Energy Use and Comfort of the Built Environment
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: closed (15 January 2023) | Viewed by 7888
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy use in buildings; individual metering; smart building; smart metering; occupant behaviour; feedback; energy efficiency; building ventilation; indoor air quality
Interests: renewable energy; heat pumps; district heating; demand side management; energy conservation; energy efficiency; smart building; smart metering
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Buildings are the largest contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and are responsible for over 40% of the global energy consumption.
Increasing energy efficiency in the built environment is a key challenge for a sustainable future, requiring action not only regarding the envelope and the technical systems but also the end-users’ behaviour, which can significantly affect energy use in buildings. Increasing end-user awareness about energy consumption and its environmental impact may help reduce the energy intensity of a building. On the other hand, energy use reduction in the built environment should not compromise the thermal and environmental comfort of the occupants.
In this sense, smart building enabling technologies, such as smart metering and feedback devices, BAC systems, IoT systems, etc., could play a fundamental role in balancing built environment sustainability and habitant comfort.
This Special Issue aims to investigate energy use and comfort in the built environment, with a particular focus on:
- The effects of end-user awareness on the energy efficiency of buildings;
- The effect of occupant behaviour on energy use and comfort;
- Indoor thermal comfort and air quality in the built environment;
- The interaction between energy consumption and indoor environmental comfort;
- The role of smart technologies for the energy efficiency of buildings;
- The effect of BACS systems on the energy use of the built environment;
- The role of IoT technologies in enabling energy efficiency.
Dr. Laura Canale
Dr. Biagio Di Pietra
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- energy use in buildings
- end-user awareness
- occupant behaviour
- individual metering
- smart building
- smart metering
- energy efficiency
- environmental comfort
- indoor air quality