Advanced Materials for Energy Performance Improvement in Buildings
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 2118
Special Issue Editor
Interests: solar energy; heat pumps; air conditioning systems; heat and mass transfer; green building certification systems; energy storage; phase change materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Buildings use about 40% of global energy and they emit into the atmosphere approximately 35% of GHG. Buildings also offer the greatest potential for achieving ever higher levels of energy efficiency and significant GHG emission reductions in developed and developing countries. There is an increasing need of encouraging energy efficiency in buildings, enhancing green technologies, and promoting advance thermal energy storage solutions. To improve energy efficiency and environmental performance in both new and existing building studies and to develop research on advanced materials and new technologies to be applied to the building envelope are required. The construction sector needs innovative materials and systems based on heat storage, thermal insulation, and the use of renewable energy customized for the current and future reality of the construction market.
Prof. Dr. Paolo Principi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Energy efficiency building
- building thermal performance
- smart coating and windows
- nanotechnology
- advanced fenestration system
- innovative materials for wall
- phase change materials
- photovoltaic
- thermal and hybrid solar collector
- cool and green roof.
