Thermal Environment and Energy Saving in Buildings
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "G: Energy and Buildings".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2023) | Viewed by 4053
Special Issue Editors
Interests: thermal comfort; ventilation; smart buildings
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Buildings are constructed to address multiple objectives, including sheltering, comfort, productivity, security, and so forth. Given the fact that humans usually spend 90% of their time in built environments, indoor environment quality plays an extremely important role in human thermal comfort, health, and productivity. To create proper indoor environment, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are widely applied in buildings, making the building sector one of the most energy- and resource-intensive sectors. To date, the building sector is responsible for 20~40% of the world's primary energy use and highest carbon footprint. With the increasing awareness of climate change and environmental concerns, efforts have been made to reduce the energy consumption and carbon footprint of buildings, while increasing occupants’ comfort and satisfaction. In this context, innovative ideas, ranging from sustainable building designs to localized personal comfort systems, have emerged in recent years. These can serve as references for future innovations if these ideas are compiled together.
This Special Issue aims to present the most recent advances related to thermal environments in buildings and energy saving technologies. Articles from the following fields of research are most welcome:
- Thermal environment in buildings;
- Energy-efficient building design;
- Climate-adaptive building design;
- Low-carbon buildings;
- Energy use in buildings;
- Ventilation in buildings;
- Thermal comfort;
- Adaptive thermal comfort;
- Personal comfort system;
- Occupant-centric sensing, predicting, and controlling;
- Building occupant behaviors;
- Big data management for building performance and energy use;
- Other related topics are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Bin Yang
Dr. Maohui Luo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- building performance
- building energy saving
- thermal comfort
- occupant behavior
- building ventilation
