Papers submitted for consideration of publication in the Journal of Green Building should advance the body of knowledge related to green, sustainable, or high performance built facilities and infrastructure systems that foster sustainability at the building, community, neighborhood and urban scale. Acceptable paper topics include original reviews of past practice, present information of current interest, or exploration of new concepts pertinent to green building. Manuscripts should be free of evident commercialism or private interest, and all manuscripts of this nature will be rejected without review. However, case studies and descriptions of new technologies are welcome, and in these papers it may be appropriate to use proper names or other identifying information to aid the reader's understanding. Papers should not have been published previously, and authors, by submitting their paper to the Journal of Green Building, are certifying this fact and acknowledge a copyright release to the Journal of Green Building that permits publication without restriction in the event that the paper is accepted for publication. This acknowledgement of copyright release to the Journal of Green Building in no way restricts paper authors from making use of their work and research findings in future publications that are substantively different from their published paper in the Journal of Green Building and therefore do not dminish its value.
All papers will be reviewed by at least two peers that are competent to evaluate the technical and professional quality of the work. At least two positive reviews are required for acceptance of the paper for publication, and two negative reviews are grounds for rejection of the manuscript. Revisions, with or without re-review, are often required conditions of acceptance. Review criteria for papers include originality of approach, concept, and/or application; intellectual merit of approach and findings; significance of findings and potential benefits and impact; and relevance to the domain of green, sustainable, or high performance built facilities and infrastructure systems. Both practical papers and theoretical papers are encouraged. Submissions are expected to be well written, clear to understand, and relatively free of grammatical error. Papers that are difficient in these areas will be rejected without review.
Topics of interest for the Journal of Green Building span the whole scope of the green building domain and include, but are not limited to:
Indicators of sustainability for built facilities and infrastructure systems
Mathematical and systems modeling (BIM) of facilities and infrastructure performance
Integrated design and facility life cycle methods and practices
Innovation and performance modeling for mechanical systems, building envelopes, lighting, and other key facility systems
Green building materials and structural innovations
Urban and community sustainable planning
Research and education needs to support sustainability implementation
