Building Energy-Saving Technology

• Other Authors: Lin, Yaolin (Editor), Yang, Wei (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; History of engineering & technology; Environmental science, engineering & technology; hotel energy conservation; TPB; personal norms; past behaviour; self-determination; guest behaviour; pro-environmental behaviour; carbon peak; carbon neutrality; energy consumption; vacuum refrigerator; sealing door; TRNSYS 16; MRT; SET*; surface temperature; latitudes; thermal environment; urban building energy modelling; physical-based bottom-up; building energy use; building types; thermal bridges; thermal transmittance; thermal insulation; passive energy buildings; window; building envelop; solar-assisted heat pump (SAHP); energy efficiency; research and development; China; nZEB buildings; energy codes; building energy models; Código Técnico de la Edificación; thermal waves; comfort; data-driven; electricity consumption; prediction model; gas consumption; building efficiency; energy saving; sustainable building; thermal conductivity; 3D printing; 3D-printed concrete walls; building energy efficiency; passive house; apartment; ventilative cooling; sunshade; structural insulated panels (SIPs); thermal analyses; multi-scale finite element modeling; parametric analysis; emergy; production-living-ecology; human settlement unit; system dynamic; emergy evaluation indices; semitransparent PV; colored PV; BIPV; net-zero energy building; sustainable environment; energy disaggregation; non-intrusive load monitoring; multi-target learning; home energy monitoring; n/a
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Buildings consume about 40% of the global energy. Therefore, the building sector plays a key role in achieving the goals of carbon peak and carbon neutrality. Various energy-saving technologies for buildings, such as building envelops, mechanical systems, and energy resources, have been developed to help to achieve zero- or even net-energy buildings while maintaining comfort and a healthy indoor environment. This Special Issue on building energy-saving technology was open to all contributors in the field of building engineering. The original experimental studies, numerical simulations, and reviews in all aspects of building energy utilization, management, and optimization have been considered. For this event, all of these topics were covered in the extensive submissions which were accepted, but interesting papers on other aspects of building energy efficiency were also received. In this reprint, the main research findings of the accepted papers in the Special Issue, including the energy-saving technologies involved in building envelops, mechanical systems, are summarized, and occupant behaviors, and a number of research questions and research directions are identified.