Soumia Mounir^1,2,3,*, Youssef Maaloufa^1,2,3, Abdelhamid Khabbazi², Elina Mohd Husini⁴, Nurul Syala Abdul Latip⁴, Yakubu Aminu Dodo^5,6, Rime EL Harrouni^2,7, Mina Amazal³, Asma Souidi³, Malika Atigui³, Ahmed Aharoune³

Energy Engineering, Vol.122, No.1, pp. 41-62, 2025, DOI:10.32604/ee.2024.057125 - 27 December 2024

Abstract A clean environment with low carbon emissions is the goal of research on the development of green and sustainable buildings that use bio-sourced materials in conjunction with solar energy to create more sustainable cities. This is particularly true in Africa, where there aren’t many studies on the topic. The current study suggests a 90 m² model of a sustainable building in a dry climate that is movable to address the issue of housing in remote areas, ensures comfort in harsh weather conditions, uses solar renewable resources—which are plentiful in Africa—uses bio-sourced materials, and examines how these… More > Graphic Abstract

Mingguan Zhao^1,4, Lida Liao^2,*, Penglong Liang¹, Meng Li¹, Xinsheng Dong¹, Yang Yang¹, Hongxia Wang¹, Zhenhao Zhang³

Energy Engineering, Vol.121, No.8, pp. 2313-2330, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ee.2024.048261 - 19 July 2024

Abstract The rapid growth of distributed renewable energy penetration is promoting the evolution of the energy system toward decentralization and decentralized and digitized smart grids. This study was based on energy blockchain, and developed a dual-biding mechanism based on the real-time energy surplus and demand in the local smart grid, which is expected to enable reliable, affordable, and clean energy supply in smart communities. In the proposed system, economic benefits could be achieved by replacing fossil-fuel-based electricity with the high penetration of affordable solar PV electricity. The reduction of energy surplus realized by distributed energy production More >