Indoor Environmental Quality and Green Energy: Towards Sustainable Building Energy Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Building".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 1619
Special Issue Editors
Interests: building performance; energy use; sustainable/green buildings; occupant wellbeing and behaviour
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Interests: zero carbon and sustainability; indoor air quality; energy efficiency; building performance
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Interests: innovation in construction; resilient built environment; sustainability and zero carbon
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Achieving an optimal indoor environment quality (IEQ) level within a building is important to occupants’ health, wellbeing, and productivity. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe accorded IEQ substantial attention and elucidated the urgent need for better design and management for indoor spaces. A poor IEQ can lead to various health issues and associated costs in residential and commercial buildings. With population growth and people spending more time indoors, healthier buildings are now required.
Green energy uses renewable energy sources and reduces the reliance on fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). With innovative technologies and strategies, green energy has advanced in providing sufficient energy for buildings. In particular, these technologies can support lifecycle building operations, ensuring the continuous provision of optimal IEQ levels.
The concept of providing healthier buildings using green energy presents a promising pathway towards a sustainable built environment. Designing and operating buildings that not only use energy efficiently but also provide a healthy and comfortable indoor environment are paramount to the future of the built environment.
This Special Issue aims to highlight recent studies, policies, and trends in IEQ and green energy with the aim of increasing knowledge and documenting technological advancements in this field.
This goal aligns with this journal’s scope, related to environmental sustainability and the UN SDGs 3 (good health and well-being), 7 (affordable and clean energy), 11 (sustainable cities and communities), and 13 (climate action).
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Indoor environment quality (temperature, CO2, lighting, acoustics, and air quality);
- Internet of Things;
- Artificial intelligence in building energy management;
- Facilities management;
- Building design;
- Building operations and efficiency;
- Post-occupancy evaluation;
- Building audits;
- Green technologies;
- Sustainable buildings;
- Energy behavior for sustainability;
- Smart buildings.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Eziaku Onyeizu-Rasheed
Dr. Priya Vishnu
Dr. Wajiha Mohsin Shahzad
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- green energy
- indoor environment quality
- climate change
- building occupants
- building operations
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