Sustainable Thermal Comfort: Heat Pump Solutions for Energy-Efficient Buildings
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Building".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2025) | Viewed by 1017
Special Issue Editor
Interests: renewable energy; green heating & cooling; heat pump; ground /borehole heat exchangers; underground heat storage; thermal response test; triaxial test; numerical modeling
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
More than one-third of the total energy of IEA countries is consumed in buildings, and recent energy supply shortages and rising energy prices in the last few years are increasing the importance of energy efficiency of buildings. Alternative heating systems such as heat pumps play a crucial role in reducing energy consumption in buildings and addressing the sustainability of thermal comfort in heat pump solutions for energy-efficient buildings is an important research question essential for their widespread and effective implementation.
In recent years, significant achievements have been made in thermal comfort and heat pump solutions for buildings and numerous new technologies are emerging in the last few years. This Special Issue on “Sustainable Thermal Comfort: Heat Pump Solutions for Energy-Efficient Buildings” aims to highlight advanced technologies and analyses in buildings for researchers, scientists, engineers, architects and others interested in these topics.
Research studies, applied theoretical, or experimental works and review papers are welcome in this Special Issue. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:
- Energy efficiency in buildings;
- Sustainability analysis of heat pumps and thermal comfort;
- Ground-/water-/air-source heat pump systems;
- Ground heat exchangers, borehole heat exchangers, horizontal ground heat exchangers;
- Thermal response tests and geothermal tests;
- Passive houses;
- Energy storage in buildings;
- Smart houses and smart heat systems;
- Artificial intelligence in thermal management in buildings;
- Decreasing pollution, emissions, waste, and the other side effects of buildings;
- LCA analysis of thermal systems in buildings.
Dr. Murat Aydin
Guest Editor
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 submissions that pass pre-check are 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 2400 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
- thermal comfort
- heat pumps
- energy efficiency of buildings
- long-term analysis
- ground-/water-/air-source heat pumps
- ground/borehole heat exchangers
- thermal response otests
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- Reprint: MDPI Books provides the opportunity to republish successful Special Issues in book format, both online and in print.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.
