Submit a Manuscript to the Journal
Architectural Engineering and Design Management

For a Special Issue on
Building Performance Gaps and the Decarbonisation Challenge

Although building designers use energy modelling tools to assess the internal thermal performance of buildings, there is an immense gap between the predicted and actual internal thermal performance of buildings (Lomas & Porritt, 2017). This is because steady-state models cannot fully capture the complexity of a dynamic problem. Further, the results of most modelling studies are influenced by the chosen weather file, internal gains and occupancy profile, which may be significantly different from actual occupancy (Lomas & Porritt, 2017). Inefficient internal thermal performance can also significantly contribute to excessive energy consumption and concomitant anthropogenic emissions – thus, exacerbating global climatic change. It is against this backdrop that this special issue (SI) seeks to examine the latest scientific developments in measuring, modifying or controlling the internal thermal performance of buildings.

Specifically, this SI welcomes contributions to adopt the latest Industry 4.0 innovations including aspects such as:

• digital design using building information modelling (BIM);
• thermal performance prediction using artificial intelligence or machine learning approaches;
• decarbonisation studies;
• simulation case studies;
• technologies applied to reduce anthropogenic emissions; and
• new theory development or other such research that embodies advanced digital technology in practical and impactful solutions.