Low-Carbon Urban Areas and Neighbourhoods
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: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 150
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Interests: phase change energy storage technology; low-carbon urban and cities; renewable energy utilization technology; building energy efficiency
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Interests: green buildings; low-carbon cities; aging-friendly communities
Interests: low-carbon urban and cities; renewable energy building applications; green building theory and technology; comprehensive renovation of existing buildings
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Interests: building environment; urban heat islands; building energy savings; building surface coating materials; solar radiation; air-conditioning heat loads; weather database
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
According to UN-Habitat statistics, urban areas, which account for less than 2% of the Earth's surface, consume 78% of global energy and are responsible for over 60% of greenhouse gas emissions. Exploration of the impact of multiple renewable energy coupling supply technologies on carbon reduction in urban and neighborhood settings is of paramount importance. Concurrently, the rational application of key carbon reduction technologies presents an ongoing challenge, and research in this area within the planning field merits attention, holding significant potential for advancing urban low-carbon transitions.
This Special Issue aims to solicit analyses of the benefits of low-carbon technology to cities and neighborhoods across their entire life cycle through case studies, simulations, optimizations, and methodological innovations. It is envisioned that such comprehensive planning and the rational integration of carbon emission reduction technologies will foster high-quality economic and social development alongside high-level ecological environmental protection.
Topics for articles include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Carbon accounting methods at urban and neighborhood scales;
- Modeling and simulation of district energy systems;
- Integrated systems of carbon reduction technology and their efficiency simulation algorithms;
- Coordinated control methods and optimization evaluation systems of coupling applications of various low-carbon technologies;
- Development of city-level carbon reduction simulation technologies;
- Research on carbon emission reduction technologies in the urban planning field;
- Energy system planning configurations for low-carbon cities and blocks;
- Energy efficiency improvements of single buildings.
Prof. Dr. Xiangfei Kong
Prof. Dr. Haizhu Zhou
Prof. Dr. Yong Ding
Dr. Jihui Yuan
Dr. Han Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon accounting
- urban energy systems
- district energy modeling
- carbon reduction technologies
- efficiency simulation algorithms
- low-carbon technology integration
- coordinated control methods
- optimization evaluation systems
- urban planning and carbon emissions
- city-level emission reduction
- sustainable energy configurations
- building energy efficiency
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