G: Energy and Buildings
A section of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Section Information
The aim of Energies’ Energy and Buildings Section is to present new research results, and new proven practice aimed at reducing the energy needs of a building, improving building energy efficiency, and improving how energy is managed in buildings. Download Section Flyer
Example topic areas within the scope of our journal's Energy and Buildings Section are listed below. This list is neither exhaustive nor exclusive:
- Sustainable buildings
- Solar and other renewable energy sources in buildings
- Resilience and climate adaptability of buildings
- Green buildings
- Energy efficiency improvement measures
- Zero-energy, low-energy, and carbon-neutral buildings
- Life cycle energy efficiency of buildings and embodied energy
- Architectural structure - construction energy efficiency
- Life cycle assessment (LCA) of buildings
- Building physics as applied to energy
- Energy consumption in buildings
- Energy demands
- Prediction and validation
- Building total performance
- Building energy modeling
- Data science (AI, machine learning) for building energy management
- Building energy demand management
- District heating and cooling
- Heat recovery systems for buildings
- New building materials, including envelope materials
- Building energy storage
- Building environmental control
- Human health and comfort related to energy
- Lighting, acoustic, & other factors related to energy
- Model predictive control & other control strategies
- Building genome, other biological factors, & impacts on energy
- Intelligent buildings
- Smart cities
- Smart homes
- Smart technologies
- Building services for the smart grid
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Thermal Comfort, Environment Quality and Energy Consumption (Deadline: 23 April 2024)
- Human-Centered Energy Optimization in Built Environment (Deadline: 1 May 2024)
- Research on Low-Carbon Energy Buildings (Deadline: 10 May 2024)
- Energy and Buildings: Thermal Storage, Emissions, Transports, Control and Their Effects (Deadline: 15 May 2024)
- Thermal Comfort and Energy Performance in Building (Deadline: 16 May 2024)
- Advanced Modeling and Optimization Technologies for Building Energy Efficiency (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- New Insights into Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems in Buildings (Deadline: 23 May 2024)
- Latest Research on Heat and Mass Transfer in Buildings (Deadline: 29 May 2024)
- Improvement of Indoor Environmental Quality and Energy Performance of Zero-Energy Buildings (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Internal Environment and Thermal Performance of Buildings (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Impacts of Heat Pumps, Thermal Insulation, and Building Structures on the Environment (Deadline: 13 June 2024)
- Advances in Energy-Efficient Buildings II (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Energy Efficiency of the Buildings III (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Advances in Energy Efficiency and Conservation of Green Buildings (Deadline: 27 June 2024)
- Building Energy Performance Modelling and Simulation (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Advanced Sustainable and Efficient Technologies for Building Energy (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Bottom-Up Urban Building Energy Modelling II (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Optimal Control Strategy for HVAC System in Building Energy Management (Deadline: 28 July 2024)
- Energy Systems and Thermal Management for Sustainable Buildings (Deadline: 30 July 2024)
- Innovative Socio-Technical Paradigms for Low-Carbon Transitions in the Built Environment (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Thermal Behaviour, Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Sustainable Construction: 4th Edition (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Optimization and Innovation of Energy Efficient Buildings and Smart Cities (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Sustainable Heating and Cooling Technologies for Low-Carbon Buildings (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Thermal Comfort and Building Energy Consumption (Deadline: 10 August 2024)
- The Sustainable Approaches of Energy Management and Intelligent Load Forecasting of HVAC Systems in Buildings (Deadline: 14 August 2024)
- New Trends in Sustainable Building Design and Energy Efficient Communities (Deadline: 14 August 2024)
- Optimizing Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort in Building (Deadline: 15 August 2024)
- Building Energy Audits-Diagnosis and Retrofitting towards Decarbonization and Sustainable Cities II (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Research of Energy Storage and Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Cities (Deadline: 21 August 2024)
- Solutions towards Zero Carbon Buildings (Deadline: 21 August 2024)
- Development of Artificial Intelligence in Green Buildings and Renewable Energy (Deadline: 21 August 2024)
- Indoor Climate Technology for Health and Comfort in Energy Efficient Buildings (Deadline: 23 August 2024)
- Smart Grid Integration of Zero Energy Buildings: Challenges and Perspectives (Deadline: 28 August 2024)
- Modelling and Management of Energy in Buildings to Support Smart Energy Communities (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- New Advances in Indoor Acoustics and Thermal Comfort for Sustainable Buildings (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Advancements in Energy Systems and Thermal Management for Sustainable Buildings (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Planning and Management of Buildings’ Energy and Environmental Efficiency in Urban Environment (Deadline: 2 September 2024)
- Green and Low-Carbon Advanced Technologies in Thermal Environment for Building (Deadline: 4 September 2024)
- Research Trends of Thermal Comfort and Energy Efficiency in Buildings (Deadline: 8 September 2024)
- Sustainable Buildings Life Cycle through Digitalization (Deadline: 10 September 2024)
- Emerging Research on the Energy and Thermal-Hygrometric Optimization of Buildings and Related Systems (Deadline: 10 September 2024)
- Hygrothermal Design to Inform Durable and Sustainable Energy Efficient Buildings (Deadline: 17 September 2024)
- Dynamic, Adaptive Technologies for Thermal Control of Building Envelopes and Building Energy Efficiency (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Advanced Building Materials for Energy Saving—2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Heat Pumps for the New Generation of Sustainable Buildings: Future Trends and Aspects (Deadline: 25 September 2024)
- Advances in Building Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Built Environment (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Energy Consumption and Environmental Quality in Buildings (Deadline: 3 October 2024)
- Renewable Energy Systems for Buildings: Volume II (Deadline: 15 October 2024)
- Advances in Energy Management and Control for Smart Buildings (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Performance Analysis of Building Energy Efficiency (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Sustainable Built Environment and Its Circular Economy (Deadline: 5 November 2024)
- Adaptive Thermal Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Recent Advances in Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Transportation (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Advanced Energy Systems in Energy Resilient, Zero/Positive Energy Buildings, Communities and Districts (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
