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There is a great awareness of the urgent need to eliminate carbon emissions and improve the operational energy efficiency of the built environment to reduce the harmful effects on the ecosystem of human economic development and mitigate climate change reality. This has led to a huge growth in research around the science and technology of sustainable and resilient development. The series ‘Advances in Sustainability Science and Technology (ASST)’ was created by Springer Nature and KES International to respond to the need for a publication channel for the latest high-quality research on a broad range of sustainability topics. The rise of the COVID-19 pandemic led researchers around the world to apply themselves to devise measures to alleviate its harmful effects upon society. This included not just clinical researchers, but also those working in areas such as engineering, computer science, and the built environment. In March 2021 KES International, a professional organisation for researchers in high-technology subjects such as artificial intelligence and sustainability, held the ‘COVID-19 Challenge International Virtual Summit’. This had the theme ‘A Transition to a more ResilientWorld’ and provided the opportunity for those undertaking innovative research on measures in response to the pandemic, to present their work. After the summit, selected authors were invited to write chapters for a book in the ASST series entitled ‘Smart and Sustainable Technology for Resilient Cities and Communities’. The aim was to create a volume of research applicable to the mitigation of the COVID-19 pandemic and furthermore to look beyond it to improve the resilience of society, to make it better able to respond and withstand future disruptive challenges, including both pandemics and increasing problems due to climate change. The outcomewas this book which contains an overview and reports of 21 research investigations frommainly non-medical researchers in universities around the world. This book is directed to engineers, scientists, researchers, practitioners, academics, and all those who are interested in developing and using sustainability science and technology for the betterment of our planet and humankind.