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Advances in Materials, Technologies and Controls for Sustainable Buildings

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "G: Energy and Buildings".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2022) | Viewed by 7088

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Geun Young Yun

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Department of Architectural Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea
Interests: occupant behavior and comfort; building energy and environmental performance; performance prediction and control; IoT-based building control; deep learning for buildings; urban heat islands; climate change; architectural lighting; renewable energy
Prof. Dr. Seung Hyun Cha

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Department of Interior Architecture Design, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
Interests: future cities; IOT/AR/VR; digital twin; smart design; human behavior
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Providing comfortable indoor conditions is a primary function of buildings, and a large amount of energy is consumed to maintain indoor comfort conditions. For example, the building sector accounts for about 30% of the total energy consumption in the world. Therefore, there have been large efforts to reduce energy consumption by developing new materials and technologies for buildings. They include advances in passive measures (e.g., superinsulation, airtightness envelopes, high-performance windows, daylight harvesting systems, phase change materials, etc.) and active systems (e.g., energy-efficient heating, ventilating, and air-conditions systems; on-site renewable energy generation; innovative electrical lighting; energy storage systems; etc.). New materials and technologies are indispensable for the design and operation of sustainable buildings which are energy efficient without sacrificing occupant comfort.

The main aim of this Special Issue is to provide a platform for a wide range of professionals to understand and discuss the major challenges and recent advancements in materials and technologies in sustainable buildings.

Prof. Geun Young Yun
Prof. Dr. Seung Hyun Cha
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Advances in materials and technologies in natural and electrical lighting
  • New and advanced materials and technologies in heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems
  • Energy storage systems including phase change materials and batteries
  • Modelling of advanced materials and technologies in buildings
  • New challenges in the design of sustainable buildings
  • Advanced control for heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems
  • New findings on occupant comforts and energy performance in buildings
  • Advances in on-site renewable energy generation
  • Advances in air-tightness modelling and measurement in buildings.

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Single Source Multi-Frequency AC-AC Converter for Induction Cooking Applications
by Pradeep Vishnuram, Suchitra Dayalan, Sudhakar Babu Thanikanti, Karthik Balasubramanian and Benedetto Nastasi
Energies 2021, 14(16), 4799; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en14164799 - 06 Aug 2021
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In recent years, induction heating (IH) applications aided by electronic power control have gained significance. Particularly, for cooking applications, an appropriate control technique is required to feed power from a single source to multiple loads with minimum switching losses. Additionally, when multiple loads [...] Read more.
In recent years, induction heating (IH) applications aided by electronic power control have gained significance. Particularly, for cooking applications, an appropriate control technique is required to feed power from a single source to multiple loads with minimum switching losses. Additionally, when multiple loads are used, it requires independent control and operation for each of the loads. The main idea of this work is to develop a single-stage AC-AC converter topology to feed power to multiple loads independently with a single source, with a reduced number of switching devices and with minimum switching losses. The proposed topology uses a frequency bifurcation concept to feed power to multiple loads by placing the transmitting coil and work coil at a distance of 3 cm. The source is resonated at a 25 kHz switching frequency, with the designed bifurcated frequencies of 20 kHz and 33 kHz. The resonant capacitors are appropriately chosen to operate at those frequencies. For real-time applications, simultaneous and independent power control are inevitable in multi load-fed IH applications. This is achieved through a pulse density modulation scheme with minimum switching losses. The simulation of the proposed system is performed in MATLAB/Simulink, and also the 1 kW system is validated using a PIC16F877A microcontroller. The real-time thermal variation in the load is also recorded using a FLIR thermal imager. The experimental and simulation results are observed, and the obtained efficiency of the system is plotted for various duty cycles of pulse density modulation control. Full article
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Development of Air Flow Rate Prediction Model Using Multiple Regression in VAV Terminal Unit
by Hyo-Jun Kim, Ji-Hyun Shin, Jae Hun Jo and Young-Hum Cho
Energies 2020, 13(10), 2667; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en13102667 - 25 May 2020
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Accurate measurement of air flow rate is essential in automatic building control using the variable air volume (VAV) system. In order to solve the problems of the existing air flow measurement method and improve the accuracy of air flow control, this study developed [...] Read more.
Accurate measurement of air flow rate is essential in automatic building control using the variable air volume (VAV) system. In order to solve the problems of the existing air flow measurement method and improve the accuracy of air flow control, this study developed a data-based multiple regression air flow prediction model. The independent variables used in the development of the predictive model were selected as the factors used for control and monitoring when operating with variable air flow rate in the existing air conditioning system. Data collection and correlation between independent variables and air flow rate of the terminal unit were analyzed. Using the IBM SPSS statistics version 25, an air flow rate prediction model was developed using multiple regression analysis. Reliability of model was evaluated by comparing the measured airflow. The relative error of −9.3% to 10.4% is shown when comparing the estimated air flow rate by the developed model with the measured air flow rate. Full article
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Assessing the Importance of Biomass-Based Heating Systems for More Sustainable Buildings: A Case Study Based in Spain
by Juan E. Pardo, Ana Mejías and Antonio Sartal
Energies 2020, 13(5), 1025; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en13051025 - 25 Feb 2020
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Climate change, other environmental impacts due to increased energy use worldwide, and the exhaustion of energy resources are some of the major challenges facing today’s society. Considering this, this paper assesses the importance of biomass-based heating and hot-water systems in the achievement of [...] Read more.
Climate change, other environmental impacts due to increased energy use worldwide, and the exhaustion of energy resources are some of the major challenges facing today’s society. Considering this, this paper assesses the importance of biomass-based heating and hot-water systems in the achievement of more sustainable buildings. Using a simplified calculation method, we jointly analyzed the potential operational cost savings and reduction of CO2 emissions that would be achieved when the traditional energy model, based on the use of fossil fuels, is replaced by biomass-based heating systems. Evidence stems from a case study in public buildings in the province of Pontevedra, in the northwest of Spain. The results of this research not only show a huge impact on CO2 emission reduction just by adapting the kind of fuel use, but also considerable annual cost reduction without compromising activity development and workers’ comfort. Thus, the findings obtained should encourage governments to support the transition toward cleaner sources of energy, acting as first movers toward a locally produced and renewable-based energy supply. Full article
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