Special issue on Smart energy retrofit of existing buildings and communities
摘要截稿:
全文截稿: 2019-09-30
影响因子: 5.268
期刊难度:
CCF分类: 无
中科院JCR分区:
• 大类 : 工程技术 - 2区
• 小类 : 结构与建筑技术 - 2区
• 小类 : 能源与燃料 - 2区
• 小类 : 绿色可持续发展技术 - 2区
Overview
The building sector contributes to a large proportion of total energy end-use worldwide and most of the energy is consumed by existing buildings. In recent years, the standards promoted by the EPBD contributed towards a continuous increase in buildings energy efficiency. However, the overall improvement in energy efficiency is offset by the low renewal rate of the existing stock (about 1% annually) compared with the target (2.5%) necessary to redevelop the entire building stock by 2050. In addition, the last EPBD recast (2018/844) introduces a "smartness indicator" which will measure the buildings' capacity to use new technologies and electronic systems to optimize their operation and interact with the grid.
In such context, despite undoubtable achievements, retrofit interventions are mostly carried out according to an unbundled and fragmented approach, which results in the mere addition of ameliorative envelope or HVAC solutions rather than in their systemic and effective integration for smart retrofit. Innovations in both technology and application methodologies will be vital in mitigation of the undesired impacts mentioned.
This Special issue aims at finding solutions to shift the identified gaps into opportunities by the development of innovative solutions and systematic methodologies, appropriate for future development in smart retrofit of existing buildings and communities.