Special Issue "Urban Energy Systems Adaptation to Future Climate"
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2021) | Viewed by 4384
Special Issue Editors

Interests: positive energy district; solar energy; urban energy system
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Interests: zero energy building (ZEB); system design and control; coordinated demand response; HVAC optimal and robust control; renewable energy application; building energy management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Urban energy systems are undergoing an accelerated transition in order to achieve goals of sustainability, security, and resilience.
The main drivers for the transition are the emergence of climate change, renewable-energy-source solutions, building renovation requirements, smart mobility, circular economic models, carbon emission limitations, and policy/regulation change.
This Special Issue thus aims to investigate and advance our understanding of the impacts of future energy systems on urban sustainability from building level to district/urban level.
In this context, the Special Issue focuses on novel theories, research, case studies, and literature reviews exploring the transition in aspects of technical development, economic evaluation, policy/regulation study, and social and environmental assessment of urban energy systems.
We therefore encourage all researchers from relevant domains to submit papers to this Special Issue on “Urban Energy System Adaption to Future Climate”. Contributions on, but not limited to, the following themes are welcome.
- Future climate adaption solutions;
- Renewable energy source integrated energy systems;
- Buildings transformation;
- Smart mobility;
- Advanced control for urban energy systems;
- Business models for energy trading;
- Life-cycle analysis;
- Urban energy data analytics;
- Digitalization of energy systems;
- Social analysis;
- Policy and regulation.
Dr. Xingxing Zhang
Dr. Yongjun Sun
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- Urban energy system
- Future climate
- Renewable energy
- Building
- Mobility
- Data analytics
- Business model
- Digitalization