Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer for Healthy and Energy-Flexible Buildings
A Special Issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309) belonging to the section "Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2027 | Viewed by 316
Editors
Interests: indoor air quality; heat and mass transfer; pollutant transport; VOCs and SVOCs; bioaerosols; air purification; building energy flexibility
Interests: indoor environment; air purification; VOC control; advanced oxidation; recycling and utilization of construction waste
Interests: solar buildings; demand response; flexible energy optimization; grid-interactive buildings; flexibility mapping; load shedding and shifting
Interests: grid-interactive building; energy flexibility; occupant behavior; model predictive control; machine learning
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Buildings are increasingly expected to deliver healthy indoor environments while reducing carbon emissions and supporting renewable-rich energy systems. These goals are physically interconnected. Heat, moisture, airflow, and pollutant transport govern indoor environmental quality and HVAC loads, whereas building envelopes, thermal storage, and control strategies determine how flexibly energy demands can be satisfied. Coupled heat and mass transfer therefore provides a common physical basis for linking indoor health, thermal comfort, energy efficiency, and grid-responsive operation. This Special Issue aims to enhance the understanding of heat-and-mass-transfer mechanisms and translate them into improved building technologies and operational strategies.
We welcome original research and review articles addressing two interconnected themes: (1) healthy indoor environments, including indoor air quality, pollutant and bioaerosol transport, ventilation and air purification, and exposure and health assessment; and (2) energy-flexible buildings, including advanced envelopes and passive cooling, HVAC and thermal energy storage, demand response and renewable-energy integration, and intelligent building control. Studies that explicitly couple indoor environmental processes with flexible building operation are particularly encouraged. Experimental, numerical, field, and system-level investigations of coupled heat and mass transfer are all welcome.
The collection aims to advance healthy, low-carbon, climate-resilient, and energy-flexible buildings.
Dr. Zhuo Chen
Dr. Ruijie Xie
Dr. Yuan Zhi
Dr. Zhiwei Li
Dr. Jiteng Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- indoor environmental quality
- coupled heat and mass transfer
- pollutant transport
- ventilation and air purification
- building energy flexibility
- thermal energy storage
- renewable-energy integration
- intelligent building control
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