Research on Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation: Current State and toward a Sustainable Future

Dear Colleagues,

Energy efficiency and energy conservation research play a major role globally in governments' sustainability plans and in their policies aimed at reducing carbon footprints. This type of research is supported by the recently enumerated United Nations 2030 sustainability goals, such as affordable and clean energy, sustainable cities and communities, and responsible consumption and production.

This Special Issue covers a wide range of topics related to mechanical engineering, thermal engineering, electrical engineering, building sustainability, green buildings, emerging technologies and approaches aimed at improving energy production and transition. We welcome new and original work that contributes to energy efficiency and energy conservation. We will only consider papers that contain a novel element, issue, approach, method, or result that inspires progress in energy efficiency and energy conservation. Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:

• Energy efficiency in buildings and building thermal performance.
• Energy analysis and energy modeling.
• Energy planning and energy management.
• Energy storage, electric and thermal.
• Clean energy materials and manufacturing process technologies.
• Combined heat and power systems.
• Energy control and energy auditing.
• Electricity supply and demand.
• New and renewable energy technologies.

Dr. Saad Odeh
Guest Editor

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. Energies 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.

• building sustainability
• thermal performance
• energy conservation
• energy efficiency
• energy modelling