Smart and Energy Efficient HVAC Systems Towards Building Decarbonizations
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "G: Energy and Buildings".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 December 2025 | Viewed by 22
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy efficiency in buildings; heating and ventilation; indoor air quality; outdoor air quality; decentralized ventilation; energy performance of buildings; swimming pools; mechanical ventilation; air conditioning
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Interests: energy and buildings; energy efficiency of HVAC; CFD; experimental investigations; decentralized ventilation; energy performance; renewable energy; earth-to-air heat exchangers
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are among the largest energy consumers in buildings and play a critical role in shaping both energy performance and indoor environmental quality. As the global community strives to mitigate climate change and decarbonize the built environment, smart and energy-efficient HVAC systems have emerged as key enablers of low-carbon, sustainable buildings.
This Special Issue provides a platform for interdisciplinary research from within both academia and industry, aiming to advance the next generation of HVAC systems that support building decarbonization while safeguarding occupant health, comfort, and well-being.
We welcome contributions that address new and existing buildings alike, including research on system retrofitting, modernization strategies, and the integration of advanced HVAC technologies in low- or net-zero-energy and/or airtight high-performance buildings. Simulation-based studies, digital tools, and performance modelling are also encouraged.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
- Smart, energy-efficient HVAC technologies and control strategies;
- Indoor air quality (IAQ) and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in low-energy buildings;
- HVAC system retrofitting and modernization in existing buildings;
- HVAC design in new energy-efficient and net-zero buildings;
- PV and HVAC integration;
- Domestic hot water (DHW): Security of supply, energy efficiency, and the realization of design assumptions;
- Building energy and environmental performance simulation;
- AI, IoT, and machine learning applications in HVAC control and diagnostics;
- The integration of HVAC with renewable energy sources and energy storage;
- Predictive maintenance and fault detection;
- Occupant-centric HVAC control for comfort and energy balance;
- Lifecycle environmental and economic assessments for HVAC systems;
- Case studies demonstrating practical implementation and measured impacts;
- Designing new solutions, improving existing ones, and retrofitting.
Dr. Katarzyna Ratajczak
Dr. Łukasz Amanowicz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart HVAC systems
- energy efficiency
- building decarbonization
- indoor air quality (IAQ)
- indoor environmental quality (IEQ)
- HVAC retrofitting
- net-zero energy buildings
- intelligent control
- renewable energy integration
- building energy simulation
- IoT in buildings
- thermal comfort
- domestic hot water (DHW)
- PV and HVAC integration
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