionals, providing a forum where each can communicate their original and innovative findings and provide motivation and direction towards meeting the current and future challenges of sustainable buildings. The journal will focus on advancing the knowledge on the forum of the global sustainability practices and to stimulate the exploration and innovations aimed at creating a climate resilient built environment that reduces energy consumption and environmental deterioration and creates high quality indoor environment.