Advanced Materials and Systems for Low-Carbon Buildings

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems".

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School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST), Nanjing 210094, China
Interests: solar energy; building energy simulation; phase change material; hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar system; BIPV/T
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College of Urban Construction, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
Interests: solar advanced purification technology; solar photocatalytic/thermal–catalytic technology; hybrid Trombe walls; solar PV/T; BIPV/T
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School of Marine Engineering, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
Interests: solar energy; photovoltaic; phase change material; enclosed environment; photovoltaic/thermal technology

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Dear Colleagues,

The objective of the Section “Advanced Materials and Systems for Low-Carbon Buildings” is to present cutting-edge research on materials and systems for low-carbon building applications. Due to the increasingly prominent energy and environmental problems, low-carbon development has been deeply rooted in today’s society, and low-carbon building application is an indispensable part of the realization of social low-carbon development. For low-carbon buildings, the research of advanced materials and advanced system concepts and design methods combined with solar energy, which is a renewable energy, is an important research topic. This issue welcomes research contributions including but not limited to the following topics:

  • Phase change materials for low-carbon buildings;
  • Smart materials for low-carbon buildings;
  • Solar full spectrum energy utilization in building;
  • Passive/active energy saving by utilizing solar energy;
  • Hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar technology;
  • Building integrated PV/T system;
  • Solar photocatalytic/thermal–catalytic technology in buildings;
  • Composite walls for space heating and purification.

Prof. Dr. Chenglong Luo
Dr. Bendong Yu
Dr. Lijie Xu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • low-carbon building
  • building energy simulation
  • phase change material
  • hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar system
  • BIPV/T
  • solar photocatalytic/thermal–catalytic
  • solar full spectrum energy utilization
  • air purification
  • building environment

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Life Cycle Assessment of Embodied Carbon in Buildings: Background, Approaches and Advancements
by Sahil Ali Khan, Tabish Alam, Mohammad Saaim Khan, Paolo Blecich, Mohammad Arif Kamal, Naveen Kumar Gupta and Anil Singh Yadav
Buildings 2022, 12(11), 1944; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12111944 - 10 Nov 2022
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The environment demands a reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as building and construction are responsible for more than 40% of the energy consumed worldwide and 30% of the world’s GHG emissions. Many countries have aligned themselves with the Paris agreement, following its [...] Read more.
The environment demands a reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as building and construction are responsible for more than 40% of the energy consumed worldwide and 30% of the world’s GHG emissions. Many countries have aligned themselves with the Paris agreement, following its target of achieving net zero carbon emissions, although some governments are focused on the operational energy efficiency part of the equation instead of the whole equation. This study emphasizes the significance of incorporating the minimization of embodied emissions into all parts of the building, with a focus on the measurement of embodied carbon, concepts of its management and strategies proposed and enacted for mitigation. As estimate is an important part of any debate, the measurement approach covers the uncertainty analysis from diverse points of view through a novel approach; management covers the early design tools, and the significance of the lifecycle stages; mitigation covers the reduction strategies of embodied carbon, although reduction in embodied carbon is a subjective topic and depends on region. The analysis covers the ideal approaches for mitigation irrespective of the region. Full article
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