Sustainable Zero Energy Buildings
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 January 2021) | Viewed by 8166
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable buildings; life cycle sustainability assessment; energy planning
Interests: life cycle assessment; building thermal behaviour; thermal confort; user behaviour; energy simulation; simulation tools; district energetic assessment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Building regulation and policies around the world are quickly evolving towards a reduction on building energy use during their operation, with the term ‘zero energy buildings’ being frequently used and presented as the ultimate goal. This ambitious goal is indeed very well justified within the current state of a global climate emergency, which calls for solutions towards drastic reduction of energy-related greenhouse gases. There are, however, many additional economic, social, and environmental aspects which should also be considered when planning, designing, and constructing ‘zero energy buildings’.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to compile a set of papers dealing with these wider aspects of sustainability, in relation to ‘zero’ or ‘nearly zero’ energy buildings. Sustainability issues can be considered at the different building processes, from planning, design and contracting issues, to construction, commissioning, use, and maintenance of the buildings. Invited contributions include the following topics:
- ‘Affordable zero energy buildings’ (AZEB), including economic perspectives from building developer, construction companies, building owners, users, etc.;
- Life cycle assessment (LCA), life cycle costing (LCC), and social life cycle assessment (SLCA) for zero energy buildings;
- Occupant behavior and comfort in zero energy buildings;
- Zero energy buildings and household energy poverty;
- Predicted vs. real performance for zero energy buildings.
References:
- HERNANDEZ, P. HERNANDEZ, J., URRA, I., GRISALEÑA, D.& KENNY, P. (2019) Life cycle environmental and cost evaluation of heating and hot water supply in social housing nZEBs; IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 323, conference 1
- HERNANDEZ, P. & KENNY, P. (2010) From net energy to zero energy buildings: Defining life cycle zero energy buildings (LC-ZEB). Energy and Buildings, 42, 815-821.
- OREGI, X, HERNANDEZ, P., GAZULLA, C., ISASA, M. (2015) Integrating Simplified and Full Life Cycle Approaches in Decision Making for Building Energy Refurbishment: Benefits and Barriers, Buildings 2015, 5(2), 354-380;
- D'Agostino, Delia; Mazzarella, Livio. What is a Nearly zero energy building? Overview, implementation and comparison of definitions. Journal of Building Engineering 2019, 21:200-212
- Lan, Lan, Wood, Kristin L, Yuen, Chau. A holistic design approach for residential net-zero energy buildings: A case study in Singapore. Sustainable Cities and Society, 2019, 50.
- Liu, Zhijian, Zhou, Qingxu, Tian, Zhiyong, He, Bao-jie, Jin, Guangya. A comprehensive analysis on definitions, development, and policies of nearly zero energy buildings in China. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2019, 114
- Feng, Wei, Zhang, Qianning, Ji, Hui, Wang, Ran, Zhou, Nan, Ye, Qing, Hao, Bin, Li, Yutong, Luo, Duo, Lau, Stephen Siu Yu. A review of net zero energy buildings in hot and humid climates: Experience learned from 34 case study buildings. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2019,114
Dr. Patxi Hernandez
Dr. Xabat Oregi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- zero energy buildings
- life cycle
- sustainable buildings
- LCA
- LCC
- occupant comfort
- energy performance
