Sustainable Design and Smart Control of Building Energy to Accelerate Net-Zero Operations

Dear Colleagues,

With carbon neutrality emerging as a global priority, significant decarbonization in the building sector has become more urgent than ever. However, achieving substantial emissions reductions while maintaining high service quality in built environments remains a complex challenge. This Special Issue invites contributions that explore innovative solutions for building decarbonization and the transition to net-zero operations. We welcome original research articles and reviews across a range of topics, including (but not limited to) the following:

• Building integrated renewable energy;
• Demand side management;
• Building load forecasting;
• Artificial intelligence for smart buildings;
• Energy storage technologies and applications;
• Building energy modeling and digitalization;
• HVAC systems;
• Innovative building design;
• Building energy performance assessment;
• Sustainable materials and construction.

Dr. Xinlei Zhou
Dr. Lin-Rui Jia
Dr. Zheng Cao
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 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

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.