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Advanced Sustainable and Efficient Technologies for Building Energy

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "G: Energy and Buildings".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 2266

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Alireza Dehghani-Sanij

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Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Interests: clean and renewable energy; energy sources and production; energy conversion and storage; energy management and optimization; hybrid energy systems; sustainable development
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Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Salehi Dezfouli

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The Department of Energy and Process Engineering (EPT), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Postboks 8900, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
Interests: solar cooling system; energy efficient building; solar power plant; wind turbine; solar dryer; sustainable development
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In the modern world, energy stands as a highly debated and central issue. It plays a significant role in various aspects, including societal, economic, industrial, technological, and sustainable development contributions, in all countries. In other words, energy can be likened to a leading dynamic engine in achieving a variety of desired goals today. Among various sectors, buildings of different sizes, types, and applications consume large amounts of energy—primarily driven by fossil fuels—and are responsible for almost one-third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. Given the environmental and public health concerns associated with the use of non-renewable carbon-based energy sources, there is a pressing need to replace them with clean, carbon-free (or at least low-carbon), and renewable energy sources, accompanied by eco-friendly technologies and sustainable practices.

This Special Issue aims to fill in the knowledge gaps and aid in the development of advanced sustainable and efficient technologies for building energy. Original research articles, review articles, case studies, and technical notes are welcome to be submitted to this Special Issue. Research areas may consist of but are not limited to the following:

  • The application of renewable energy technologies in buildings;
  • Net-zero-energy buildings;
  • Smart buildings;
  • Energy-efficient cooling systems;
  • Natural and passive HVAC systems;
  • Wind energy technology, wind turbines, and wind-catchers;
  • Solar energy issues, photovoltaic technology conversion, and solar thermal applications;
  • Hydro-power technology production and conversion;
  • Geothermal energy (shallow, deep, or combination) technology and applications;
  • Hydrogen production technology and fuel cells;
  • Bio-energy (e.g., bio-mass, bio-gas) technology and conversion;
  • Wave, tide, and ocean thermal energies;
  • Energy and exergy analyses of energy systems;
  • Renewable energies and sustainable development;
  • Smart, hybrid, and integrated renewable energy systems;
  • Energy storage technologies;
  • Life cycle analysis (LCA) of renewable energy systems;
  • Environmental risk assessment (ERA) of renewable energy systems;
  • Social, economic, and policy aspects of renewable energy;
  • Climate change mitigation and sustainability;
  • Computational fluid dynamics study of renewable energy systems;
  • The optimization of clean energy systems.

Substantive and valuable articles addressing the objectives of this Special Issue will be selected and published after undergoing peer-review. We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Alireza Dehghani-Sanij
Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Salehi Dezfouli
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. Energies is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly 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

  • net-zero energy buildings
  • smart buildings
  • natural ventilation and passive cooling
  • clean and renewable energy
  • energy sources and production
  • energy conversion and storage
  • energy efficiency improvement
  • energy conservation and recovery
  • energy management and optimization
  • hybrid and integrated energy systems
  • energy and exergy analyses
  • energy equity, security, and access
  • climate change and global warming
  • sustainable development

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Canada’s Geothermal Energy Update in 2023
by Katherine Huang, Alireza Dehghani-Sanij, Catherine Hickson, Stephen E. Grasby, Emily Smejkal, Mafalda M. Miranda, Jasmin Raymond, Derek Fraser, Kass Harbottle, Daniel Alonso Torres, John Ebell, Julie Dixon, Emily Olsen, Jeanine Vany, Kirsten Marcia, Maurice Colpron, Andrew Wigston, Gordon Brasnett, Martyn Unsworth and Phil Harms
Energies 2024, 17(8), 1807; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17081807 - 10 Apr 2024
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Geothermal energy exploration, development, and research have been ongoing in Canada for several decades. The country’s cold climate and the push to develop renewable energy sources have driven interest in geothermal energy. Despite this drive, regulatory complexities and competition with other relatively inexpensive [...] Read more.
Geothermal energy exploration, development, and research have been ongoing in Canada for several decades. The country’s cold climate and the push to develop renewable energy sources have driven interest in geothermal energy. Despite this drive, regulatory complexities and competition with other relatively inexpensive energy sources with existing infrastructure have hindered development. As such, interest has grown and waned with changes in the energy economy over several decades, leaving many projects at a standstill. As of January 2023, there are currently no operational geothermal power projects in Canada. Many hot spring pool and spa complexes remain active, and Canada is a leading country in the installation of ground source heat pumps (GSHPs; also called geo-exchange systems). However, in the last decade, the interest in deep geothermal systems has renewed, with many new projects starting up across several provinces and territories. Moreover, projects that had shown limited progress for many years—such as Mount Meager in British Columbia—have begun to renew their development efforts. Research is also expanding within prominent research groups and universities. The areas of focus include both building upon previous studies (such as thermal gradients and the heat flow in sedimentary basins) and researching new methods and resources (such as GSHPs, closed-loop systems, integrated geothermal operations, and hybrid systems, including heat storage). The development is supported by federal, provincial, and territorial governments through grants and the development of regulatory frameworks. Although challenges still remain for Canada to develop its geothermal energy resources, several power, thermal, and co-production projects, ongoing research, funding, and regulatory acts are all moving forward to support geothermal development. This paper aims to study Canada’s geothermal energy update in 2023 regarding the aspects mentioned above. Full article
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IoT-Based Indoor Thermal Environment and Occupancy Monitoring for Energy Poverty Care
by Woo-Seung Yun, Wontaek Ryu, Hyuncheol Seo, Won-hwa Hong and Seung-Woo Lee
Energies 2024, 17(2), 326; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17020326 - 9 Jan 2024
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Energy poverty, defined as difficulty meeting the minimum requirements for a thermal environment, is becoming a significant social issue. To provide efficient welfare services, information provision and monitoring are required. However, characteristics of energy poverty, such as inconsistent residential patterns, small living spaces, [...] Read more.
Energy poverty, defined as difficulty meeting the minimum requirements for a thermal environment, is becoming a significant social issue. To provide efficient welfare services, information provision and monitoring are required. However, characteristics of energy poverty, such as inconsistent residential patterns, small living spaces, and limited electricity and telecommunication resources, lead to a lack of information. This research introduces the empirical results of the development of the system. Based on the feedback from welfare workers and experts supporting energy poverty, a monitoring system combining various sensors was prototyped. This system measures temperature, humidity, illuminance, air velocity, CO2, black bulb temperature, occupancy, and noise and generates indicators for occupancy and thermal environment monitoring. Applicability assessment was conducted across 55 energy poverty households in Korea during the duration of cooling and heating. Subjects were living in spaces averaging 6.3 sqm within buildings over 43 years old and renting on a monthly or weekly basis. Electricity and communication are partially supplied. Based on the actual measurement data and field surveys, the configuration of an energy poverty monitoring system was proposed. In particular, the applicability of the simple methodology for the determination of black bulb temperature, metabolic rate, and clothing insulation required for a thermal environment evaluation was assessed. The proposed system can be efficiently used for taking care of energy poverty where the installation of conventional monitoring systems is restricted. Full article
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