The world is facing unprecedented sustainability challenges, with climate change threatening humanity. Greenhouse gas emissions, the root cause of climate change, continue to increase, year after year, reaching \u201cnew record highs\u201d in 2018, as reported by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Buildings account for a significant percentage of about 40% of the global emissions of greenhouse gases. Therefore, to reach the ambitious goal of the Paris Agreement to deal with the threat of climate change by keeping the rise in the global average temperature to well below 2 \u00b0C above pre-industrial levels, it is very important to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from buildings. This can be achieved through adopting and implementing green building technologies. In addition to reducing building-related greenhouse gas emissions and protecting the environment through energy efficiency, green building technologies further contribute to sustainability by helping to develop buildings that are water efficient, healthy, and save costs such as those relating to operation and maintenance.\u00a0This Special Issue encourages both academic and industrial researchers to present their latest research findings on green building and green building technologies adoption, application, and promotion within the building and construction sector. Findings on green building technologies enabling zero or low carbon buildings, zero or low energy buildings, zero or low water buildings, zero or low waste construction, and zero sick buildings development are particularly welcomed. The goal is to provide readers with findings that are comprehensive, unbiased, and grounded in scientifically and methodologically sound research, and that make significant new contributions to the theory and practice on green building and green building technologies.
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