Innovating Sustainable Built Environment Integrating Low-Carbon Energy, Energy Efficiency Solutions, and Environmental Considerations
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: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 31
Special Issue Editors
Interests: low-carbon energy for buildings; thermal energy storage; building retrofit; heating and cooling; decarbonisation
Interests: thermal energy storage; heat and mass transfer; building heating; indoor environment
Interests: building energy; big data management; demand response; indoor environmental quality control technologies; building-integrated photovoltaics technologies
Interests: energy systems; sustainable technologies; building physics; thermofluids; renewables
Interests: air conditioning; energy efficiency; indoor environment; thermal energy; energy systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
While progress is being made in decarbonising grid energy, achieving net-zero targets will require a list of actions to decarbonise buildings and communities. Buildings and the built environment, interacting closely with the grid, pose a major challenge to emission reduction. There are a range of interrelated challenges: the imperative for decarbonisation, escalating energy costs, concerns over both indoor and outdoor environmental quality, and the operational complexity of integrating decentralised sustainable systems. This Special Issue aims to address these pressing issues by inviting original research and review papers that explore transformative solutions at both the building and community scale. Topics of interest include energy-efficient and sustainable building technologies, low-carbon heating and cooling systems, energy storage integration, indoor environmental quality and occupant wellbeing, and digital modelling for energy optimisation and decarbonisation. We particularly welcome interdisciplinary contributions that combine engineering innovations, data-driven control strategies, and policy insights to support climate-resilient, occupant-centred transitions in the built environment.
Dr. Cheng Zeng
Dr. Xiaojing Han
Dr. Yuanda Cheng
Dr. Abdur Rehman Mazhar
Prof. Dr. Jun Lu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- decarbonisation
- energy efficiency
- built environment
- energy storage
- renewable energy
- digital modelling and optimisation
- community energy systems
- indoor environmental quality
- building physics
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