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Selected Papers from the 5th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (Splitech2020) – The Role of Smart Technologies in Engineering Applications

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 September 2021) | Viewed by 11565

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Prof. Dr. Sandro Nizetic

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LTEF-Laboratory for Thermodynamics and Energy Efficiency, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia
Interests: thermodynamics; energy efficiency; solar energy; smart and IoT based technologies in engineering; renewable energy; mechanical engineering; CFD; hybrid energy systems; HVAC systems; smart energy systems; photovoltaics
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Dear Colleagues and contributors,

I am pleased to inform you that we have released a new Special Issue related to the 5th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (Splitech2020). In addition to the selected papers from the SpliTech2020 international conference, we are also welcoming submissions focused on technological advancements related to smart technologies. Multidisciplinary high-quality research works are welcome to the SI SpliTech2020, with a focus on the implementation issues of smart technologies and also addressing energy, environmental, and sustainability repercussions.

All SpliTech2020 extended papers should have an overall similarity of no more than 20% with no more than 3% from a single source. Authors should carefully prepare their submissions based on the journal instructions for authors, which can be found at the following link:

 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/instructions.

Thank you for your support. We look forward to your high-quality research works.

Prof. Dr. Sandro Nizetic
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Smart technologies
  • IoT-based solutions
  • Software advancements in engineering
  • Energy
  • Energy efficiency
  • Clean energy technologies Renewable energy
  • Sustainability
  • Environmental protection

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Building Energy Performance Certificate—A Relevant Indicator of Actual Energy Consumption and Savings?
by Aleksandar S. Anđelković, Miroslav Kljajić, Dušan Macura, Vladimir Munćan, Igor Mujan, Mladen Tomić, Željko Vlaović and Borivoj Stepanov
Energies 2021, 14(12), 3455; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14123455 - 11 Jun 2021
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A building energy performance gap can be illustrated as the difference between the theoretical (methodologically defined) and the actual energy consumption. In EU countries, Energy Performance Certificates are issued when buildings are constructed, sold, or leased. This information is the first step in [...] Read more.
A building energy performance gap can be illustrated as the difference between the theoretical (methodologically defined) and the actual energy consumption. In EU countries, Energy Performance Certificates are issued when buildings are constructed, sold, or leased. This information is the first step in order to evaluate the energy performance of the building stock. In Serbia, when issuing an energy certificate, the adopted national methodology recognizes only energy consumption for heating. The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate the energy gap and estimate the relevance of an Energy Performance Certificate to meet the national energy efficiency or carbon target. An Energy Performance Certificate determines the theoretical residential and commercial building energy efficiency or its “design intent”. This research stresses the necessity of measuring and achieving reductions in actual energy consumption through system regulation and consumers’ self-awareness in buildings. The research compares the performance of the building stock (135) that is connected to the District Heating System (DHS), with its own integrated heat meter, to Individual Gas Boiler (IGB) systems (18), in the city of Novi Sad, Serbia, built after 2014. For the purpose of comparing energy consumption, 16 buildings were selected that are very similar in terms of design, operation, and location. The data used are derived from metered consumption data, official evidence of city service companies, and Energy Performance Certificates of the considered buildings. We have determined that IGB systems have a much wider specific annual performance gap (11.19–101 kWh/m2a) than the buildings in the DHS (3.16–18.58 kWh/m2a). Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from the 5th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (Splitech2020) – The Role of Smart Technologies in Engineering Applications)
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Determination of Water Depth in Ports Using Satellite Data Based on Machine Learning Algorithms
by Vanesa Mateo-Pérez, Marina Corral-Bobadilla, Francisco Ortega-Fernández and Vicente Rodríguez-Montequín
Energies 2021, 14(9), 2486; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14092486 - 27 Apr 2021
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One of the fundamental maintenance tasks of ports is the periodic dredging of them. This is necessary to guarantee a minimum draft that will enable ships to access ports safely. The determination of bathymetries is the instrument that determines the need for dredging [...] Read more.
One of the fundamental maintenance tasks of ports is the periodic dredging of them. This is necessary to guarantee a minimum draft that will enable ships to access ports safely. The determination of bathymetries is the instrument that determines the need for dredging and permits an analysis of the behavior of the port bottom over time, in order to achieve adequate water depth. Satellite data processing to predict environmental parameters is used increasingly. Based on satellite data and using different machine learning algorithm techniques, this study has sought to estimate the seabed in ports, taking into account the fact that the port areas are strongly anthropized areas. The algorithms that were used were Support Vector Machine (SVM), Random Forest (RF) and the Multi-Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS). The study was carried out in the ports of Candás and Luarca in the Principality of Asturias. In order to validate the results obtained, data was acquired in situ by using a single beam provided. The results show that this type of methodology can be used to estimate coastal bathymetry. However, when deciding which system was best, priority was given to simplicity and robustness. The results of the SVM and RF algorithms outperform those of the MARS. RF performs better in Candás with a mean absolute error (MAE) of 0.27 cm, whereas SVM performs better in Luarca with a mean absolute error of 0.37 cm. It is suggested that this approach is suitable as a simpler and more cost-effective rough resolution alternative, for estimating the depth of turbid water in ports, than single-beam sonar, which is labor-intensive and polluting. Full article
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A Live Smart Parking Demonstrator: Architecture, Data Flows, and Deployment
by Moussa Coulibaly, Ahmed Errami, Sofia Belkhala and Hicham Medromi
Energies 2021, 14(7), 1827; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14071827 - 25 Mar 2021
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Smart Parking is essential for any future smart cities due to the tremendous growth of the car fleet. Such infrastructures require a certain amount of equipment. Indeed, smart parking integrates a lot of actors, to manage the parking its equipment must be managed [...] Read more.
Smart Parking is essential for any future smart cities due to the tremendous growth of the car fleet. Such infrastructures require a certain amount of equipment. Indeed, smart parking integrates a lot of actors, to manage the parking its equipment must be managed accordingly. Here, is proposed a distributed architecture to manage them by collecting efficiently their data. Two types of data relating to the parking must be collected: those coming from the deployed equipment in the parking and those coming from the internet due to remote users. Thus, a system of two main servers based on the multi-agent concept is proposed. This system manages the parking platform. The first server is dedicated to the parking equipment data collection (Processing Server–PS). The second server (Processing Web Server–PWS) collects the users’ online data such as reservation, and it is responsible for pricing policies, and receive post-processed data from the Processing Server. The parking equipment integrates a lot of commercial solutions, an intelligent multi-platform application based on this two server philosophy is developed and can be used for parking operation by users and parking managers. The flowcharts of the agents from the two mains servers are presented. These flowcharts are currently used in our demonstrator and still under improvements. Here, we present the architecture (hardware and software) of our smart parking demonstrator developed by our department and suitable for the experimentation of our future work related to this hot topic. Full article
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