Special Issue "Sustainable Energy Saving Building Envelopes"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Sivanand Somasundaram
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Guest Editor
Experimental Power Grid Centre of Energy Research Institute (Nanyang Technological University), Jurong Island 627590, Singapore
Interests: thermal management of buildings; data centers and electronic systems; reneweable energy
Dr. Swapnil Dubey
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Guest Editor
Energy Research Institute at Nanyang Technological Institute ([email protected]), Singapore 637553, Singapore
Interests: sustainable building technologies; building cooling and air distribution; building automation and control system; zero and positive energy building; integration with solar photovoltaic / thermal; dehumidification; co-generation system; thermal energy storage; waste heat recovery

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Designing sustainable energy-efficient buildings is the key to reducing the carbon footprint from the building sector, which typically contributes to at least 30–40% of carbon emissions in most countries. Building energy efficiency can be achieved by the use of highly efficient and intelligent smart systems. However, the first and critical area to be addressed is the building envelope. The best envelopes are those which produce the least carbon emissions during manufacturing and construction, have a long lifetime and reduce the energy and humidity transfer into the conditioned areas of the building while using optimal daylighting techniques. As such, the scope of this Special Issue focuses on novel developments in energy-efficient building envelopes such as (but not limited to)

  • Low-e glass / electrochromic smart glass developments;
  • Cool paints;
  • Solar films for glass facades;
  • Lightweight, low cost, good insulating materials;
  • Phase change material embedment over roofs or facades;
  • Green roofs and walls;
  • BIPV facades, windows etc.;
  • Novel shades and blind systems.

Papers covering the development of new materials and the testing of new products either via simulation or via real life test beds etc. are welcome.

Why you should consider publishing in this Special Issue:

  • It is very focused issue covering the topic of building envelopes and would help you to reach the correct niche audience, which can help in future project collaborations.
  • The impact factor of Sustainability journal is 2.576
  • The journal has an active editorial and review team and the processing time is short (about 4 weeks).
  • The journal is published under open access and so will reach the public widely and will have more impact.


Dr. Sivanand Somasundaram
Dr. Swapnil Dubey
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • low-e glass
  • electrochromic glass
  • BIPV
  • PCM roofs and facades
  • green roofs and facades
  • soalr films
  • cool paint
  • smart blind systems
  • insulating building materials

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A Systematic Review of the Most Recent Concepts in Smart Windows Technologies with a Focus on Electrochromics
Sustainability 2021, 13(17), 9604; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179604 (registering DOI) - 26 Aug 2021
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In the context of sustainability and in the face of ambitious goals towards the reduction of CO2 emission, the modification of transparency in architecture becomes an important tool of energy flow management into the building. Windows that dim to stop the energy [...] Read more.
In the context of sustainability and in the face of ambitious goals towards the reduction of CO2 emission, the modification of transparency in architecture becomes an important tool of energy flow management into the building. Windows that dim to stop the energy transfer reduce the cooling load in the building. Recently, however, the latest achievements in the development of electrochromic materials allowed us to integrate some additional—previously unknown—functionalities into EC devices. The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic review of recent technological innovations in the field of smart windows and present the possibilities of recently established functionalities. This review article outlines recent general progress in electrochromic but concentrates on multicolour and neutral black electrochromism, spectrally selective systems, electrochromic energy storage windows, hybrid EC/TC systems, OLED lighting integrated with the EC device, and EC devices powered by solar cells. The review was based on the most recent publication from the years 2015–2020 recorded in the databases WoS and Scopus. Full article
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