Advances in Building Energy Efficiency and Low-Carbon City Development

Dear Colleagues,

Driven by growing global warming and frequent extreme weather events, carbon emissions reduction has become a global consensus and an urgent developmental imperative across all industries. The construction and building sector accounts for approximately 34% of global carbon emissions, serving as a major bottleneck restricting sustainable city development and the achievement of carbon neutrality targets. Massive energy consumption and intensive carbon output from traditional buildings highlight the necessity of energy-saving renovation and low-carbon upgrading.

This Special Issue focuses on frontier research spanning both building and urban scales. At the building scale, key topics include energy-saving renewal, energy-use profiling, renewable energy utilization, and flexible energy use. At the urban scale, areas of interest encompass urban building energy modeling, urban microclimate, low-carbon renewal, urban energy systems, green and blue infrastructure, and near-zero carbon park practices. This collection seeks to synthesize advanced theories and practical strategies, offering robust references for low-carbon buildings and sustainable cities.

Dr. Chao Wang
Dr. Martina Ferrando
Guest Editors

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