Recent Advances in Sustainable Buildings: Space Heating, Space Cooling and Lighting
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "G: Energy and Buildings".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2020) | Viewed by 8770
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Interests: energy; sustainable energy; solar energy; hydrogen technologies
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Interests: solar PV systems; bifacial PV performance; ground albedo enhancement; sustainable buildings; behaviour and attitude of users towards energy consumption
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Interests: renewable energies; energy sustainability; climate change; urban planning
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Energy from fossil fuels (oil, gas, and coal) has been identified as the major cause of the increase of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, a leading contributor to climate change. Energy efficiency is seen as the cheapest, fastest and cleanest energy resource that can be used in response to the growing concerns about climate change.
British Petroleum (BP) has indicated that the global demand for oil will grow by around 30% between 2007 and 2035, while consumption of coal and natural gas will grow by 50%. Moreover, unless drastic measures are taken to change current consumption patterns, the International Energy Agency predicts that CO2 emissions from energy consumption will double by 2050.
At present, 80% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions come from cities. By 2050, it is predicted that 70% of the world’s population will live in urban areas. There is a proposal that includes cities as part of the solution to combat the effects of climate change and to promote sustainable development.
In the context of energy saving, the building sector has increasingly attracted worldwide attention. In 2010, buildings represented 32% of global final energy demand, of which 24% was for residential buildings and 8% for commercial buildings. In residential buildings, space heating accounted for 32% of the total global consumption, followed by 29% for cooking, 24% for water heating, 9% for appliances, 4% for lighting and 2% for cooling. In commercial buildings, space heating accounted for 33% of the total global consumption, followed by 16% for lighting, 12% for water heating, 7% for cooling and 32% for other equipment.
Regarding global trends in energy consumption, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has reported that a significant increase is expected in the global demand for heating and cooling energy until 2050; with an increase of 179% and 183% from 2010 levels in residential and commercial buildings, respectively. This concern has led to a number of studies conducted worldwide to improve building energy efficiency in areas such as control of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) installations, and lighting systems.
This edition of the Energies journal aims to address the challenge of reducing emissions from the residential sector by minimizing the need to use energy in buildings (heating, cooling and lighting) through more energy efficient measures, the use of renewable energy sources, and other technologies in order to meet minimum energy requirements.
Prof. Dr. Tariq Muneer
Dr. Mehreen Saleem Gul
Prof. Dr. Eulalia Jadraque Gago
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- energy saving
- building
- heating, ventilation and air conditioning
- energy efficient
- energy requirements
