Advances in the Sustainability of the Built Environment, Green Energy, and Building Energy Performance
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Building".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 878
Special Issue Editors
Interests: thermal comfort in buildings; built environment and heating systems; thermomodernization of tenement buildings; energy efficiency and renewables; whole-year energy building simulations
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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Interests: energy in buildings; building simulation; energy modelling; indoor air quality; sustainable building energy solutions; air conditioning and ventilation systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Sustainable Development Goals indicate the directions of technical development with special emphasis placed on the rational utilization of natural resources. These goals are thus addressed to buildings, their level of energy usage, the materials utalized, and their thermal performance.
The building sector has been identified as one of the leading sectors in terms of carbon emissions and has thus become a challenge in the move towards climate neutrality. Therefore, it is important to use the potential inherent in the sector of existing buildings by retrofitting them appropriately to minimize energy consumption and using solutions based on renewable energy sources to minimize carbon footprints.
This is not an easy task, especially since buildings cannot fulfill their function without a healthy and comfortable indoor environment, the creation of which requires energy expenditure. Unfortunately, there are presently still people suffering energy poverty, unable to afford the heating or cooling of their own house due to economic, social, or technical factors and thus suffering negative health, social, and psychological consequences.
Therefore, it is crucial to find a balance between minimum energy usage and maximum comfort in terms of the indoor conditions for building users.
We invite you to share your ideas, thoughts, and solutions in this vast and very challenging field.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome and research areas may include, but are not limited to:
- Energy and buildings;
- Net-zero energy and emission buildings;
- Sustainability in the building sector;
- Energy poverty;
- Thermal comfort;
- Indoor air quality;
- Indoor environmental quality;
- HVAC systems;
- Renewable and unconventional energy sources;
- Energy neutrality;
- Thermal modernization;
- Building simulations;
- Building emissions;
- The thermal properties of buildings;
- Materials in buildings;
- The greenery of the building envelope and the impact of buildings on the natural environment.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Marta Laska
Dr. Łukasz Amanowicz
Dr. Krystyna Curtis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- built environment
- thermal comfort
- energy neutrality
- net-zero energy and emission buildings
- sustainability in building sector
- thermomodernization
- renewable energy sources
- energy poverty
- building simulations
- greenery and buildings
- environmental air quality
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