RETRACTED ARTICLE: Energy financing for energy retrofit in COVID-19: Recommendations for green bond financing

L Zhang, F Huang, L Lu, X Ni, S Iqbal - Environmental Science and …, 2022 - Springer
The aim of study is to estimate the role of energy financing for energy retrofit in COVID-19,
with the intervening role of green bond financing. For this, Kalman technique is applied to …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging renovation strategies and technical solutions for mass-construction of residential districts built after World War II in Europe

L Lihtmaa, T Kalamees - Energy Strategy Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
While deep energy renovations of buildings have been implemented for over a decade, the
pace and volume of building upgrades are still insufficient to achieve carbon neutrality by …

Cost-effective building renovation at district level combining energy efficiency & renewables–Methodology assessment proposed in IEA EBC Annex 75 and a …

J Terés-Zubiaga, R Bolliger, MG Almeida… - Energy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Building renovation plays a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving
the climate protection goals. The district scale approach is one of the most effective …

[HTML][HTML] Why district renovation is not leading the race? Critical assessment of building renovation potential under different intervention levels

O Husiev, A Campos-Celador, M Álvarez-Sanz… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Building is one of the main sectors in which significant energy savings can be achieved with
a consequent reduction in emissions. This paper assesses the large-scale renovation of …

[HTML][HTML] The sense and non-sense of PEDs—feeding back practical experiences of positive energy district demonstrators into the European PED framework definition …

H Vandevyvere, D Ahlers, A Wyckmans - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
This article discusses early developments of the Positive Energy District (PED) concept, both
in terms of its definition and of its implementation in real world demonstrators. Based on the …

[HTML][HTML] Extending the Application of the Smart Readiness Indicator–A Methodology for the Quantitative Assessment of the Load Shifting Potential of Smart Districts

T Märzinger, D Österreicher - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
In 2018, the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) included for the first
time the application of a smart readiness indicator (SRI). Based on the fact that load shifting …

[HTML][HTML] An ontology to represent geospatial data to support building renovation

M Daneshfar, T Hartmann, J Rabe - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy-efficient building renovation is an inter-disciplinary task and requires investigation
about the building condition in the urban, environmental, and societal context. Existing …

Adoption of energy design strategies for retrofitting mass housing estates in Northern Cyprus

B Ozarisoy, H Altan - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
This research project is undertaken in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). The
objective of the research is to investigate the occupants' behaviour and role in the …

Multi-objective hierarchical strategy for university dorm renovation in severe cold areas

S Yu, Y An, C Shi, A Wang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
In China, there are many old buildings whose renovation could enhance building
environment quality, reduce energy consumption, lower carbon emissions, and create …

Zero-carbon renewal of communities through collaborative retrofitting of multi-scale design elements: A case of Wuhan, China

S Xu, H Zhou, Y Dong, Q He, G Li - Energy and Buildings, 2025 - Elsevier
Zero-carbon renewal of the existing communities is an ideal option for achieving carbon
neutrality in the stock era. However, most of the studies on retrofitting existing communities …