Dear Colleagues,

We have proposed a Special Issue that may be of interest to you based on your work in the field. As Guest Editors, we cordially invite you to submit a manuscript to the Special Issue “Integration of Renewable Energy in Buildings for Sustainable Development“ to be published in Sustainability (ISSN2071-1050. IF: 3.251), an international, open access journal on all aspects of sustainability and published online by MDPI. The scope of the Special Issue is the Development of Renewable Energy Sources, Performance of Renewable Energy Sources, Integration in Exiting Buildings, and Design Consideration in Buildings for Zero Carbon Emissions.

The sustainability assessment of buildings is becoming necessary for sustainable development, especially in the global construction sector. The main goals of sustainable design are to reduce depletion of critical resources such as energy, water, and raw materials; prevent environmental degradation caused by facilities and infrastructure throughout their lifecycle; and create built environments that are safe, productive, and effectively utilize water and solar energy.

Renewable energy technologies have wide ranging benefits, including economic development and job creation, national security, price stability, and environmental improvement. There is a pressing need to expand the use of onsite renewable energy sources in buildings. In exploring the use of off-site or on-site renewable energy sources for building utilization, designers and decision-makers should take on a number of challenges, such as satisfying the power requirements for buildings, the development of renewable energy sources, and integrating renewable energy with the least possible upgrade costs.

The scope of this Special Issue is to publish novel studies for optimizing the integration of on-site/off-site renewable energy generation and integration in existing/new buildings that overcomes the current limitations while also reducing CO₂ emissions.

As the title explains, the aim of the Special Issue is to identify a pathway to the utilization of renewable energy in buildings to achieve low-carbon energy use, and the scope includes: solar energy, wind energy, ocean energy, biomass, biogas, hydro power, etc.

Dr. Tabish Alam
Dr. Paolo Blecich
Dr. Md Irfanul Haque Siddiqui
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• smart grid
• renewable energy
• green buildings
• sustainable
• renewable energy sources development