Journal Scope, Topics and Associate Editors
The Journal accepts articles on a wide range of renewable energy and energy efficiency topics, but especially welcomes submissions on new and innovative energy sustainability areas.
The Journal topics are covered by a number of Associate Editors, each of whom is an expert in a different area. The Associate Editors and their areas are described below.
If you wish to submit a paper to the Journal but it is in an area not apparently covered by one of our Associate Editors please contact us.
Sustainable Buildings: Science and Technology
Associate Editor: John Littlewood, Cardiff Metropolitan University
This topic is about the application and use of science and technology for the assessment and monitoring of the environmental performance of sustainable buildings, their systems and controls. In particular, papers are invited that document theoretical, applied research and case studies from the design, construction, refurbishment or retrofitting, commissioning and operation of sustainable buildings.
Topics include: modelling, physical monitoring methods and enhancements, thermography, air tightness testing, handover and walk through analysis, occupant, design team and building owner interviews, comparison of methodologies, comparison of design with construction and operation, education and training, interrogation of design details for buildings, controls and systems, validation of building design and modelling with performance in use - through physical assessment and / or interviews.
Smart Energy
Associate Editor: Catalina Spataru, University College London, UK
Topics: Smart grids, smart buildings, smart cities; application of intelligent systems to renewable energy and energy efficiency; micro grids; smart energy management and control system; energy storage solutions; optimisation, automation and controls challenges in combination with the grid restrictions for operability and overall system integration; configuration, control and management of smart grids.
Wind, Marine and Hybrid Energy Systems
Associate Editors: Aziz Naamane and Nacer M’Sirdi, Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Information et des Systèmes, Marseilles, France
Topics: On-shore and off-shore wind energy, micro-wind systems. Wave power and tidal energy systems. Wind and wave energy system design, installation, operation, performance, optimisation and control. Resource assessment, aerofoil aerodynamics, blade fatigue, wind field simulation, wind power meteorology, computational fluid dynamics. Electrical engineering of renewable energy generation systems, dynamics, power electronics and controls, generators, grid connection, inverters. Hybrid energy systems with multiple renewable sources; combined heat and power; district heating systems. Small, hybrid and autonomous systems and applications such as pumping, heating, and water desalination.
Solar Energy
Associate Editor: Mahieddine Emziane, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Topics: Photovoltaic energy generation, thermal photovoltaics, solar thermal, concentrated photovoltaics and their various technologies and applications including integration into the built environment. Science, engineering and innovation in solar energy will be emphasized, but other important aspects for the promotion of solar energy and its large-scale deployment, including economics, policy and environment will also be covered.
Energy Efficiency through Information and Communication Technology
General Editor: Anne Hakansson, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
Topics: Techniques and application of information and communication technology; intelligent systems: sensing, control, optimisation and modelling techniques to sustainability; intelligent systems for environmental assessment, as well as, sustainability; green ICT; smart monitoring, control and optimisation using intelligent systems; governance, policy, and future trends.
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