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Advanced Solar Building Technology

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: 20 June 2025 | Viewed by 1398

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Yang Cai

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International Energy College, Jinan University, Zhuhai, China
Interests: renewable energy utilization; building energy-saving; solar ventilation; advanced thermal management; low grade heat recovery
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Dr. Weiwei Wang

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School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430074, China
Interests: sustainable and green building energy; heat pipe; TE cooling; CFD; electronic cooling; energy storage
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Prof. Dr. Fuyun Zhao

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School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430074, China
Interests: inverse problems; fluid dynamics; built and urban ventilation environment; sustainable and green building energy
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Presently, buildings have become one of the main contributors to global energy consumption, and their energy consumption has reached one-third of that of total global consumption, with almost 28% of the global annual greenhouse gas emission coming from the building sector. To cope with this situation, the development of renewable energy technology, such as solar energy, is an effective and promising solution to dealing with the global energy crisis. Solar building technology not only contributes to a reduction in fossil fuel usage but also accelerates the realization of dual-carbon targets, making them suitable for residential building applications.

Critical review articles, original research, and case studies are welcome in this Special Issue, covering relevant up-to-date topics related to the prospects of solar building technology.

This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to the theory, design, analysis, modelling, optimization, and application of all types of effective and promising solutions to dealing with the global energy crisis.

Dr. Yang Cai
Dr. Weiwei Wang
Prof. Dr. Fuyun Zhao
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.

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.

Keywords

  • building integrated photovoltaic
  • solar thermal collector
  • solar driven ventilation
  • solar-assisted heat pump
  • solar cooling
  • solar photocatalysis
  • solar composite utilization

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Numerical and Experimental Study on the Performance of Photovoltaic—Trombe Wall in Hot Summer and Warm Winter Regions: Energy Efficiency Matching and Application Potential
by Qiang Gao, Lanqian Yang, Zhengyu Shu, Jianwei He, Yingxi Huang, Dade Gu and Yang Cai
Buildings 2024, 14(9), 2919; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14092919 - 15 Sep 2024
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Enhancing the energy efficiency of building envelopes is one of the key strategies for energy conservation and reducing consumption in buildings. This study employs numerical research methods to explore the impact of crucial factors such as solar cell coverage, air channel height, indoor [...] Read more.
Enhancing the energy efficiency of building envelopes is one of the key strategies for energy conservation and reducing consumption in buildings. This study employs numerical research methods to explore the impact of crucial factors such as solar cell coverage, air channel height, indoor relative humidity, and indoor wind speed on the power generation performance and thermal comfort of a photovoltaic (PV)—Trombe wall. The dynamic changes in optical and thermal performance and energy efficiency matching mechanisms of this system are also discussed in hot summer and warm winter regions. The research findings indicate that the periods of good thermal comfort and power generation efficiency for humans are from 9:00 to 17:00 in winter. In summer, these periods are from 5:00 to 8:00 as well as from 17:00 to 20:00. When the system height is 2 m, the electricity price for power supplied by the PV—Trombe wall system is 25% lower than the residential price, with an annual energy generation of 322.5 kWh/m2 of solar panel, which can save USD 6.35 in costs. Moreover, an experiment is conducted to investigate the thermoelectric correlation by constructing a traditional Trombe wall and an external PV—Trombe wall. When the coverage reached 52.08%, the overall system efficiency was maximized. At a coverage of 78.12%, the system’s thermal efficiency was at its lowest, while the maximum power generation was 510.3 W. It can be seen that the PV—Trombe wall possesses good economic benefits and energy saving as well as emission reduction potential in hot summers and warm winters regions, and the smooth implementation of related works will effectively promote its applications and promotions. Full article
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