Building Energy Performance and Thermal Comfort: Synergies and Challenges
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: 10 August 2025 | Viewed by 1196
Special Issue Editors
Interests: building energy flexibility; building energy storage technology; building demand response design; green and low-carbon building technology; building fine design
Interests: district heating and cooling system; integrated demand response; building thermal energy storage technology; energy system flexibility; energy efficient building
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Rising global temperatures and extreme weather changes are driving greater demand for heating and cooling, which trigger increased electricity use and carbon emissions. Moreover, the surge in air conditioning load in extreme weather leads to a sharp rise in the peak load and peak-valley difference of the power grid, which brings great challenges to the balance of power supply and demand. Therefore, building energy now faces the dual challenge of providing a comfortable indoor environment while minimizing environmental impact. Striking a balance between comfort and energy saving has become an urgent task in the field of building energy.
The specific areas of focus within this Special Issue include the following:
- Building tradeoff design;
- Elasticity of energy demand;
- Thermal comfort flexibility;
- Building energy system control;
- Building energy flexibility;
- Energy demand response technology and policy.
Dr. Ran Wang
Dr. Quanyi Lin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- thermal comfort flexibility
- energy demand response
- building energy flexibility
- cooperative optimization
- flexible control
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