Smart Management and Net-Zero Carbon Buildings
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Building".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2024) | Viewed by 3009
Special Issue Editor
Interests: building physics; environmental modelling in hygrothermal control; building energy efficiency; artificial neural network applications in indoor environmental control; policy making
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues:
The building and construction sector shares a large proportion of global energy usage and accounts for approximate 40% of energy-related CO2 emissions. The development of low or net-zero energy buildings and smart energy management strategy can play a crucial role in reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions. However, rising integration of distributed energy resources can pose challenges for the reliability of grid operation. The building sector accounts for a large ratio of final energy usage and energy-related carbon emissions. Wide development of advanced metering infrastructure facilitates the interaction between the grid and buildings, exploring the energy flexibility in demand side. Predictive control and data-driven energy management strategies provide new chances to build while reducing the energy use or cost.
As climate change urges us to take action to preserve the planet, another dimension is emerging for the already challenging heritage industry, a very expensive business. We are facing a trilemma in balancing the competitive needs for the three piles of sustainability in managing our historical treasures. Preservation of our heritage, from historical buildings to archaeological sites and from paintings to collections, demands care that is often expensive and energy intensive.
For this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Smart control in special buildings for energy efficiency and indoor environment quality
- Low-carbon solutions in care homes
- Cultural institution buildings
- Definition and evaluation of net-zero carbon buildings
- Conservation of buildings (historical buildings and sites)
- Assessment methods of renovation options
- Energy efficiency and refurbishment
- Developments of distributed energy resources
- AI applications in building management
- IT technologies for knowledge, conservation and restoration
- AI application in BMS systems
- Predictive modelling to support event management
- Data-driven control for building hybrid energy systems
- Grid interactive buildings
- Energy flexibility evaluation and renewable energy utilization
- Energy resilience and extreme weather impacts
- Distributed building energy systems
Dr. Fan Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- building energy systems
- distributed energy resources
- AI control and management
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