Research on Building Energy Efficiency and Indoor Environmental Comfort

Dear Colleagues,

The buildings sector is globally responsible for about 36% of total global primary energy consumption and 40% of the total CO₂ emissions worldwide. This scenario justifies the implementation of energy policies for building energy optimization that aims to reach “Net-Zero Emissions” by 2050. This ambitious goal require more intense efforts to find new high-energy impact solutions capable of minimizing energy consumption, while maintaining high levels of indoor comfort.

Therefore, the main goal of this Special Issue, "Research on Building Energy Efficiency and Indoor Environmental Comfort", is to collect wide-ranging high-quality scientific papers focused on:

• innovative solutions for energy improvements in the building envelope and HVAC systems;
• pioneering techniques for boosting and evaluating indoor environmental quality.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:

• sustainable and green buildings;
• indoor environmental quality;
• indoor air quality;
• sustainable materials for the building envelope;
• heat transfer in building components;
• HVAC and lighting systems;
• HVAC and lighting control systems;
• climate change and weather data analysis;
• building simulation modelling;
• renewable energy sources;
• thermal storage;
• the energy retrofit of existing buildings;
• thermal and visual comfort;
• non-destructive testing;
• urban building energy modelling;
• machine learning approach;
• case studies.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Tullio De Rubeis
Guest Editor

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