Digital technologies: the key to a sustainable future?
We support the Sustainable Development Goals
We need to create a more sustainable and resilient world for the wellbeing of society, the health of the planet and the economic prosperity of nations. Emerging technologies have a role to play and are already transforming how we build our cities, respond to environmental disasters and manage energy. Along with immense opportunities, they also pose challenges around ethics, security and equitable access.
Together with our authors and partners, we’re exploring ways engineers are creating a more resilient and sustainable world. We examine how digital advancements can help them sculpt a world that's not just smarter, but greener too. We also consider how our drive to a more resilient and sustainable world influences emerging technologies, as well as the barriers and impacts of these technologies.
In this mission, we ask:
- Why are sustainability and resilience important in construction and infrastructure development?
- How are digital innovations transforming the way we create, design and build?
- Can digital tools help us solve global issues like rising urbanisation and climate change?
- How is sustainability changing how we develop and manage new technologies?
Join us in our mission to support a more sustainable and resilient future. Get in touch to share your insights or read on to explore the transformative power of digital innovation and sustainability in construction and infrastructure development.
This mission supports our Sustainable structures and infrastructures goal
On this page
- Featured blogs and video
- Podcasts
- Why are sustainability and resilience important in construction and infrastructure development?
- How are digital innovations transforming the way we create, design and build?
- Are digital tools the key to solving global challenges like rising urbanisation and climate change?
- How is the focus on sustainability influencing the development, implementation and management of new technologies within the built environment?
- Featured journals
- Related books
- Calls for papers
- Subject pages
- Talk to us about your work
- Mission-led research – our goals
A built environment fit for the future
Goal Advisor Professor Chimay Anumba introduces the mission by touching on the key influences currently shaping construction and infrastructure development.
The rise of PropTech
Authors: Dr Jesse Saginor, University of Maryland, and Dr Elaine Worzala, Clemson University
In this video, Jesse and Elaine discuss their paper on PropTech and how quickly emerging technologies are impacting the real estate industry.
Why are sustainability and resilience important in construction and infrastructure development?
As nations strive for a more sustainable future, there’s a growing emphasis on constructing buildings and infrastructure that are both eco-friendly and resilient, capable of withstanding challenges such as extreme weather events, natural disasters and the impacts of climate change.
How are digital innovations transforming the way we create, design and build?
Emerging technologies like digital twins and Building Information Modelling are changing the way we plan, design, construct and manage infrastructure and buildings. In this section, the articles and book chapters take a close look at how digital technologies are being used within the built environment.
Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
Are digital tools the key to solving global challenges like rising urbanisation and climate change?
Our world is facing unprecedented issues that require innovative solutions, global cooperation, and collective action. The following articles and book chapters showcase some of the ways digital technologies are being used within the built environment to support efforts to tackle global challenges.
How is the focus on sustainability influencing the development, implementation and management of new technologies within the built environment?
This section tackles how the Sustainable Development Goals are driving change within the built environment, particularly around the use of digital technologies.
Featured journals
Find out more about the journals we've used to select articles for this page. You can also search for a specific journal by subject area on our find a journal page.
If you want to publish your research in one of our journals, please get in touch.
Civil Engineering
Urban Design and Planning
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management
Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management
Smart Infrastructure and Construction
Municipal Engineer
Journal of Property Investment & Finance
Built Environment Project and Asset Management
Engineering Sustainability
Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society
Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology
Bridge Engineering
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