Sustainable Building Decarbonization
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 501
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy efficiency of buildings; renovation; NZEB; RES
Interests: environmental assessment (LCA/EPD); assessment of comfort and indoor environmental quality (IEQ); indoor air quality (IAQ); carbon footprint (CF) and economic assessment (LCC); assessment of the thermal and moisture performance of buildings (PMV/PPD)
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Dear Colleagues,
Achieving the global energy and climate goals will be impossible without the sustainable decarbonization of building stock. A large share of existing buildings were built before the first energy efficiency regulations. Many resent country and union policies aiming to achieve a fully decarbonised building stock by 2050. A good example would be the European Union (Energy Performance of Buildings Directive), Japan (Building Energy Efficiency Act), China (General Code for Building Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Utilization) and U.S. (Buildings Decarbonization Blueprint).
The successful implementation of the set goals depends largely on the results of ongoing research. They are the ones that allow us to evaluate the effectiveness of the solutions used, to propose new standards and methodologies, as well as to increase the availability and reliability of data. Particularly important areas seem to be the development of a fast and reliable methodology for identifying buildings with the worst energy performance, increasing the reliability of the data used to calculate the embedded carbon footprint, and obtaining information on the actual energy consumption of buildings in relation to the quality of the indoor environment.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Szymon Firląg
Prof. Dr. Michał Piasecki
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- whole-life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions
- zero-emission building
- cost-optimal level
- indoor environmental quality
- deep renovation
- adaptation to climate change
- energy poverty
- building renovation passport
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