The Journal of Building Engineering is an interdisciplinary journal that covers all aspects of science and technology concerned with the whole life cycle of the built environment; from the design phase through to construction, operation, performance, maintenance and its deterioration.
The journal will cover, but is not limited to, the following topics:
• Acoustics
• Architectural design
• Building maintenance
• Building materials
• Building pathology
• Building performance
• Coatings and claddings
• Computer aided-design and simulation
• Construction engineering management
• Construction technology
• Energy efficiency
• Environmental design and assessment
• Façade and envelope engineering
• Facilities management
• Fire safety engineering
• Health and wellbeing
• HVAC systems
• Indoor environment
• Inspection and diagnosis
• Life cycle assessment
• Lighting
• Retrofit and refurbishment of existing buildings
• Service life prediction
• Strengthening and rehabilitation
• Structural analysis
• Structural assessment
• Structural design
• Structural monitoring and testing
• Sustainable buildings
• Thermo-hygrometric design
• Water systems and sanitation
• Whole life cost
Technical notes on projects, codes and standards are also welcomed.
Editorial board
Editors-in-Chief
- J. de Brito
Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal - J. M. LaFave
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA - R. Yao
University of Reading, Reading, UK; Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
Editorial Board Members
- G. Baird
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - E. Bauer
Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil - L. A. Bisby
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - V. Corinaldesi
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy - B. Daniotti
Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy - T. Day
Tyndall National Institute, Cork, Ireland - L. Di Sarno
University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy - M.C. Forde
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - G. Habert
ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland - J. Hans
Centre Scientifique et Technique de Batiment (CTSB), Saint Martin d'Here, France - P. Heiselberg
Aalborg University, Aalborg E, Denmark - H.S.L.C. Hens
KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium - T. Huang
Xian University of Architecture and Technology, Xian, Shaanxi Province, China - J. Ingham
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - K. Jones
Anglia Ruskin University, Essex, England, UK - S. Kayaga
Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK - T. Keller
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland - H.M. Kipen
Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA - R. Kosonen
SBA Halton, Helsinki, Finland - G. D. Larsen
University of Reading, Reading, UK - B. Li
Chongqing University, Chongqing, China - X. Li
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China - P.B. Lourenço
University of Minho, Azurém, Guimarães, Portugal - A. Memari
Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA - J. Mohelnikova
Brno University of Technology (VUT Brno), Brno, Czech Republic - A. C. Oliveira
Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal - V. Peixoto de Freitas
Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal - J. Restrepo
University of California at San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, California, USA - J.P. Rodrigues
Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal - S. Rowlinson
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China - M. Shin
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, The Republic of Korea - C. A. Short
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, UK - K. Steemers
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, UK - A. Tadeu
ITeCons, Coimbra, Portugal - V. W. Y. Tam
Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - L. Villegas
University of Cantabria, Cantabria, Spain - H. Yoshino
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan