Special Issue "Indoor Environment in Sustainable Buildings"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 September 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Paola Villoria-Sáez
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Assistant Guest Editor
Building Technology and Environment Research Group, School of Building Construction, Polytechnic University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: construction; sustainable materials; regenerative sustainability; indoor environment; thermal comfort
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Dr. Fernando Ruiz Mazarrón
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Assistant Guest Editor
School of Agricultural, Food and Biosystems Engineering, Polytechnic University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: renewable energies; building simulation; energy efficiency; underground constructions
Dr. César Porras-Amores
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Chief Guest Editor
Escuela Técnica Superior de Edificación, Polytechnic University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: building materials ventilation energy efficiency air quality; circular economy; waste management
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Special Issue Information

This Special Issue focuses on the indoor environment in sustainable existing, refurbished, or future buildings, covering a wide range of building typologies such as underground, residential, commercial, industrial, public and other constructions. The construction of buildings which meet sustainable criteria is progressively increasing because of the environmental and energy benefits entailed.

In this sense, the correct design of interior spaces can provide an additional benefit, as they also provide healthier and more comfortable buildings. This issue aims to contribute good practices, models, methodologies or strategies that help to design indoor environments which provide health and thermal comfort for humans, animals or stored products.

Scientific research works dealing with the indoor environment and its interaction with the following aspects: building physics, construction systems, safety, ventilation, energy performance, HVAC systems, CO2 emissions, energy efficiency, materials, lighting, passive strategies, thermal comfort, air quality, smart devices and renewable energies, among others, are welcome.

The proposed research works must be supported by empirical data or correctly validated simulation models. Authors should clearly identify the gap of knowledge and novelty of their work as well as highlighting the main relevance of the research outcomes.

Dr. César Porras-Amores
Dr. Paola Villoria Sáez
Dr. Fernando Ruiz Mazarrón
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Keywords

  • energy efficiency
  • indoor environment
  • thermal comfort
  • air quality
  • ventilation
  • building physics
  • sustainability
  • sustainable construction

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Evaluation of a Coupled Model to Predict the Impact of Adaptive Behaviour in the Thermal Sensation of Occupants of Naturally Ventilated Buildings in Warm-Humid Regions
Sustainability 2021, 13(1), 255; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010255 - 29 Dec 2020
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Improving indoor environment quality and making urban centres in tropical regions more sustainable has become a challenge for which computational models for the prediction of thermal sensation for naturally ventilated buildings (NVBs) have major role to play. This work performed analysis on thermal [...] Read more.
Improving indoor environment quality and making urban centres in tropical regions more sustainable has become a challenge for which computational models for the prediction of thermal sensation for naturally ventilated buildings (NVBs) have major role to play. This work performed analysis on thermal sensation for non-residential NVBs located in Brazilian tropical warm-humid climate and tested the effectiveness of suggested adaptive behaviours to mitigate warm thermal sensation. The research method utilized transient computational fluid dynamics models coupled with a dynamic model for human thermophysiology to predict thermal sensation. The calculated results were validated with comparison with benchmark values from questionnaires and from field measurements. The calculated results for dynamic thermal sensation (DTS) seven-point scale showed higher agreement with the thermal sensation vote than with the predicted mean vote. The test for the suggested adaptive behaviours considered reducing clothing insulation values from 0.18 to 0.32 clo (reducing DTS from 0.1 to 0.9), increasing the air speed in 0.9 m/s (reducing DTS from 0.1 to 0.9), and applying both suggestions together (reducing DTS from 0.1 to 1.3) for five scenarios with operative temperatures spanning 34.5–24.0 °C. Results quantified the tested adaptive behaviours’ efficiency showing applicability to improve thermal sensation from slightly-warm to neutral. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Indoor Environment in Sustainable Buildings)
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