Building Energy Codes and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Climatology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (7 October 2022) | Viewed by 13631
Special Issue Editors
Interests: IAQ; thermal comfort; energy efficiency; green building; building systems operation and control; data analytics; human building interaction
Interests: bio-based materials; air quality; sustainability; building energy efficiency
Interests: net zero/energy positive buildings; quality assurance in building performance simulation; energy and performance targets
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite researchers to contribute original research articles, as well as review articles, dealing with building energy codes and how they can help to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Countries around the world are increasingly adopting and implementing comprehensive building energy codes to improve the energy efficiency of buildings and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Their reasoning is that buildings account for some 39% of global CO2 emissions and are typically in place for decades, if not centuries. Building codes are seen as key tools for achieving a reduction in this total. We are interested in contributions from multiple disciplines and parts of the world. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Modeling to assess the impact of building energy codes on greenhouse gas mitigation;
- Analysis of what makes codes effective in mitigation, including assessments of code impacts post-construction;
- Implementation and compliance case studies and analysis;
- Nearly zero carbon and similar aggressive “stretch” codes;
- Building energy codes for existing buildings;
- Designing codes to make buildings more resilient to warmer temperatures and extreme weather patterns;
- Integrating new technologies, such as photovoltaics, electric vehicle charging, and “smart” home/building meters into building energy codes;
- Building energy codes in the broader context of climate policy and planning, including economic trends such as growing construction and electrification;
- Implications of more rigorous and innovative building energy codes on training, compliance, and enforcement;
- Economic implications of building energy codes, such as household expenses, employment, and local economy;
- Calculating cost optimality in setting new target levels for codes: optimal for the building owner, or for the nation or state setting the target?
- Performance or prescriptive codes—means of compliance and industry adoption;
- Role of international collaboration in advancing building energy codes.
Dr. Prashant Anand
Dr. Souradeep Gupta
Dr. Michael Donn
Dr. Meredydd Evans
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Building energy codes
- Net zero carbon buildings
- Greenhouse gas mitigation
- Energy efficiency
- Building electrification
- Renewable energy integration
- Carbon policy
- New building construction
- Building energy upgrade
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