Modeling urban building energy use: A review of modeling approaches and procedures

W Li, Y Zhou, K Cetin, J Eom, Y Wang, G Chen… - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
With rapid urbanization and economic development, the world has been experiencing an
unprecedented increase in energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions …

Did electrification of the building sector achieve carbon mitigation? A provincial retrospection in China

R Chen, P Xu, L Chen, H Yao - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Electrification of end-use energy consuming sectors is becoming a widespread choice to
combat climate change, yet the decarbonization of electricity determines the quality of …

Pathway for decarbonizing residential building operations in the US and China beyond the mid-century

S Zhang, N Zhou, W Feng, M Ma, X **ang, K You - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
With global carbon budget targets looming, residential buildings in top economies must
become carbon neutral as soon as possible to reserve more emission space for emerging …

Timetable and roadmap for achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality of China's building sector

T Huo, Q Du, L Xu, Q Shi, X Cong, W Cai - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon mitigation effectiveness in the building sector profoundly determines the
achievement of the “Dual carbon” target. However, the timetable and roadmap for the …

Toward carbon free by 2060: a decarbonization roadmap of operational residential buildings in China

C Zou, M Ma, N Zhou, W Feng, K You, S Zhang - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Restraining the rapid growth of operational carbon emissions from residential buildings is
critical to achieve carbon neutrality. To illustrate the future decarbonization roadmap, this …

Modeling carbon emission trend in China's building sector to year 2060

K You, H Ren, W Cai, R Huang, Y Li - Resources, Conservation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mitigating carbon emissions of China's building sector can significantly contribute toward
realizing China's climate goals of achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality. To …

China's commercial building carbon emissions toward 2060: An integrated dynamic emission assessment model

T Huo, L Xu, B Liu, W Cai, W Feng - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon-mitigation in the commercial building sector is critical to carbon peaking and carbon
neutral commitment. However, there has been little scientific focus on long-term evolutionary …

Dynamic scenario simulations of carbon emission peak in China's city-scale urban residential building sector through 2050

T Huo, L Xu, W Feng, W Cai, B Liu - Energy Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding future trajectory of urban residential building carbon emissions (URBCE) is
essential to seeking effective carbon-abatement pathways to combat climate change …

Development of bottom-up model to estimate dynamic carbon emission for city-scale buildings

J Yang, Z Deng, S Guo, Y Chen - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The building sector plays a key role in achieving the goal of carbon neutrality while
understanding the carbon emission trend of building stock at the city-level is challenging …

Costs and health benefits of the rural energy transition to carbon neutrality in China

T Ma, S Zhang, Y **ao, X Liu, M Wang, K Wu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The rural energy transition is critical in China's efforts to achieve carbon neutrality and
improve air quality. However, the costs and health benefits associated with the transition to …