Advanced Energy Systems in Zero/Positive Energy Buildings, Communities and Districts

Dear Colleagues,

The Building sector is important for cities around the world in its Climate Action efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In general, they are responsible for approximately 40% of the EU’s energy consumption and 36% of the emissions. Therefore, energy in the buildings, communities and districts is one of the main fields for the mitigation of emissions and ensuring a sustainable, self-sufficient and safe future. This can be done by enhancing the energy efficiency and using advanced energy systems components of onsite renewable energy generation, conversion, and storage technologies in buildings, communities and districts, which can offset the imported energy from the grids. Various raising concepts for net-zero/positive energy buildings and districts (NZPEBDs) have emerged in recent years to shape cities in to carbon-neutral communities in the near future. These buildings and districts can also support in reaching self-sufficiency, engage users and provide energy resiliency during outages.

For this Special Issue, authors are kindly invited to submit high-quality papers on one or more of the following topics related to advanced energy systems in net-zero/positive energy buildings and districts:

• Concepts, definitions and KPIs development of nearly/net/zero and positive energy buildings/communities/districts;
• Energy efficiency of buildings in communities and districts;
• Advanced HVAC systems in buildings;
• Heating/cooling energy and electricity demand;
• Advanced short/long-term energy storage for heating/cooling/electricity and controls;
• Renewable-based energy generations and smart controls;
• Energy resiliency of the buildings during grid outages under various weather conditions;
• Energy flexibility offered by buildings, communities and districts to the grid;
• Energy self-sufficiency of the buildings, communities and districts;
• Advanced simulation and optimization methods;
• Experience and results from demos and monitoring sites;
• Economic-, social- and policy-related aspects;
• User’s acceptance and engagement in communities and districts.

Prof. Dr. Ala Hasan
Dr. Hassam Ur Rehman
Guest Editors

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