Internal Environment and Thermal Performance of Buildings—2nd Edition
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "G: Energy and Buildings".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 December 2024 | Viewed by 10
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy efficiency in buildings; heating and ventilation; indoor air quality; outdoor air quality; decentralized ventilation; energy performance of buildings; swimming pools; mechanical ventilation; air conditioning
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Interests: energy efficiency in budilings; heating ventilation and air conditioning; applied thermodynamics; heat exchangers; heat recovery; decentralized ventilation systems; thermal performance of buildings; surface heating/cooling systems; renewable energy sources; CFD simulations; experimental thermal and flow charactersitics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to share with you the success of our Special Issue entitled “Internal Environment and Thermal Performance of Buildings”. In the first volume, we successfully published 10 papers: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/special_issues/internal_environment
We are now preparing to launch the second volume of this Special Issue, entitled “Internal Environment and Thermal Performance of Buildings—2nd Edition”.
The thermal performance of buildings is currently a topic of significant interest, as there are many factors that significantly influence the energy performance of a building: the building structure/envelope, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, heat and cold sources, controls, users and much more.
With regard to the energy and thermal performance of buildings, indoor air quality can have a enormous impact. However, lowering the energy demand of a building must not be at the expense of the quality of the internal environment of the building. There is therefore a need to combine analyses related to the air quality of buildings with those considering the energy performance of buildings. It is also crucial that the quality of the outside air is considered; in some regions with high pollution and cold climates, ensuring that there is a supply of outdoor air would guarantee the air quality of indoor spaces while enhancing the energy performance of a building.
We believe that each study carried out within the above-mentioned areas should demonstrate the impact of research on the thermal performance of buildings. We therefore encourage you to submit original research articles, simulations or review works focused on energy efficiency and the internal environment of buildings.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Indoor and outdoor air quality,
- Thermal comfort in buildings,
- Thermal performance of buildings—methods, case studies, comparisons,
- Use of renewable energy sources (RES),
- Heat recovery technologies,
- HVAC systems (heating, ventilation and air conditioning),
- Passive techniques for heating/cooling,
- Energy-oriented control systems,
- The impact of building use on energy consumption,
- The impact of indoor and outdoor air quality on energy consumption,
- Climate and internal environment,
- Sources of heat, cold and energy, and the possibility of reducing the demand,
- Building assessment,
- Decision support in the field of thermal performance.
Dr. Katarzyna Ratajczak
Dr. Łukasz Amanowicz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- indoor air quality (IAQ)
- outdoor air quality (OAQ)
- energy performance of building
- energy consumption
- climate change
- renewable energy sources
- building assessment
- HVAC
- control systems
- sources of heat, cold and energy
- thermal comfort
- heat recovery
- passive techniques
