Special Issue "Toward a Low-Carbon and Low-Energy Building Sector: From the Single Building to the District Scale"

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy and Buildings".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Francesco Guarino
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Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Building 9, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Interests: life cycle assessment; eco-design; net zero energy buildings; environmental sustainability; sustainable buildings; renewable energy technologies
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Prof. Dr. Rosaria Volpe
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Department of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, University of CataniaViale Andrea Doria 6, Building 13, 95125 Catania, Italy
Interests: distributed generation; energy policy and management; positive energy districts; low-carbon technologies
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Dr. Maria Anna Cusenza
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Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy
Interests: energy and buildings; life cycle assessment; circular economy; renewable fuels and technologies; energy storage systems
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The building sector accounts for a significant share of the current primary energy use worldwide: in a global context where climate change and limited availability of resources are increasingly pressing matters, the decarbonization of the building sectors should be a priority for technical and political agendas.

This objective should be pursued through a truly holistic approach to break down silos as in more traditional approaches and combining the use of high-efficiency solutions and systems, low-embodied energy (and carbon) materials, bioclimatic design solutions, smart solutions, sustainability (environmental, economic, social) considerations, energy storage, load match, and grid consideration/flexibility strategies.

Moreover, buildings should not be considered in isolation. These concepts need to be scaled up to the district level to fully include energy interactions within the district, smart grids, district energy storage, public and private mobility, district sized energy systems, and smart public lighting.

This Special Issue encourages both academic and industrial researchers to present their latest research findings on the following topics:

  • Building physics and building energy systems applications;
  • Sustainability analyses of buildings and buildings’ solutions;
  • Energy storage systems in buildings and district applications;
  • Nearly/net zero energy buildings design and technical solutions;
  • Buildings’ interaction solutions and smart grids;
  • Energy flexibility in buildings and districts;
  • Renewable energy systems design and district integration;
  • Positive energy districts;
  • Vehicle to building applications

Prof. Dr. Francesco Guarino
Prof. Dr. Rosaria Volpe
Dr. Maria Anna Cusenza
Guest Editors

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 papers will be 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 2000 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.

Keywords

  • net/nearly zero energy buildings/districts
  • decarbonization
  • low energy buildings
  • sustainability in buildings
  • energy storage
  • smart applications

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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