Special Issue

Selected Papers from the 12th National Conference of IHT

Manuscript Submission Deadline: September 30, 2021 Submit Now

Guest Editors

Thomas Kotsopoulos

Associate Professor at Faculty of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Research Interests: energy saving in agricultural structures; bioenergy; biogas; waste management
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Georgios Martinopoulos

School of Science and Technology, University Center of International Programmes of Studies, International Hellenic University, Greece

Research Interests: Solar Energy Conversion; Building Integrated RES; Energy Efficiency
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Giorgos Panaras

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
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Introduction

The Institute of Solar Technology (IST) is a scientific and educational organisation, established in 1980 and located in Thessaloniki. The IST aims at encouraging research, development and exploitation of Renewable Energy Sources (RES), while establishing international collaborations, as well as proposing more efficient policies for the wider dissemination and implementation of RES.

Within its objectives, IST has already organised twelve successful National Conferences on Renewable Energy Sources; the latest one, in which this special issue is dedicated was organized on April 7th-9th, 2021, as a virtual event.

The Special Issue aims at highlighting the current research and implementation aspects, towards the broader dissemination of RES, including works applying experimental and simulation analysis.

More specifically, the thematic areas of interest are:
1. Solar, wind, hydraulic, geothermal, wave energy - Systems and applications.

2. Biomass, waste and garbage as energy sources.

3. Bioclimatic design and physics of buildings.

4. Energy saving and rational use of energy – nZEBs

5. Energy storage systems.

6. RES and environment.

7. Desalination, air-conditioning, H2 production using RES.

8. Energy smart grids.

9. General issues related to RES, such as energy and climate change, energy climatology, energy policy, energy potential, integration of RES in energy systems, education.

Keywords

RES; energy systems; energy storage; energy production; energy saving; buildings; biomass; desalination; smart grids; environment

Manuscript Submission Information

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor been under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings). All manuscripts will be thoroughly refereed through a single-blinded peer-review process. A guide for manuscript submission is available at Submission Instrctions.

Prospective Papers

Title: Agricultural uses in greenhouse type construction with integrated solar desalination system on the roof

Author: Anastasia Martzopoulou, Vasileios Firfiris, Thomas Kotsopoulos

Title: The hybrid energy station of Sifnos. The development perspectives that open up through energy communities

Author: Dimitris Katsaprakakis, Eirini Dakanali, Giannis Gylis, Apostolos Dimopoulos

Title: Investigation of converting a Health Unit to almost Zero Energy Consumption

Author: Ageliki Pampouka, Argiro Dimoudi, Stamatis Zoras

Published Papers

Technical Note
Smart buildings for smart cities: Analysis of the Smart Readiness Indicator

Stella Athanasaki, Katerina Tsikaloudaki

Green Energy and Sustainability https://doi.org/10.47248/ges2202020005

Received: Sep 29, 2021 | Accepted: Dec 20, 2021 | Published: Apr 6, 2022

Original Research
Simulation and analysis of three, solar assisted, ground source heat pump systems

Georgios Aspetakis, Nikolaos Andritsos

Green Energy and Sustainability https://doi.org/10.47248/ges2202020004

Received: Sep 29, 2021 | Accepted: Jan 27, 2022 | Published: Apr 6, 2022

Original Research
Integration of a solar-powered absorption chiller for performance enhancement of a supermarket CO₂ refrigeration plant

Evangelos Syngounas, Dimitrios Tsimpoukis, Maria K. Koukou, Michail Gr. Vrachopoulos

Green Energy and Sustainability https://doi.org/10.47248/ges2202010003

Received: Sep 29, 2021 | Accepted: Dec 20, 2021 | Published: Jan 20, 2022

Original Research
From the Building to the Building Stock: Investigation of the Transformations of the Building Stock of the City of Athens for its Conversion into a Carbon Neutral City

Eleftheria Alexandri

Green Energy and Sustainability https://doi.org/10.47248/ges2202010002

Received: Sep 30, 2021 | Accepted: Nov 3, 2021 | Published: Jan 20, 2022

Original Research
Development of a computational tool for the design of seawater reverse osmosis desalination systems powered by photovoltaics for crop irrigation

Christos-Spyridon Karavas, Evangelos Dimitriou, Athanasios T. Balafoutis, Dimitris Manolakos, George Papadakis

Green Energy and Sustainability https://doi.org/10.47248/ges2202010001

Received: Sep 30, 2021 | Accepted: Nov 29, 2021 | Published: Jan 20, 2022

Original Research
Analytical model for the simulation of Trombe wall operation with heat storage

Catherine Baxevanou, Dimitrios Fidaros, Aris Tsangrassoulis

Green Energy and Sustainability https://doi.org/10.47248/HKOD902101020007

Received: Sep 27, 2021 | Accepted: Nov 10, 2021 | Published: Dec 17, 2021

Original Research
Design optimization of multi energy systems for domestic hot water uses on the building sector

Vasileios Kilis, Nikolaos Ploskas, Giorgos Panaras

Green Energy and Sustainability https://doi.org/10.47248/HKOD902101020006

Received: Sep 30, 2021 | Accepted: Nov 4, 2021 | Published: Dec 17, 2021

Editorial
Renewable energy sources: prospects and technologies

Giorgos Panaras, Thomas Kotsopoulos, Georgios Martinopoulos

Green Energy and Sustainability https://doi.org/10.47248/HKOD902101020005

Received: Dec 6, 2021 | Accepted: Dec 7, 2021 | Published: Dec 17, 2021