Research on Energy Efficiency and Low-Carbon Pathways in Buildings
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 100
Special Issue Editors
Interests: building energy saving; integrated energy system; economic analysis; liquid cooling technologies; low-carbon buildings
Interests: building energy system; solar energy; heat pump; thermal energy storage
Interests: building energy saving; air conditioning system control; data center cooling technologies; heat pipes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The construction and operation of buildings account for a major part of global carbon emissions. In order to achieve sustainability in buildings, it is necessary to explore energy efficiency and low-carbon pathways. This Special Issue invites innovative research focusing on cutting-edge methods, technologies, and policies aimed at improving energy efficiency and promoting low-carbon development in buildings. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Building energy efficiency;
- Integrated energy system in buildings;
- Renewable energy sources utilization for buildings;
- Energy demand reduction/management for buildings;
- Urban energy systems;
- Environment and buildings;
- Low-carbon building materials;
- Retrofit and refurbishment of existing buildings;
- Lifecycle carbon analysis;
- Economic analysis of low-/zero-carbon buildings;
- Socio-economic and policy issues in low-/zero-carbon buildings;
- Artificial intelligence for energy efficiency and low-carbon buildings.
We welcome contributions from multiple disciplinary perspectives and are committed to achieving the goal of carbon neutrality.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Sikai Zou
Dr. Yantong Li
Dr. Xiuming Li
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 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
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 energy efficiency
- renewable energy sources utilization
- low-carbon buildings
- lifecycle carbon analysis
- socio-economic and policy issues in buildings
- building system control and optimization
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