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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2022.
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy efficiency in buildings; energy saving in buildings; thermal energy storage; phase change materials; green roof; mathematical modeling of heat transfer; building simulation; renewable energy; photovoltaic systems; wind systems; electric vehicles; ground source heat pump system; artificial neural networks
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Interests: energy efficiency in buildings; energy saving in buildings; phase change materials; innovative and sustainable materials for buildings; building simulation; thermal comfort; microclimate monitoring, historical buildings, renewable energy; photovoltaic systems; innovative PV technologies characterization; BIPV; solar and PV energy forecast; artificial neural networks
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Interests: smart energy communities; photovoltaic systems; wind systems; electric vehicles; energy efficiency in buildings; energy saving in buildings; thermal energy storage; phase change materials; building simulation; renewable energy; artificial neural networks
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The energy intensity per square meter of the global buildings sector needs to improve on average by 30% by 2030, compared to 2015, to be on track to meet global climate ambitions set out in the Paris Agreement. Rapid deployment of energy-efficient and low-carbon solutions and construction for buildings can help put the world on a sustainable trajectory. Some of the technologies needed to transform the buildings sector are already commercially available and cost-effective, with payback periods of less than five years. The potential of these technologies is normally estimated by using Building and System Performance Simulation (BSPS) tools, which has become a key instrument in the evaluation of the building energy demand, building thermal comfort, energy performance of production systems (renewable or non-renewable) for the supply of thermal and electrical energy to buildings. The dynamic thermal simulation has become a recognized instrument to predict building thermal behaviour and system efficiency, reliability and sustainability. As regards new buildings, they allow a user to design properly the envelope and systems, while in the case of buildings undergoing major renovation permit to identify the most properly interventions to reduce building energy needs, improve the indoor thermal comfort, increase the system energy efficiency and the renewable fraction of the primary energy. Each BSPS tool is based on different mathematical models to describe the three heat transfer mechanisms between the building envelope and the outdoor and indoor environments. As regards the simultaneous simulation of the ensemble building-energy generation system, each tool demonstrates different advantages and disadvantages. Among these, TRaNsient SYstem Simulation (TRNSYS) (University of Wisconsin), EnergyPlus (U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Building Technologies Office (BTO)), IDA Indoor Climate and Energy (ICE) (Equa Simulation AB), Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewables (HOMER) (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)) are the most widespread. However, many other tools were developed with the main focus on systems. Many tools were independently validated, by considering different operating conditions, and rarely were directly compared in the same conditions. The objective of this Special Issue is to collect research related to the building and system simulation and prediction accuracy of the most popular BSPS tools. For this purpose, the comparison of the simulated results and the experimental measurements detected under real operating conditions is welcome.
Reviews papers are also expected.
References:
- D. Mazzeo, N. Matera, C. Cornaro, G. Oliveti, P. Romagnoni, L. De Santoli, EnergyPlus, IDA ICE and TRNSYS predictive simulation accuracy for building thermal behaviour evaluation by using an experimental campaign in solar test boxes with and without a PCM module, Energy and Buildings, Volume 212, 2020, 109812, ISSN 0378-7788, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109812.
- E. Azar, W. O'Brien, S. Carlucci, T. Hong, A. Sonta, J. Kim, M. S. Andargie, T. Abuimara, M. El Asmar, R. K. Jain, M. M. Ouf, F. Tahmasebi, J. Zhou, Simulation-aided occupant-centric building design: A critical review of tools, methods, and applications, Energy and Buildings, Volume 224, 2020, 110292, ISSN 0378-7788, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110292.
- P. B. Purup, S. Petersen, Research framework for development of building performance simulation tools for early design stages, Automation in Construction, Volume 109, 2020, 102966, ISSN 0926-5805, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2019.102966.
- Joon-Ho Choi, Investigation of the correlation of building energy use intensity estimated by six building performance simulation tools, Energy and Buildings, Volume 147, 2017, Pages 14-26, ISSN 0378-7788, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.04.078.
- S. Sinha, S.S. Chandel, Review of software tools for hybrid renewable energy systems, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 32, 2014, Pages 192-205, ISSN 1364-0321, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.01.035.
- M.A. Cuesta, T. Castillo-Calzadilla, C.E. Borges, A critical analysis on hybrid renewable energy modeling tools: An emerging opportunity to include social indicators to optimise systems in small communities, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 122, 2020, 109691, ISSN 1364-0321, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.109691.
Dr. Domenico Mazzeo
Prof. Cristina Cornaro
Dr. Nicoletta Matera
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Building and system performance simulation tools
- Dynamic simulation
- Energy performance
- Thermal comfort
- Tool comparisons
- Experimental validation