Thermal Performance of the Building Envelope—Original Methods and Advanced Solutions

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to announce this Special Issue of Buildings, focused on the thermal performance of the building envelope. Indeed, it is our belief that a correct design of the building envelope, including an informed choice of the materials and their thermal properties, is a key requisite to conjugate energy efficiency, the durability of the envelope, and indoor microclimate.

This Special Issue encourages contributions regarding the latest research results, as well as good practice examples, about an improved thermal behaviour of the building envelope based both on experimental studies and on numerical simulation. Both original research papers and review papers are welcome. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Techniques to measure heat losses in building components;
• Advanced solutions for thermal bridge correction;
• Hygrothermal performance of building materials;
• Mould growth: risks and solutions;
• Thermal inertia of the building envelope;
• Cool materials in buildings;
• Green roofs and green walls;
• Super insulating materials (i.e., vacuum insulation panels, gas-filled panels, and aerogel-based products);
• Nature-based and raw materials for the building envelope;
• Advanced transparent envelope components.

Prof. Dr. Gianpiero Evola
Prof. Dr. Elena Lucchi
Guest Editors

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