About this Research Topic
However, in light of the emergence of smart buildings and cities, the integration to balance the demand and supply sides of energy systems still remains a challenge and a complex task, due to multiplicity of the involved decision variables, fluctuating nature of energy demand, uncertainties on the supply side, and variability of technologies, cost and scale. Recent advances in emerging fields of energy management systems (EMS), artificial intelligence (AI), electrical vehicle (EV), and Virtual Power Plant (VPP), may provide promising solutions for tackling the aforementioned complexities and poor sustainability. Especially, emerging technologies of data collection and analysis, as well as smart technologies based on recent advancements in hardware and software for efficient energy management at building, district, and city scales.
Considering the interest of this topic, we are organizing a Special Issue entitled “Sustainable Energy Management Solutions for Low-carbon Smart Cities and Buildings”, aimed at reporting the most recent new finding from researchers and sector professionals, in the scope of the following themes. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
- Advanced automation and control technologies for sustainable smart buildings and cities
- Demand response for automation and controls in smart buildings and cities
- Sustainable infrastructure for low-carbon smart buildings and cities
- Energy management technologies for sustainable smart buildings and cities
- Intelligent lighting for automation and controls in smart buildings
- IoT and cloud systems for efficient smart buildings and cities
- Data-driven algorithms for smart buildings and cities
- Applications of machine learning technologies in smart buildings and cities
- Advanced communication technologies for smart buildings and cities
- Energy-efficient schemes for low-carbon smart buildings and cities
- Real-time energy consumption predictions for smart buildings and cities
- Renewable energy integration for sustainability of smart buildings and cities
- Emerging privacy-preserving/security technologies in smart buildings and cities
Keywords: Smart Building, Smart City, Low-carbon, Energy Efficiency, Sustainability, Automatic Control, Demand Response, Energy Management, IoT, AI
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