Sustainable Technologies for Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB)
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2021) | Viewed by 512
Special Issue Editors
Interests: smart buildings and cities; renewable energy systems; control systems for zero emission building operations; machine learning and artificial intelligence for the built environment; complex fenestration systems and the influence of building occupants on energy performance
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Interests: sustainable design and construction; historic preservation; urban planning; urban design; structural design; tall building structures; smart buildings and cities
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The 2018 IPCC report highlighted the immense threat of climate change to our planet, possibly leading to irreversible damage to ecosystems by 2030. Given that the built environment is responsible for 30%–40% of energy use, mainly from heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), and associated anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, it is imperative that the built environment be transformed in a sustainable way to use less energy. An ambitious yet necessary goal to set is nearly zero energy buildings that consume very little or no energy at all.
This Special Issue of Sustainability is seeking papers that can demonstrate technologies that can achieve this ambitious goal. Technologies can range from passive to active systems, from hardware developments to intelligent control architectures, and to advanced integrated systems. Owing to different climatic challenges in various regions of the world, we specifically seek contributions from different climatic regions.
Prof. Dr. Zoltan Nagy
Prof. Dr. Juliana Felkner
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable buildings
- climate change
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