Energy Consumption and Environmental Comfort in 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: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 825
Special Issue Editors
Interests: performance-based design; energy efficiency in buildings; climate-responsive design; daylight; building envelope engineering; building technology; architecture
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Interests: building envelop innovation; user and comfort centric design; technology transfer; building overheating and energy efficiency
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Interests: solar; thermal comfort; mechanical engineering; environmental engineering; energy plus; energy; solar radiation; energy efficiency in building; energy saving
Interests: building-human interaction; visual comfort; thermal comfort; smart buildings; building operation performance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Building energy efficiency, low environmental impact, and individual well-being and health (One Health) will pose significant challenges for the construction industry, engineers, and architects in the upcoming years.
The objective of this Special Issue is to compile strategies, methods, tools, and case studies that adopt a challenging, multidisciplinary, and cross-domain approach to achieve these goals. The specific areas of focus within this Special Issue include:
- Behavioral design and the interaction between people and the environment;
- Balancing energy efficiency and occupancy assessment;
- Harmonizing views, comfort, and energy efficiency;
- Digital twins, measurement, and real-time monitoring;
- Lean retrofit strategies and design for circularity.
Finally, we will showcase cutting-edge solutions that leverage advanced technologies and materials to address the challenges of energy efficiency and comfort in building envelopes.
Our goal is to disseminate the latest research and best practices related to these topics, contributing to the development of new paradigms for achieving realistic and effective energy efficiency in buildings that are accessible to all. In this vision, people actively participate by adopting virtuous behaviors to reduce consumption, and the environment serves as an enabling platform for ensuring and promoting health.
Prof. Dr. Tiziana Poli
Dr. Andrea Giovanni Mainini
Dr. Alberto Speroni
Dr. Juan Diego Blanco Cadena
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
- low carbon architecture
- occupant well-being
- digital twins
- circular retrofit strategy
- multi-domain approach
