To develop more sustainable societies, industries should focus on solving environmental and economic challenges using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) technologies for monitoring and energy auditing of buildings. Building defects, such as heat loss, moisture, and air leakage, inevitably lead to inefficient space heating or cooling, essentially explaining high energy consumption and associated emissions. UAVs contain modern monitoring equipment and thermal cameras to document building performance energy, creating digital models, and 3D photogrammetry. By advanced technology of UAVs, energy auditors can analyze the energy used rapidly and accurately while reducing operational costs and minimizing safety risks by reaching remote or inaccessible areas without compromising the pilot's life. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview of how the use of UAVs for energy audit leads to sustainability through a systematic review of seventeen studies by following the steps of PRISMA. The results reveal that the UAVs contribute to improving the energy performance of the building, which leads to reducing carbon emissions, saving energy costs, and improving human life and health. In this study, I attempted to shed light on how the use of UAVs drives sustainability by focusing on the economy, energy consumption, environmental impacts, social and safety issues.