Energy Applications in Low-Carbon Buildings and Sustainable Cities
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: closed (6 January 2024) | Viewed by 1026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: urban block typologies and photovoltaic optimisation; design optimisation of urban block typologies; economic evaluation of renewable energy technologies; thermal comfort and building energy performance assessment
Interests: adsorption systems; building services engineering; circular economy; lighting; renewable energy; sustainable energy technologies; thermal management; thermal comfort; thermofluids
Interests: human comfort; human behaviour in buildings; artificial intelligence in building performance; prediction; smart buildings; sustainable energy technologies; energy storage in phase change materials
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent urbanisation, global warming, and the energy crisis have warranted an increased need for improvements in outdoor thermal comfort, building energy efficiency, and renewable energy utilisation in urban environments. Considering that more than half of the world's inhabitants live in cities, and the expected continuation of this trend, it is becoming ever more important to study how buildings and urban cities can be better planned to have positive impacts on energy efficiency and occupants' thermal comfort, both indoor and outdoor. It is also imperative that new methods and strategies for applications in buildings and urban regions be developed and implemented in built environments to optimise energy usage and occupant satisfaction. This Special Issue aims to provide selected contributions on new technologies, methods, and guidelines for application in buildings and urban regions in order to improve energy efficiency and occupant wellbeing.
Potential topics include:
- Low-carbon technology applications and assessment in buildings;
- The effect of urban morphology on energy efficiency;
- Low-energy and low-carbon buildings;
- The impacts of urban morphology on outdoor thermal comfort.
Dr. Thushini Mendis
Dr. Siegfried Yeboah
Dr. Tongyu Zhou
Dr. Dengfeng Du
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
- energy efficiency
- sustainable architecture
- urban energy
- low energy buildings
- thermal comfort
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- Reprint: MDPI Books provides the opportunity to republish successful Special Issues in book format, both online and in print.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.
