G: Energy and Buildings
A section of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Section Information
The aim of Energies’ Energy and Buildings Section is to present new research results, and new proven practice aimed at reducing the energy needs of a building, improving building energy efficiency, and improving how energy is managed in buildings. Download Section Flyer
Example topic areas within the scope of our journal's Energy and Buildings Section are listed below. This list is neither exhaustive nor exclusive:
- Sustainable buildings
- Solar and other renewable energy sources in buildings
- Resilience and climate adaptability of buildings
- Green buildings
- Energy efficiency improvement measures
- Zero-energy, low-energy, and carbon-neutral buildings
- Life cycle energy efficiency of buildings and embodied energy
- Architectural structure - construction energy efficiency
- Life cycle assessment (LCA) of buildings
- Building physics as applied to energy
- Energy consumption in buildings
- Energy demands
- Prediction and validation
- Building total performance
- Building energy modeling
- Data science (AI, machine learning) for building energy management
- Building energy demand management
- District heating and cooling
- Heat recovery systems for buildings
- New building materials, including envelope materials
- Building energy storage
- Building environmental control
- Human health and comfort related to energy
- Lighting, acoustic, & other factors related to energy
- Model predictive control & other control strategies
- Building genome, other biological factors, & impacts on energy
- Intelligent buildings
- Smart cities
- Smart homes
- Smart technologies
- Building services for the smart grid
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advancements in Energy Systems and Thermal Management for Sustainable Buildings (Deadline: 27 December 2024)
- Internal Environment and Thermal Performance of Buildings—2nd Edition (Deadline: 28 December 2024)
- Application of Renewable Energy Sources (Solar, Geothermal, Wind, Biomass and Hydro Energies) in Buildings, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Adaptive Thermal Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Building Energy Audits-Diagnosis and Retrofitting towards Decarbonization and Sustainable Cities II (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Advanced Energy Systems in Energy Resilient, Zero/Positive Energy Buildings, Communities and Districts (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Recent Advances in Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Transportation (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Sustainable Built Environment and Its Circular Economy (Deadline: 6 January 2025)
- Toward Energy Transition: New Paths, Tools and Technologies Applied to Buildings and Urban Context (Deadline: 7 January 2025)
- Research of Energy Storage and Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Cities (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- Advances in Building Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Built Environment (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- Research Trends of Thermal Comfort and Energy Efficiency in Buildings (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Smart Grid Integration of Zero Energy Buildings: Challenges and Perspectives (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Advances in Research on Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage Applications (Deadline: 22 January 2025)
- Optimizing Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort in Building (Deadline: 22 January 2025)
- Optimization and Innovation of Energy Efficient Buildings and Smart Cities (Deadline: 24 January 2025)
- Thermal Behaviour, Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Sustainable Construction: 4th Edition (Deadline: 27 January 2025)
- Optimized Thermal Energy Storage Technology Based on Phase Change Material (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Development of Energy-Efficient Solutions for Smart Buildings (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Sustainable and Low Carbon Energy Building Technologies (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Improvement of Air Conditioning Technologies Towards Energy Efficiency (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Development of Artificial Intelligence in Green Buildings and Renewable Energy (Deadline: 11 February 2025)
- Ultra-Low Energy Consumption and Zero-Energy Buildings in Response to Climate Change (Deadline: 15 February 2025)
- Integrated Building Design: Balancing Comfort and Environmental Performance (Deadline: 18 February 2025)
- Advanced Building Materials for Energy Saving—2nd Edition (Deadline: 19 February 2025)
- Planning and Management of Buildings’ Energy and Environmental Efficiency in Urban Environment (Deadline: 19 February 2025)
- Green and Low-Carbon Advanced Technologies in Thermal Environment for Building (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Heat Pumps for the New Generation of Sustainable Buildings: Future Trends and Aspects (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Sustainable Buildings Life Cycle Through Digitalization (Deadline: 25 February 2025)
- Sustainable Building Energy and Environment 2024 (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Energy Efficiency in Buildings Through Energy Capture From Outer Space (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- New Advances in Indoor Acoustics and Thermal Comfort for Sustainable Buildings (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Thermal Comfort and Energy Performance in Building (Deadline: 10 March 2025)
- Thermal Comfort, Environment Quality and Energy Consumption (Deadline: 10 March 2025)
- Sustainable Design and Optimization of Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) (Deadline: 14 March 2025)
- Advances in Energy Management and Control for Smart Buildings (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Advanced Technologies for Energy-Efficient Buildings (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Phase Change Materials for Building Energy Applications (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Sustainable Built Environment: Energy Efficiency Technologies, Performance Evaluation and Indoor Environment Quality (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Advanced Studies in Energy Efficiency of Buildings and Urban Built Environment (Deadline: 25 March 2025)
- Latest Research on Heat and Mass Transfer in Buildings (Deadline: 26 March 2025)
- Hygrothermal Design to Inform Durable and Sustainable Energy Efficient Buildings (Deadline: 26 March 2025)
- Heat Pumps and Renewably Powered Acclimatization Systems Toward More Sustainable Buildings (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Green Energy Integrated Building Application (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Sustainable Buildings and Green Design (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Modelling and Management of Energy in Buildings to Support Smart Energy Communities (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Energy Consumption and Environmental Quality in Buildings (Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Performance Analysis of Building Energy Efficiency (Deadline: 17 April 2025)
- Advances in Indoor Environmental Quality and Energy Efficiency in Buildings (Deadline: 23 April 2025)
- Energy Efficiency and Energy Performance in Buildings (Deadline: 25 April 2025)
- Emerging Trends and Challenges in Zero-Energy Districts (Deadline: 25 April 2025)
- Energy-Efficient Buildings: Renewable Energy Integration and Applications in Buildings (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- The Sustainable Approaches of Energy Management and Intelligent Load Forecasting of HVAC Systems in Buildings (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Human-Centered Energy Optimization in Built Environment (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Functional Construction and Building Materials Towards Thermal Energy Storage and Low Carbon Footprint (Deadline: 1 May 2025)
- Energy and Buildings: Thermal Storage, Emissions, Transports, Control and Their Effects (Deadline: 5 May 2025)
- Building Energy Performance Modelling and Simulation (Deadline: 5 May 2025)
- Latest Advances and Prospects in Net Zero Energy Buildings and Positive Energy Districts (Deadline: 6 May 2025)
- Advances in Energy Efficiency and Conservation of Green Buildings (Deadline: 15 May 2025)
- Energy Performance Prediction and Validation in Green Buildings (Deadline: 16 May 2025)
- Energy Efficiency of the Buildings: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Energy Management, Energy Sustainability and Energy Efficiency in Buildings (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- New Insights into Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems in Buildings (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Review Papers in Energy and Buildings: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Improvement of Indoor Environmental Quality and Energy Performance of Zero-Energy Buildings (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- New Trends in Sustainable Building Design and Energy Efficient Communities (Deadline: 10 June 2025)
- Towards Sustainable Buildings and Built Environments (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Optimizing Building Energy Performance with Advanced Thermal Technologies (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Energy Efficiency and Comfort for Net-Zero-Energy Buildings (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Innovative Approaches to Retrofitting for Sustainable Built Environments (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
