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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Building".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2022.
Special Issue Editors
Interests: applied physics; environmental application of physics; renewable energy; energy efficiency; energy sustainability; domestic hot water and HAVC; water treatment; activation of water by plasma technology; application of activated water
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Interests: energy consumption; renewable energy; solar systems; wind energy; geothermal energy; biomass; final energy use in buildings; efficiency of HVAC and DHW systems; sustainable energy systems; gas boilers; energy saving versus indoor air quality
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Interests: energy efficiency; integration of renewable energy in power nets; european electricity markets
Interests: sustainability; coastal environment sciences; blue growth; environment sciences diplomacy; pollution; ocean sustainability; remote sensing and GIS
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
About 30% of energy consumption in the world is due to the building sector. The improvement of building performance with more efficient technologies and optimization of energy consumption contributes substantially to reducing global CO2 emissions, together with decreasing energy cost and increasing occupant comfort. Different approaches can be used for this purpose, starting with the use of appropriate construction materials that allows a reduction in energy losses, continuing with the selection of efficient types of equipment (HVAC, DHW, lighting, etc.), the integration of renewable energy for self-consumption, and the development of strategies that allow the continuous optimization of energy consumption, including diagnosis and predictive models.
The current technologies permit the development of sensors and actuators that offer systematic information about building performance and the exact energy waste in real time (building automatic systems). The analysis of the obtained information reveals faults or inefficiencies of building performance, and corrective actions can be applied. In this fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) methodology, the possibility to connect the sensors to the internet (IoT technology) plays an important role in the remote control of different devices by smartphones or computers. Additionally, the development of models to optimize building performance conditions is the aim of the research in this field. These models allow predicting the optimal performance condition that can be used in the system for reducing energy consumption based on the data obtained in the building (model predictive control).
This Special Issue aims to collect research papers on the different aspects relative to energy optimization in buildings from design and construction to performance control during building operation. Thus, an overview of this topic can be presented, and the most relevant aspect highlighted. The topics of this Special Issue include but are not limited to:
- Building energy efficiency;
- Renewable energy for buildings;
- Energy-efficient constructions materials;
- Building automatic systems/building management systems;
- Building information modeling application for energy optimization;
- Fault detection and diagnosis in building performance;
- Internet of Things for energy efficiency of buildings;
- Metering and monitoring the energy consumption of buildings;
- Model predictive control for energy optimization of buildings;
- Modelling of energy consumption of buildings;
- Efficient HVAC and DHW technologies;
- Efficient indoor air quality control;
- Comfort conditions in buildings;
- Energy cost in buildings.
Prof. Dr. Antonio Rodero Serrano
Prof. Dr. Dorota Anna Krawczyk
Prof. Dr. David Bullejos Martín
Dr. El Khalil Cherif
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. Sustainability 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 1900 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
- building energy optimization
- building energy efficiency
- efficient construction materials
- building automatic systems (BAS)
- building management systems (BMS)
- fault detection and diagnosis (FDD)
- model predictive control (MPC)
- energy performance modelization
- renewable energy in buildings