Application of Renewable Energy Sources (Solar, Geothermal, Wind, Biomass and Hydro Energies) in Buildings

Nowadays, the utilization of fossil fuels has been decreasing every year, and new investments in renewable energy technologies have become a global priority. Utilization of renewable energy sources such as solar, geothermal, wind, biomass, and hydro provides people in developing countries access to energy to cover demand for electricity, heating, and cooling energy. In developed countries, it enables the improvement of energy efficiency in the energy sector and reduces environmental pollution. It helps all countries in the world to ensure energy security. Renewable energy systems can be used at micro, small, and large scales. Rapid development of renewable energy technologies means that their availability is becoming more common while their costs are decreasing. Different technologies are dedicated to specific climatic, environmental, local, and social conditions. Research studies have been conducted to increase efficiency of energy conversion in different devices and machines and the total energy performance of renewable energy systems. Many of such studies deal with analyses of operations and the effectiveness of integrated multi-energy source systems, where different renewables are used in a complimentary manner to each other, covering energy demands of different types of energy users. In this Special Issue, potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• the theoretical and technical potential for the utilization of renewable sources for local/regional/global applications
• modelling of operations and the energy performance of renewable energy devices and systems for different applications
• processes and methods to design/build/apply different renewable energy systems
• new achievements in renewable energy technologies for micro or large scale application.
• Analysis of the operation and effectiveness of multi-renewable energy source systems applied for different types of users
• applications of renewable energy technologies in buildings
• economics of renewable energy systems in relation to the scale of their applications and state of economy of the country, regulatory energy market, and other legal entities

Prof. Dr. Dorota Chwieduk
Guest Editor

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