Advanced Heating and Cooling Technologies for Sustainable Buildings
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "G: Energy and Buildings".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2025 | Viewed by 43
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to submit your recent works to an upcoming Special Issue, titled “Advanced Heating and Cooling Technologies for Sustainable Buildings”. As the global demand for energy-efficient and environmentally friendly building application systems grows, innovative heating and cooling solutions can play a pivotal role towards the achieving sustainability goals. The enhanced penetration of renewable energy sources in buildings offers a promising pathway for decarbonizing the sector while enhancing energy efficiency. However, despite technological advancements, the widespread adoption of renewable-based heating and cooling systems faces economic and technical barriers, including high upfront costs and system integration challenges. Therefore, rigorous techno-economic assessments are essential to evaluate their feasibility and competitiveness. Simultaneously, with increasing concerns over the environmental footprint of energy systems, life cycle assessment (LCA) emerges as a crucial tool for objectively analyzing the environmental impact of advanced heating and cooling solutions. This Special Issue seeks high-quality research on cutting-edge developments, performance evaluation, economic feasibility, and environmental assessments of emerging technologies, aiming to drive innovation and policy recommendations in the field. Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Renewable driven heating and/or cooling systems;
- Hybrid cooling and/or heating systems
- Techno-economic optimization;
- Life cycle analysis;
- Environmental evaluation;
- Advanced configurations;
- Experimental activities on heating/cooling systems for building applications;
- Solar cooling/heating.
Dr. Tryfon C. Roumpedakis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heating
- cooling
- building sector
- decarbonization
- novel heat pumps
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