Renewable Energy Systems in the Design of Energy-Efficient Buildings
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "G: Energy and Buildings".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 August 2022) | Viewed by 4574
Special Issue Editors
Interests: renewable energies; project management; energy-efficient buildings; buildings with smart grids; nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEB)
Interests: innovations in the research of healthcare buildings; healthcare engineering; buildings; project engineering
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Renewable energy sources are considered to be all those that arise from non-fossil renewable sources, i.e., wind, solar, aerothermal, geothermal, hydrothermal, ocean, hydro, biomass, sewage treatment plant gas and biogas, and green hydrogen, among others. Some of these types of energy can be implemented in buildings to improve their environmental impact. In this sense, renewable energy should not be considered as an added element to a building since, from a design point of view, it should be an integrated element in the building. Therefore, new buildings should be designed taking into account this variable from the beginning.
At the same time, new solutions appear in the fields of building with smart grids, renewable energies and battery or hydrogen storage, innovative thermal envelopes in buildings with respect to thermal insulation, and passive heating and cooling techniques. Finally, energy-efficient buildings based on the use of heat generated in photovoltaic solar chimneys and ventilation by the air through sheets of water must also be considered.
This Special Issue includes new research and the latest technologies related to ‘’Renewable Energy Systems in the Design of Energy-Efficient Buildings’’. In particular, it includes a series of documents focused on the following:
- Energy-efficient buildings;
- Nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEB);
- Building eco-design;
- Building energy systems;
- Innovative thermal envelopes;
- Efficient installations;
- Hydrogen HVAC systems;
- Solar energy;
- Aerothermal;
- Wind energy;
- Geothermal;
- Biomass;
- Energy hybridization;
- Buildings with smart grids, renewable energies, and battery storage;
- Buildings with smart grids, renewable energies, and hydrogen storage.
We hope this Special Issue will improve the overall efficiency of engineering projects and help to minimize design failures.
Prof. Fernando Lopez-Rodriguez
Prof. Justo García Sanz-Calcedo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nZEB buildings
- Eco-design
- Building renewable energy systems
- Energy-efficient buildings
- Renewables with energy storage
- Smart energy grids
- Hydrogen storage
- Batteries storage
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