Special Issue "Utilization of Solar Energy in Smart Buildings"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Tian You
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Guest Editor
School of Civil Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
Interests: ground source heat pumps; solar energy; renewable energy; building energy efficiency
Dr. Zongwei Han
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Guest Editor
Department of Thermal Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Interests: solar thermal utilization; heat pump technology
Dr. Yang Zhao
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Guest Editor
Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Interests: artificial intelligence-based building energy systems; energy efficiency; smart buildings

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

According to the United Nations’ 2019 report, energy consumption in the building and construction industry accounts for more than 40% of total global energy consumption. With the improvement of the global economy, the demand for a comfortable indoor thermal environment has increased. To achieve the objective of energy saving in buildings and indoor comfort improvement simultaneously, effective and reliable applications of renewable energy in buildings should be reasonably promoted.

Solar energy is a widely used renewable energy source to achieve carbon neutrality. Solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies have been rapidly promoted in recent years due to their reduced investment and improved performance. In the future, photovoltaic power generation will account for a large proportion of total power generation. In addition to renewable energy, smart building is another effective solution to address global warming. Smart buildings can intelligently predict, control, diagnose and adjust their energy systems to achieve high reliability and energy efficiency. Intelligently utilizing solar energy and other renewable energies in buildings can significantly contribute to energy conservation and CO2 emission reduction towards a sustainable society.

This Special Issue focuses on recent research on the Utilization of Solar Energy in Smart Buildings for Sustainability and aims to provide an international forum for the dissemination of the latest original advances in the related fields.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Solar photovoltaic integration in buildings (BIPV);
  • Hybrid solar–wind power technologies;
  • Advanced solar energy technologies;
  • Advanced energy storage technologies;
  • Advanced renewable energy systems (solar heating and cooling, PV, PV/T, ground-source heat pump technologies);
  • Solar energy policy in buildings;
  • Smart control in low-energy and zero-energy buildings;
  • Dynamic simulation of building energy systems;
  • Building energy load prediction;
  • Building energy system assessment and diagnosis;
  • Big data analytics for smart energy systems and smart buildings;
  • Smart building management;
  • Green construction in smart buildings.

Dr. Tian You
Dr. Zongwei Han
Dr. Yang Zhao
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • solar energy
  • solar heating
  • solar cooling
  • PV
  • PVT
  • BIPV
  • smart control
  • energy efficiency
  • big data analytics
  • green construction
  • low-energy building
  • zero-energy building

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Component Modification of Basic Oxygen Furnace Slag with C4AF as Target Mineral and Application
Sustainability 2021, 13(12), 6536; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126536 - 08 Jun 2021
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In this paper, a new method of basic oxygen furnace (BOF) slag component modification with a regulator was studied. The main mineral was designed as C4AF, C2S and C3S in modified BOF slag, and the batching method, [...] Read more.
In this paper, a new method of basic oxygen furnace (BOF) slag component modification with a regulator was studied. The main mineral was designed as C4AF, C2S and C3S in modified BOF slag, and the batching method, mineral compositions, hydration rate, activation index and capability of resisting sulfate corrode also were studied. XRD, BEI and EDS were used to characterize the mineral formation, and SEM was used to study the morphology of hydration products. The results show that most inert phase in BOF slag can be converted into active minerals of C4AF and C2S through reasonable batching calculation and the amount of regulating agent. The formation of C4AF and C2S in modified BOF slag is better, and a small amount of MgO is embedded in the white intermediate phase, but C3S is not detected. With the increase in the CaO/SiO2 ratio in raw materials, the CaO/SiO2 ratio of calcium silicate minerals in modified BOF slag increases, the contents of f-CaO are less than 1.0%, and the activity index improves. Compared with the BOF slag, the activity index and exothermic rate of modified BOF slag improved obviously, and the activity index of 90 days is close to 100%. With the increase in modified BOF slag B cement, the flexural strength decrease; however, the capability of resisting sulfate corrode is improved due to the constant formation of a short rod-like shape ettringite in Na2SO4 solution and the improvement of the structure densification of the hydration products. Full article
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