advanced solar technologies in buildings
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Advanced Solar Technologies in Buildings
De Rosa, M., Conti, P., Mahmoudi, Y., & Bianco, V. (2019). Advanced Solar Technologies in Buildings.International Journal of Photoenergy, [1709375]. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/1709375
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EditorialAdvanced Solar Technologies in Buildings
Mattia De Rosa ,1 Paolo Conti,2 Yasser Mahmoudi,3 and Vincenzo Bianco4
1UCD Energy Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland2Department of Energy, Systems, Territory and Constructions Engineering (DESTEC), University of Pisa, Italy3School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT95AG, UK4DIME/TEC, Division of Thermal Energy and Environmental Conditioning, University of Genoa, Genoa 16145, Italy
Correspondence should be addressed to Mattia De Rosa; [email protected]
Received 17 June 2019; Accepted 19 June 2019; Published 4 July 2019
Copyright © 2019 Mattia De Rosa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License,which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The global growth of energy demand is putting pressure onestablishing regulatory frameworks aimed at reducing thecarbon footprint of our societies, thus mitigating the cli-mate change. For instance, one of the main targets of theEuropean Union’s energy policies is the reduction of green-house emissions by 80-95% by 2050 [1]. Such decarbonisa-tion process, as envisioned by most researchers and policymakers, requires policies promoting investments to supportnew low-carbon solutions, efficiency measures, and peoplebehavioural changes.
Renewable energies are recognised as one of the mostimportant pillars for achieving a more sustainable society.A recent report by the International Renewable EnergyAgency (IRENA) indicates that the share of renewable energyin the power sector would increase from 25% in 2017 to 85%by 2050, mostly through growth in wind and solar powergeneration [2]. Therefore, greater efforts should be made toachieve a higher and widespread penetration of renewablesin all economic sectors.
In this context, solar energy has been the subject ofintense research and development efforts thanks to its prom-ising and unmatched resource potential, which led to a largediffusion as residential, commercial, and industrial solarappliances over the last few decades. Among others, build-ings represent an important sector for solar energy technolo-gies, since they are responsible for about 39% of the total
primary energy consumption [3]. Therefore, the integrationof solar technologies in buildings, such as advanced solarthermal collectors, photovoltaic (PV) and hybrid PV systems,the use of photoactive materials, solar cooling and passivesolar systems, and energy storage, may lead to significant pri-mary energy savings and carbon emission reduction.
Further research opportunities are still growing, lookingat novel building applications where advanced materialdevices, integrated system configurations, design and man-agement strategies, novel modelling, and assessment tech-niques are adopted. On the other hand, making solarenergy cost-effective and market ready technologies requiresthe adoption of innovative modelling approaches and quan-titative assessment procedures capable of (i) reducing theenvironmental and cost impacts of appliance production,installation, and disposal processes (i.e., life-cycle analysis-LCA), (ii) allowing the integration with existing facilitiesand infrastructures, and (iii) providing technical and eco-nomic optimisation of design and management, includingcontrol algorithms and smart grid integration.
This special issue is an attempt to collect articles onadvanced solar technologies for building applications. Itincludes numerical and experimental works on photovoltaicsystems and their integration at building level, novel solarconcentrators, hybrid thermal-power systems, and energystorage coupled with thermal solar systems.
HindawiInternational Journal of PhotoenergyVolume 2019, Article ID 1709375, 2 pageshttps://doi.org/10.1155/2019/1709375
Conflicts of Interest
The editors declare that they have no conflicts of interestregarding the publication of this special issue.
Mattia De RosaPaolo Conti
Yasser MahmoudiVincenzo Bianco
References
[1] European Commission, “2050 Energy Strategy. Online Report,”June 2019, https://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/topics/energy-623strategy-and-energy-union/2050-energy-strategy.
[2] International Energy Agency, “Renewable 2018 –market analy-sis and forecast from 2018 to 2023. Report,” 2018.
[3] International Energy Agency, “Transition to sustainable build-ings. Strategies and opportunities to 2050,” Technical Report,International Energy Agency, 2013.
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