Special Issue "Energy Performance and Efficiency in Buildings"

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 9 September 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. César Martín-Gómez
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Department of Construction, Building Services and Structures, University of Navarra, 31009 Pamplona, Spain
Interests: integration of building services and energy systems in architecture and urbanism; fire safety; water management; electricity; heating; ventilation; cooling; data networks; thermoelectricity; biomimicry
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Prof. Dr. Amaia Zuazua-Ros
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Department of Construction, Building Services and Structures, University of Navarra, 31009 Pamplona, Spain
Interests: energy system integration in buildings; cooling systems design; ventilation; thermoelectricity; biomimicry; prototyping
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

There is an abundant and growing scientific literature on the energy behavior of buildings, both new and refurbished. However, this monograph seeks to go further by proposing to delve into the current relationships, and especially future ones, between the different systems that form a building, since buildings are increasingly complex entities in which a part cannot be described without taking into account the set of interactions with the rest of the components or systems.

This issue includes, among others, the following approaches, but also other equivalents that allow revealing new visions, solutions, and technologies in the future of energy efficiency with architecture:

- Energy efficiency of buildings in relation to the urban environment in which they are located;

- Systems for the generation, storage, and use of electrical energy;

- HVAC systems;

- Real scale prototypes;

- Simulations and monitoring;

- Renewable energies in relation to the systems that power the building;

- Description of technologies that are expected to be used in the future in the medium and long term in the building;

- Energy efficiency in residential buildings, hospitals, offices, sport facilities, etc.

In all cases, in addition to the scientific objective, the inclusion of economic parameters that allow assessing the cost of integrating the elements, systems, and methodologies in buildings will be examined.

Prof. Dr. César Martín-Gómez
Prof. Dr. Amaia Zuazua-Ros
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • energy systems design
  • renewable energies’ integration
  • HVAC systems
  • advanced prototyping
  • future technologies

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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