Sustainable Energy Systems in Building Design: Innovations and Performance Optimization
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 December 2026 | Viewed by 799
Editors
Interests: building energy simulation; RES-driven energy systems; innovative building technologies
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Interests: solar thermal concentrating collectors; organic Rankine cycle; energy in buildings; heat pumps; energy storage
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Interests: air conditioning; refrigeration; solar energy; energy in buildings
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable energy systems have become a defining priority in contemporary building design, driven by the need to reduce emissions, improve resilience, and enhance occupant comfort while meeting ambitious energy and climate targets. This Special Issue, “Sustainable Energy Systems in Building Design: Innovations and Performance Optimization,” aims to highlight state-of-the-art research and practical advances that accelerate the transition toward high-performance, low-carbon buildings. It provides a forum for researchers, engineers, architects, and industry professionals to share findings on the integration, control, and optimization of energy systems across building scales.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- High-efficiency heat pump technologies;
- Low-GWP and natural refrigerants for heat pumps in buildings;
- Renewable energy systems in buildings (photovoltaics, solar thermal, geothermal energy, small-scale wind turbines);
- On-site energy generation solutions and integration with storage and smart control energy storage;
- Smart controls, automation, and predictive operation;
- Innovative and adaptive building envelope technologies;
- Building energy modeling, digital twins, and data-driven optimization;
- Demand response and grid-interactive efficient buildings;
- Life-cycle assessment and cost-optimal design;
- Design strategies for positive energy buildings;
- Real-world case studies demonstrating measured performance, commissioning, and post-occupancy evaluation;
- Performance verification through monitoring, commissioning, and post-occupancy evaluation;
- Thermal comfort enhancement and mitigation of heat stress under extreme conditions;
- Minimization of peak heating and cooling loads through passive measures, advanced controls, and demand-side management;
- Phase change material for energy storage;
- Thermochromic materials and cool roofs;
- Hydrogen storage in the building environment.
Dr. Angeliki Kitsopoulou
Dr. Evangelos Bellos
Prof. Dr. Christos Tzivanidis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- building renovation
- RES-driven energy systems
- low-GWP refrigerants
- positive energy buildings
- indoor thermal comfort
- multi-objective evaluation
- fully electrified buildings
- photovoltaics in buildings
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