December 2019
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Call for Papers Special Issue – Deadline 29th February 2020
BEPAM: Built Environment Project and Asset Management

Towards a Smart Sustainable and Resilient Built Environment
Background and Rationale
Even though the essence of sustainable development
is clear and widely captured in scientific literature, theexact interpretation of the concept of ‘sustainable’ isstill open to debate and has generated strong
discussions. The theme of this particular Special Issue(SI) positions the concepts of smart and resilient asimportant pathways to help achieve sustainability in thebuilt environment. Nevertheless, the interrelation andinterdependence between these two concepts of smart
and resilient are not clearly evident. This led to thequestions of ‘is the smart built environment alwaysresilient?’; ‘is the resilient built environment alwayssmart?’; and ‘what more is needed for sustainability?’.
This indicates that there is a great scope and potential
to further explore the concepts and interplay of smart,sustainable and resilient in the context of the built
environment. In exploring these areas, the proposed SIpapers are expected to unveil and disseminate new
insights to the triple concepts of smart, sustainable andresilient in the context of the built environment that inturn would attract a wide range of readers.

The theme of this SI aims to lay a platform for theresearchers to integrate the concepts such as smart,innovation, technologies, green, energy efficiency,carbon reduction, sustainability and resilience in thecontext of buildings and other built infrastructure.
Specific objectives include:••

To capture and document the latest concepts andpractices for a smart, sustainable and resilient built
environment in a global context.
To investigate and integrate the three concepts ofsmart, sustainable and resilient built environment,
both independently and interdependently; and also
demonstrate their contributions to the climatechange agenda•

To investigate and convey how innovativetechnologies, materials and construction

CIB Newslettermethods can contribute to resilience, energy
efficiency and carbon reduction in the built
environment.
To develop, disseminate and trigger further
development of recent advances and critiquesof theory and practice in the sustainable built
environment, independently and collectivelyfocusing on the concepts of smart and resilientissuesTo provide a platform for innovative andforward looking technological case studies that
substantiate the above advances in theory andpractice.

•This SI can make a real impact in bringing together andsynergizing advances in theory and practice on thesustainability of built environment. As this SI isparticularly focusing on three key areas such as smart,sustainable and resilience, the integration of these
sub-themes will provide greater potential for holistic
solutions to the enhancement of the sustainability ofthe built environment that can withstand current
climatic challenges and improve its resilience, whileachieving this in smart modes with modern andinnovativetechnologies.
Organisations
andresearchers who are working on resilient buildings andothers who contribute to smart buildings can find in thisSI, a common platform to work collaboratively toincorporate both smart and resilient features to makethe built environment more sustainable.

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Anticipated Themes
The following is an indicative, hence a nonexhaustive, list of anticipated themes that could beexplored in this Special Issue:•••••

Smart, sustainable and resilient buildings andother built infrastructure
Addressing climate change with smart andresilient built environment
The integration of smart and resilient advancesin the built environment in achieving
sustainability
Eco-Friendly and sustainable materials andproducts
Sustainable construction methods and process
improvement strategies

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Social, economic, ecological and cultural
perspectives of the built environment
Decision-support tools and assessment of built
environment sustainability
Retrofitting and adaptive re-use of buildings forsustainability
Sustainable urbanisation
Green buildings
Low carbon and energy efficiency in buildings
and infrastructure
Innovations and Smart Technologies toEnhance Sustainability
Awareness, education, training and capacity
development for sustainable construction
Smart, Sustainable and Resilient cities
Environmental assessment of buildings andother built infrastructure
Regulations, policy interventions and initiatives
to enhance smart resilience and sustainable
development

Guidance on Submissions
All submissions to Built Environment Project andAsset Management should be through ScholarOne
Manuscripts. Registration and access are available
here.
Author guidelines must be strictly followed. Please
review here.
The total word count limit (including Figures andTables, counted at 280 words each) is 7,500 words.
Submitted articles must not have been previously
published, nor should they be under consideration for
publication anywhere else, while under review for thisjournal.
The Guest Editors will conduct an initial screening ofsubmitted papers. Those judged suitable for the
special issue will be sent to at least two independent
referees for double blind peer review, after whichsubmissions may be recommended for revisions andfurther review, acceptance or rejection.

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Interested authors should select (from the drop-downmenu) the special issue “Towards a Smart,
Sustainable and Resilient Built Environment” at theappropriate step in the submission process, i.e. in
response to “Please select the issue you aresubmitting to”.
Deadline
Papers for this special issue should be submitted
through the above portal before 29th February 2020.
[Note: new submissions after the deadline of 29thFebruary 2020 cannot be considered for thisSpecial Issue].
Journal
BEPAM is a CIB recognised international journal. It is
indexed and abstracted in databases such as
SCOPUS, EBSCO, INSPEC as well as in the ESCI(‘Emerging Sources Citation Index’) maintained by
Clarivate Analytics (previously by Thomson Reuters) in‘Web of Science’. For further information on the journal,
please visit.

BEPAM is one of the three CIB recognised Journals.
For a complete list of CIB recognised and CIB
encouraged journals and information on these journals
see here.
Guest Editors:Dr. Menaha Thayaparan
Department of Building Economics,
Faculty of Architecture,
University of Moratuwa,
Katubedda, 10400, Sri Lanka.
Email : mthayaparan@uom.lk
Prof. Andrew Ross
Department of the Built Environment,
Liverpool John Moores University,
Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 5 AG, United Kingdom
Email: A.D.Ross@ljmu.ac.uk
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