Eco-Friendly Materials for Energy Efficiency in Building and Devices
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction and Building Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 December 2022) | Viewed by 2388
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Interests: energy materials; Pb-free electrical interconnect; rapid solidification; thermal processing; structure–property
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Interests: sustainable structures and materials; building energy efficiency; timber structures and timber composites; timber durability; bamboo composites; GFRP-reinforced concrete; recycled materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The conversion of energy to work is the ultimate aim of all machines and devices. Sustainable energy sources are now of key importance in engineering practice aimed at minimizing losses and ensuring efficient conversion of primary energy to functional work. Energy consumption in buildings is primarily related to heating and cooling functions. Preventing losses are, therefore, directly related to effective insulations that thermally isolate the building. Material choices for insulation are usually targeted at achieving high thermal resistance. Since the primary aim is to reduce energy consumption, it naturally defaults to seeking materials that are eco-friendly in the theme of “Saving the earth, not at the expense of hurting the earth”. Therefore, in this Special Issue, we seek to address eco-friendly materials and devices to address strategies to achieve energy efficiency in buildings and devices.
We welcome papers with an ecofriendly theme or approach that considers the choice of eco-friendly materials or designs in building construction, design, materials selection, and applications in engineering devices.
Dr. Ayodele Olofinjana
Dr. Christophe Gerber
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- eco-friendly
- insulations
- greenhouse gas (GHG)
- energy saving
- R-value
- bio-materials
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