Exploiting the Potential of Passive Envelope Technologies for Improving the Building Thermal Performance in the Warm Season
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 596
Special Issue Editors
Interests: building energy saving; HVAC efficiency; experimental analysis; innovative materials; historic buildings; dynamic simulation; local energy planning; sustainable building sector; Life cycle Assessment (LCA); nearly zero energy buildings (nZEBs)
Interests: energy retrofit; simulation; educational buildings; cost-optimal; cool roof; green roof; thermal insulation; phase change materials; vented façade; green walls; thermal behavior; urban quality; building performance; sustainability; building simulation
Interests: building energy performance; passive building envelope solutions; renewable energy systems; nearly zero energy buildings (nZEBs); building design and control optimization; thermal comfort and environmental quality; optimization and simulation; innovative materials for sustainable construction; experimental assessment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The optimization of building envelope thermal performances is the starting point for achieving an efficient and resilient built environment, by considering both building envelope and energy systems, aiming at a zero-emission target, as prescribed by the various countries and international bodies for the next future. The energy demand of the building and construction sectors, that presently is one-third of global final energy consumption, will increase due to the growth of population and the increasing use of energy systems and energy-consuming devices, and because of the increased demands of developing countries, mainly for the space cooling energy request. On the other hand, the economic crisis that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic strongly affected the construction sector. In several countries, to boost construction activity, economic financing plans and policies have been put in place.
In this frame and thinking of future scenarios, the investigation of innovative building envelope solutions that can improve the performance of buildings during the warm season becomes incumbent and indispensable. This Special Issue focuses on passive building technologies aiming to optimize building thermal behavior and envelope energy balance, thus considering evaporative, convective, and radiative cooling effects, contextualized with respect to the indoor needs and the outdoor environment. For instance, the potential of phase change materials, cool coatings, green roofs and walls, shading systems, photochromic thermochromic glasses, vented facades, adaptive or responsive building elements and so on can be usefully exploited, standing alone or in an integrated and systemic way, by using numerical evaluation methods or experimental analysis (in-field or in-lab).
The research fields of this Special Issue of the journal Sustainability are useful for systematizing a series of punctual information available in the scientific literature and worthy to be deepened. They will be useful for outlining common guidelines for architects, engineers and building designers and for identifying new variables for the implementation of smart and sustainable cities.
Dr. Rosa Francesca De Masi
Dr. Margherita Mastellone
Dr. Silvia Ruggiero
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- evaporative cooling
- convective cooling
- radiative cooling
- passive building solutions
- innovative materials
- cool materials
- phase change materials
- shading systems
- photochromic glasses
- thermochromic glasses
- vented facades, adaptive facades
- responsive building elements
