[HTML][HTML] Energy efficiency in sustainable buildings: a systematic review with taxonomy, challenges, motivations, methodological aspects, recommendations, and …

FS Hafez, B Sa'di, M Safa-Gamal, YH Taufiq-Yap… - Energy Strategy …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, increasing interest has been shown in targeting energy efficiency as a
roadmap for carbon mitigation, limiting energy use, improving buildings' energy …

A review of carbon footprint reduction in construction industry, from design to operation

B Sizirici, Y Fseha, CS Cho, I Yildiz, YJ Byon - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Construction is among the leading industries/activities contributing the largest carbon
footprint. This review paper aims to promote awareness of the sources of carbon footprint in …

[HTML][HTML] Life-cycle carbon emissions (LCCE) of buildings: implications, calculations, and reductions

Z Huang, H Zhou, Z Miao, H Tang, B Lin, W Zhuang - Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The life-cycle assessment method, which originates from general products and services, has
gradually come to be applied to investigations of the life-cycle carbon emissions (LCCE) of …

The carbon footprint of buildings: A review of methodologies and applications

AE Fenner, CJ Kibert, J Woo, S Morque… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The carbon emissions associated with the built environment represent the dominant fraction
of the total carbon footprint of society. As a result of the intense debate over how to address …

Embodied carbon emissions and mitigation potential in China's building sector: An outlook to 2060

C Zhu, X Li, W Zhu, W Gong - Energy Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
In China's building sector, annual embodied carbon emissions (EC) account for a larger
proportion than operational emissions, unlike in developed economies. Investigating future …

A random forest-based model for the prediction of construction-stage carbon emissions at the early design stage

Y Fang, X Lu, H Li - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions is a major greenhouse gas that causes global warming.
Many researchers in the fields of architecture, engineering, and construction try to measured …

Analysis of the embodied carbon dioxide in the building sector: A case of China

W Zhu, W Feng, X Li, Z Zhang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Many studies and standards in the building sector have often focused on the mitigation of
operational carbon with little consideration of the embodied carbon from buildings. Although …

Multi-energy load forecasting via hierarchical multi-task learning and spatiotemporal attention

C Song, H Yang, J Cai, P Yang, H Bao, K Xu, XB Meng - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate multi-load forecasting is a crucial prerequisite for the steady and effective on-
demand operation of integrated energy systems. Due to the intricate interdependencies …

[HTML][HTML] Towards net zero carbon buildings: Accounting the building embodied carbon and life cycle-based policy design for Greater Bay Area, China

H Liang, X Bian, L Dong - Geoscience Frontiers, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon mitigation of buildings is critical to promote a net-zero society. The international
society has vigorously promoted “Net Zero Carbon Buildings” across the globe, and …

Prediction and scenario simulation of the carbon emissions of public buildings in the operation stage based on an energy audit in **'an, China

J Zhang, Z Yan, W Bi, P Ni, F Lei, S Yao, J Lang - Energy Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The carbon emissions (CEs) of public buildings (PBs) in the operation stage significantly
impact building life cycle assessments (LCA). Energy conservation and carbon reduction …