Evaluation of Energy Efficiency and Flexibility in Smart Buildings 2021
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "G: Energy and Buildings".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 594
Special Issue Editor
2. KU Leuven, Department of Mechanical Engineering, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
Interests: demand side management; heat pumps; energy efficiency; renewable energy; energy transition; energy flexibility
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is a continuation of the previous successful Special Issue "Evaluation of Energy Efficiency and Flexibility in Smart Buildings". You can find the information and published papers of the previous Special Issue at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/special_issues/evaluation_efficiency_flexibility_buildings
On behalf of Energies, I would like to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue “Evaluation of Energy Efficiency and Flexibility in Smart Buildings 2021”. Buildings’ energy demand and huge energy flexibility potential make them a strategic instrument to improve the efficiency of the overall energy system. This potential impact of the built environment is not yet fully developed and exploited and we, as researchers, can contribute to increasing the general awareness on achievable benefits. In particular, energy efficiency and energy flexibility potential need to be quantified and possible means to unlock such potential need to be disclosed. Particularly relevant is research activity on devices and control strategies that make a building “behave in a smart manner”.
This Special Issue will include articles on, but not limited to, the following areas: energy efficient solutions, new refurbishment technologies, demand side management strategies, renewable energies integration, energy storage, and optimal control.
I look forward to receiving your contribution.
Prof. Dr. Alessia Arteconi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- energy efficiency
- energy flexibility
- optimal control
- demand side management
- smart buildings
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