Research on Indoor Air Environment and Energy Conservation

Dear Colleagues,

Indoor air environment and energy conservation have become increasingly important issues due to the rapid development of modern society. With more people spending time indoors, the quality of indoor air has a direct impact on people's health and well-being. Furthermore, the increasing energy consumption of buildings to satisfy the indoor thermal environment has led to a significant increase in carbon emissions, exacerbating the issue of climate change.

To promote the development of healthy low-carbon buildings, this Special Issue of Buildings aims to address the outlined challenges by welcoming articles related to (but not limited to) the following topics:

• Advances and reviews of indoor air environment/building energy conversion;
• Passive and positive methods for the energy-efficient provision of clean air;
• Identification and control of indoor pollution sources;
• Novel energy materials for building applications;
• Renewable/integrated energy system for energy-saving construction;
• Applications of passive cooling/heating technologies in buildings;
• Modeling and simulation for indoor environment/building energy systems.

Dr. Kai Zhang
Dr. Jian Liu
Dr. Xiaolei Yuan
Dr. Yizhe Xu
Dr. Junming Zhou
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

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.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.