Renewable Energy Integration and Application in Buildings for Carbon Neutrality, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 6
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Interests: renewable energy technologies and applications in buildings; fundamentals of fluid mechanics and heat/mass transfer to enhance building energy systems; engineered nanomaterial development towards energy smart building envelopes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In view of the rapid development of renewable energy technologies and the goal of achieving net zero-energy buildings, as well as the growing demand for carbon neutrality, it is crucial to provide efficient renewable energy utilization technologies for energy saving in buildings. Accordingly, papers submitted for consideration for publication in this Special Issue should advance and disseminate the body of knowledge related to renewable energy technologies integrated with green buildings to achieve sustainable, high-performance, and low-energy building systems. The Special Issue aims to serve researchers, engineers, and other stakeholders to help them stay informed of the latest development of alternative renewable energy solutions to current building practices. Topics of interest include original reviews of past practices, advanced and up-to-date information on current interests, and explorations of new concepts pertinent to renewable energy technologies integrated with buildings. Cutting-edge renewable energy technologies for realizing net zero energy and carbon neutrality for buildings are highly encouraged so as to promote information and knowledge exchange on the frontiers of scientific research and to contribute to the sustainable development of the building industry. The Special Issue will cover all aspects of –science and technology concerned with renewable energy development, utilization, storage, and integration with building systems. Submissions related to, but not limited to, the following topics are encouraged:
- Renewable energy technologies (solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, wind, geothermal, etc.) and their integration with buildings;
- Green building materials;
- Energy demand and management, and smart buildings;
- Climate-responsive architectural design;
- Energy-efficient building envelopes and systems;
- Low-energy architecture;
- Hydrogen and fuel cell technology integrated with buildings;
- Building energy systems, conservation, and generation;
- Economics of green building and cost models/methods;
- Emerging technologies for sustainable facilities and infrastructure;
- Full-spectrum solar energy utilization in buildings;
- Thermal and electrical energy storage systems;
- Radiative sky cooling technologies integrated with buildings;
- Energy sharing and trading among building sectors.
Note that papers should be within the scope of renewable energy, sustainable buildings, and carbon neutrality; submitted papers are encouraged to address the connections between renewable energy applications and sustainable buildings.
Prof. Dr. Lin Lu
Prof. Dr. Jianheng Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- renewable energy
- building energy
- energy efficiency
- energy storage
- green buildings
- building envelope
- energy flexibility and management
- sustainable infrastructure
- carbon neutrality
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