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Sustainable Energy Technologies for Transition to Energy Positive Buildings

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 5736

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Dr. Tatjana Vilutiene

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Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: civil engineering; operations research; energy efficiency; project management; sustainability; building information modeling

Prof. Dr. Violeta Motuzienė

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Department of Building Energetics, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: energy efficiency; building energy simulation; occupant behavior; LCA; efficient ventilation

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Dear Colleagues,

The design and construction of new buildings or the retrofitting of existing buildings as zero-emission, energy-positive houses in sustainable green neighborhoods is a priority of the European Green Deal initiative of the European Commission with the goal of full decarbonization by 2050. This transition is supported by two closely linked components. The first is designing and constructing new buildings and retrofitting existing buildings with reduced embodied emissions to increase the energy efficiency of their operation. Second is a transition to energy-positive buildings (producing electricity, covering their heating and cooling needs, and contributing to energy grid stability) with sustainable, renewable energy technologies. A greater range of viable zero emission technologies; effective building designs, including those that are adapted to their local environments (bioclimatic architecture conditions); and new concepts like “living labs” allow for the creation of green neighborhoods with additional urban functionalities (e.g., shared EV charging facilities). These neighborhoods have the potential to support citizens, as energy users, in applying innovative ICT in order to optimize energy consumption. This Special Issue welcomes review papers, original research, and case studies dealing with applications of zero emission technologies, effective building designs, and energy efficiency improvements.

Dr. Tatjana Vilutienė
Prof. Dr. Violeta Motuzienė
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Keywords

energy-positive buildings
zero-emission buildings
renewable energy technologies
zero emission technologies
sustainable built environment
sustainable green neighborhoods
energy efficient “living labs”
synergy between electric vehicles and buildings
smart buildings

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Development and Analysis of a Dynamic Energy Model of an Office Using a Building Management System (BMS) and Actual Measurement Data

by Rasa Džiugaitė-Tumėnienė, Rūta Mikučionienė, Giedrė Streckienė and Juozas Bielskus

Energies 2021, 14(19), 6419; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14196419 - 08 Oct 2021

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Calibration of the energy model of a building is one of the essential tasks required to determine the efficiency of building management systems, and both their own and other systems’ improvement potential. In order to make the building energy model as accurate as possible, it is necessary to collect comprehensive data on its operation and sometimes to assess the missing information. This paper represents the process of developing an energy model for an administrative building and its calibration procedure, using detailed long-term measurement and building management system (BMS) data. Indoor air temperature, CO₂ concentration, and relative humidity were experimentally measured and evaluated separately. Such dual application of data reduces the inaccuracy of the assumptions made and assesses the model’s accuracy. The DesignBuilder software developed the building model. During the development of the model, it was observed that the actual energy consumption needs to be assessed, as the assumptions made during the design about the operation and management of HVAC systems often do not coincide with the actual situation. After integrating BMS information on HVAC management into the building model, the resulting discrepancy between the model results and the actual heat consumption was 6.5%. Such a model can be further used to optimize management decisions and assess energy savings potential. Full article

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How BIM Contributes to a Building’s Energy Efficiency throughout Its Whole Life Cycle: Systematic Mapping

by Tatjana Vilutienė, Rasa Džiugaitė-Tumėnienė, Diana Kalibatienė and Darius Kalibatas

Energies 2021, 14(20), 6680; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14206680 - 14 Oct 2021

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This paper presents a systematic mapping (SM) study with the aim to determine how Building Information Modeling (BIM) methodologies and technologies contribute to energy-related analyses over the course of the entire building life cycle. The method adopted in the study is based on a set of seven research questions. We used a mixed technique combining co-citation analysis and bibliographic coupling in order to analyze the publications’ datasets for the period 2010–2020. The main advantage and novelty of this study are that the joint dataset from the Scopus and Web of Science databases was used to develop the keyword map. The main findings of this study indicate that many BIM-based applications can be used to analyze the building energy performance at all stages of the building life cycle. However, the applications of BIM in conjunction with other information technologies are limited and are still in the initial stage. In the future, the main improvements should be focused on process, model, system, tool, use and information modeling. The most promising long-term solution is an open BIM framework based on open standards, which allows the integration of BIM and energy simulation tools and satisfies specific data exchange requirements. Full article

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