Analysis and Monitoring Climate Change Impact on Energy Performance of Sustainable Buildings
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Air, Climate Change and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 3447
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy saving in buildings; innovative technology for daylight distribution in underground environments; influence of daylight on the energy performance of buildings; applied acoustics
Interests: physics–chemistry of the atmosphere and climatology; impact of atmospheric composition changes on climate, air quality, and human health; climate change adaptation and mitigation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are guest editors of a Special Issue of the Journal Sustainability entitled “Analysis and Monitoring of Climate Change Impact on Energy Performance of Sustainable Buildings”.
The Special Issue will concern the impact of climate change on the energy performance of sustainable buildings, adopting materials and technology with high-energy performance and low environmental impact. The issue will also be focused on the most efficient energy-saving strategies in buildings as a function of long-term climate change. Particular consideration will be given to the performance assessment of organic or phase change materials (PCM), as well as natural thermal insulant materials. In order to define the most reliable method of analysis, a comparison between the most commonly used simulation tools for assessing the energy requirements of buildings may be considered. A special emphasis will be reserved to public or historical buildings, as well as large-dimension office-buildings. Finally, the issue will be focused on the choice of the most performant HVAC solutions able to satisfy long-term energy requirements of buildings, taking into account the influence of climate change.
Prof. Paolo Zazzini
Prof. Dr. Piero Di Carlo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Climate change and sustainability in buildings
- Impact of climate change on energy performance of buildings
- Adaptation to climate change of materials for sustainability
- Methods for monitoring of climate change impact on buildings
- Long-term indoor comfort and sustainability
- Energy-saving strategies in buildings as a function of climate change
- Influence of climate change on phase change materials (PCM) performance
- Influence of climate change on natural thermal insulant materials performance
- HVAC performance as a function of climate change
- Impact of climate change on historic and public buildings
- Building simulation tools for assessing the sustainability of buildings
