Advanced Energy Utilization Technologies for Building Thermal Management
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 May 2026 | Viewed by 449
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Interests: building energy conversion; indoor air environment; passive cooling; radiative cooling
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Interests: thermal radiation regulation; thermal energy storage; thermal management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Advanced energy utilization technologies for building thermal management, integrating renewable energy, smart control systems, and high-performance energy materials, are pivotal for low-carbon development and energy efficiency. Such approaches can optimize heating, cooling, and heat recovery processes, reducing reliance on fossil fuels while enhancing indoor thermal comfort. By balancing energy supply and demand intelligently, these technologies can drive sustainable building development, mitigate environmental impacts, and lay a foundation for carbon-neutral construction.
To promote the efficient utilization of advanced energy technologies in building thermal management, this Special Issue of Buildings aims to address the outlined challenges by welcoming articles that focus on (but are not limited to) the following topics:
- Advances and review on the energy utilization and/or thermal management in buildings;
- Advanced energy materials for building thermal management;
- Renewable energy/integrated energy/thermal energy storage systems for building thermal management;
- Building-integrated solar energy/photovoltaics/radiative cooling for building thermal management;
- Temperature adaptive technologies for building thermal management;
- Applications of passive cooling/heating technologies in building thermal management;
- Modeling and simulation for energy utilization in building thermal management；
- Smart grid-interactive buildings.
Dr. Kai Zhang
Dr. Junming Zhou
Dr. Zhaofeng Dai
Dr. Weixue Jiang
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- energy utilization
- thermal management
- materials for energy conversion
- renewable energy
- modeling of energy system
- passive energy in building
- solar energy
- photovoltaics
- radiative cooling
- temperature adaptive
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