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Thermal Environment in Buildings: Innovations and Safety Perspectives
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Thermal Environment in Buildings: Innovations and Safety Perspectives

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 967

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Wenyu Yang

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Guest Editor
College of Safety and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266510, China
Interests: building energy; underground space ventilation; cooling system; indoor thermal
Dr. Yongjun Wang

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Safety Science and Engineering College, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin 123000, China
Interests: building energy; mine ventilation; CCS/CCUS; fire prevention and extinguishing; machine learning

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, the pursuit of sustainable and efficient building energy utilization has become a global imperative. The building sector is a significant consumer of energy, and as such, any advancements in energy technologies and practices could have a profound impact on both environmental conservation and economic viability. This Special Issue focuses on the latest and most significant developments in building energy. It aims to compile high-quality research articles and reviews that elucidate various aspects of energy, from innovative energy-efficient design strategies to cutting-edge energy generation and storage technologies, within the context of buildings.

Dr. Wenyu Yang
Dr. Yongjun Wang
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • building energy efficiency
  • renewable energy integration
  • energy storage in buildings
  • smart building technologies
  • thermal insulation advancements
  • sustainable building design

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The Application and Optimization of a New Tunnel Ventilation Method for the Control Room of Electric Submersible Pump Systems on Jack-Up Offshore Platforms
by Tenghua Gao, Menglin Li, Shunxin Zhang, Yuwei Wu, Yu Zhang, Xiaoyu Wang, Xiangfeng Zeng, Shengxiang Huang and Wenyu Yang
Buildings 2025, 15(3), 325; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15030325 - 22 Jan 2025
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This study focused on the novel ventilation solution used in the control room of an electric submersible pump on a jack-up offshore platform, with the core objective of exploring the advantages of tunnel ventilation over the traditional ceiling-mounted ventilation system. At the beginning [...] Read more.
This study focused on the novel ventilation solution used in the control room of an electric submersible pump on a jack-up offshore platform, with the core objective of exploring the advantages of tunnel ventilation over the traditional ceiling-mounted ventilation system. At the beginning of the research, a three-dimensional physical model of the room’s air conditioning and ventilation system was constructed using Rhino 7 software. Subsequently, the computational fluid dynamics software Airpak 3.0 was employed to conduct detailed thermodynamic calculations on the model. Based on this, the study meticulously compared the performance of the two ventilation systems from multiple perspectives: one aspect examined the airflow and temperature distribution through temperature contour maps, velocity vector maps, and airflow streamlines; another focused on the comfort level of personnel, as reflected in the key indicators of the predicted mean vote and predicted percentage dissatisfied. The results demonstrated that tunnel ventilation is highly effective in reducing the indoor temperature and significantly improving personnel comfort. Further optimization analysis revealed that, under specific inlet conditions, namely when the inlet velocity reaches 1.16 m/s and the inlet temperature is 17 °C, the most ideal ventilation effect can be achieved, thereby fully and effectively meeting human thermal comfort requirements. Overall, the findings of this study not only provide a novel solution for the environmental control system design of offshore platforms but also lay a solid scientific foundation for continued exploration in related fields, offering a reliable reference for future research. Full article
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