Thermal Comfort and Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Buildings
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 1464
Special Issue Editor
Interests: building energy efficiency; building simulation; intelligent control
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Dear Colleagues,
In the context of low-carbon economics, the building sector plays an important role in global sustainable development. Building performance requires the integration of various metrics, such as energy consumption and thermal comfort levels. Energy efficiency technologies for buildings have been widely used to improve energy efficiency in buildings. Thermal comfort (heating, ventilation, air cooling, air-tightness, fabric performance) in buildings keeps the occupants energetic and positive. This Special Issue aims to collect scientific papers dealing with sustainable building technologies, such as renewable energy, intelligent control, thermal comfort, energy storage, low-carbon building design, building simulation, etc. We welcome both theoretical and application papers of a high technical standard across various disciplines.
Dr. Jing Zhao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sustainable buildings
- thermal comfort
- building energy efficiency
- low-carbon buildings
- intelligent control
- renewable energy
- energy storage
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