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Advanced Materials and Systems for Energy Efficient Buildings
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Special Issue "Advanced Materials and Systems for Energy Efficient Buildings"

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2023 | Viewed by 3005

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Ali M. Memari

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1. Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, USA
2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, USA
Interests: building energy efficiency; residential and commercial building envelope systems evaluation; building science and energy efficiency of buildings; full-scale structural and environmental testing of building envelope systems; evaluation of building (structural and nonstructural) envelope systems under natural hazard and environmental load effects
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Dr. Ehsan Kamel

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Department of Energy Management, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York, NY 11568, USA
Interests: building energy modeling; BIM in energy modeling; energy smart buildings; building energy retrofit; building envelope science; building enclosure design; seismic engineering
Dr. Rahman Azari

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College of Arts and Architecture, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Interests: net-zero energy buildings; environmental life cycle assessment; sustainable high-performance buildings; energy efficiency in building; embodied carbon modeling; novel construction materials with energy generation and carbon absorption capabilities
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Today, the most needed and active research and development area related to buildings is energy-efficient construction, which falls under the general sustainability goal for buildings. Energy efficiency can be considered from the perspective of embodied energy, encompassing the energy used in creating the materials and systems making up the building, or the operational energy, which deals with energy consumption when the building is in use. This Special Issue focuses on construction materials and systems used in creating the building. Furthermore, to have a more focused scope, operational energy efficiency as it relates to building enclosure performance will be considered. Accordingly, the Special Issue invites contributions related to the following areas: materials used for foundation, structural, and architectural components, including envelope and roofing systems. Advancements in innovative construction materials such as low/zero/negative embodied carbon materials; bio-degradable plant- and wood-based materials; recyclable/reusable materials; use of recycled plastics in construction materials/systems; thermal-insulation materials; and innovative systems related to load-bearing and non-load-bearing components, foundation, envelope, glazing, roofing, siding, solar panels, and building-integrated photovoltaics are of particular interest. Authors are invited to submit contributions related to these topics and to also discuss how the subject materials and systems lead to energy efficiency.

Prof. Dr. Ali M. Memari 
Dr. Ehsan Kamel
Dr. Rahman Azari
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • energy efficiency
  • sustainability
  • thermal insulation
  • envelope and enclosure
  • solar panels/BIPV
  • glazing systems
  • biodegradable materials
  • recyclable materials
  • roofing/siding

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Effect of a Microalgae Facade on Design Behaviors: A Pilot Study with Architecture Students
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Kathryn Warren
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Julie Milovanovic
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Kyoung Hee Kim
Buildings 2023, 13(3), 611; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13030611 - 25 Feb 2023
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The influence of nature on occupant well-being and performance has been proved in office, hospital, and educational settings. There is evidence that plants and green colors affect creative and psychological responses. The microalgae facade in the study integrated spirulina, blue-green microalgae, which were [...] Read more.
The influence of nature on occupant well-being and performance has been proved in office, hospital, and educational settings. There is evidence that plants and green colors affect creative and psychological responses. The microalgae facade in the study integrated spirulina, blue-green microalgae, which were cultivated using natural daylight and room air. While a good body of research explores nature’s impact on people, research on microalgae systems has not been linked to creative performance. This pilot study, therefore, focused on how the microalgae facade influences occupant mood and creativity. Forty architecture students were randomly assigned to the control and experimental rooms. The control group was surveyed in a room with a traditional window, whereas the experimental group was surveyed in a room with a biochromic window. Research design for the two conditions remained the same under IEQ-controlled environments except for the inclusion of the microalgae facade. Forty architecture students completed two creativity tasks—alternative use test (AUT) and remote association test (RAT)—and brainstorming for sustainable design in control and experimental settings. Our preliminary findings indicate that the microalgae facade did not affect divergent ideas and convergent thinking during tasks, but participants in the microalgae façade developed more design solutions that included greenery than students in the control space. This research is a preliminary investigation into the human impact of a microalgae façade and represents a new focus for scientific research. More work is needed to better grasp to what extent implementing a microalgae façade will impact human behavior in space. Full article
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Development of a Multi-Asset Risk Assessment Algorithm in the Context of Home Energy Management
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Davide Ottonello
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Alessandro Fermi
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Daniele Ravizza
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Marco Barbagelata
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Stylianos Karatzas
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Athanasios Chassiakos
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Antonis Papamanolis
Buildings 2023, 13(2), 428; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020428 - 03 Feb 2023
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Risk management has become an important concern in the light of current developments in the home energy management sector as well as within the broader considerations regarding the building sector’s energy production and consumption paradigm. The current multi-parameter energy ecosystem structure raises a [...] Read more.
Risk management has become an important concern in the light of current developments in the home energy management sector as well as within the broader considerations regarding the building sector’s energy production and consumption paradigm. The current multi-parameter energy ecosystem structure raises a number of new challenges that require a reliable and robust risk management framework to assist in building management decision making. This paper presents a multi asset risk assessment algorithm, which is part of a risk management application developed for residential buildings within the framework of energy communities and digital energy markets. It describes the logic, principles, and operation of the algorithm, as well as the functionalities related to risk analysis and result visualization. This underpins the necessary means to monitor elements of a home energy system as well as tools for risk prevention and mitigation. The proposed application provides accurate, detailed, and easy to use information to assist decision makers and stakeholders in the context of smart home energy management systems. Full article
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