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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heating and cooling; smart cities; energy economics; R&D funding
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Interests: mapping; planning; remote sensing; big data
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Heating and cooling (H&C) in buildings and industry accounts for half of EU's energy consumption. According to 2018 figures, approximately 75% of H&C is still generated from fossil fuels while only 19% is generated from renewable energy. While the EU heating market is already well researched since decades, there is a lack of information concerning cooling. Almost no data is available for the air-conditioning (AC) part. A proper investigation to determine this type of information has not been carried out yet. In contrast to space heating, space cooling consumption is growing and growing at EU level. Space cooling consumption is especially growing in Europe’s residential sector. A significant increase of consumption for this type of energy use is expected in coming decades for EU28 Member States (MSs).
The availability of spatialized data on buildings and industry as well as on its energy need (in particular on H&C) at multiple level, is crucial for sustainable strategic heating and cooling planning. In this sense, one of the most important challenges today concerns district heating/cooling (DHC) plants.
This Special Issue will gather original research in the field of mapping and planning of energy systems (in particular on H&C). Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following: space heating, space cooling, domestic hot water (DHW), process heat, process cooling, small power appliances, electricity network, demand response, mapping, remote sensing, big data and planning. The area of investigation is not limited to the EU.
Dr. Simon Pezzutto
Dr. Antonio Novelli
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- Heating and Cooling
- Mapping
- Planning
- Big data