Prioritizing barriers and develo** mitigation strategies toward net-zero carbon building sector

E Ohene, APC Chan, A Darko - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Net-zero carbon building (NZCB) has been recognized as a viable solution for reducing
carbon emissions in the building sector. However, its uptake within the industry has been …

A review of hierarchical control for building microgrids

DY Yamashita, I Vechiu, JP Gaubert - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Building microgrids have emerged as an advantageous alternative for tackling
environmental issues while enhancing the electricity distribution system. However …

Reducing building life cycle carbon emissions through prefabrication: Evidence from and gaps in empirical studies

Y Teng, K Li, W Pan, T Ng - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of prefabrication for building has many benefits, including improved construction
process efficiency and reduced waste and environmental effects over a building's life cycle …

Moving toward net zero carbon buildings to face Global Warming: A narrative review

D Tirelli, D Besana - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increase in global surface temperatures will surpass the 2° C target set by the Paris
Agreement unless carbon emissions are lowered to zero by 2050. To date, the building …

[HTML][HTML] Framework for standardising carbon neutrality in building projects

J Too, OA Ejohwomu, FKP Hui, C Duffield… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The construction industry accounts for approximately 40% of the global carbon emissions
and is the largest consumer of materials and energy. Given the Paris Agreement target …

A systematic investigation into the methodological variables of embodied carbon assessment of buildings

W Pan, Y Teng - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Embodied carbon accounts for an increasing share of the life cycle emissions of new
buildings. Despite many studies have been prompted to analyze buildings' embodied …

Construction professionals' perspectives on drivers and barriers of sustainable construction

S Tokbolat, F Karaca, S Durdyev, RK Calay - Environment, Development …, 2020 - Springer
With the associated environmental challenges and unsustainable patterns of construction,
there is also notable awareness and willingness among the state bodies to adopt …

Impact of agricultural land use and economic growth on nitrous oxide emissions: Evidence from developed and develo** countries

A Haider, A Bashir, MI ul Husnain - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) establishes a hypothetical link between economic
growth and environmental degradation and has been tested empirically using various …

Rethinking system boundaries of the life cycle carbon emissions of buildings

W Pan, K Li, Y Teng - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
There is a strong consensus that carbon emissions attributed to buildings are a major
contributor to global warming. Reducing buildings' carbon emissions becomes a matter of …

The turning points of carbon Kuznets curve: evidences from panel and time-series data of 164 countries

C Shuai, X Chen, L Shen, L Jiao, Y Wu… - Journal of cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
With the dramatic economic development, global warming caused by carbon emission has
become increasingly serious, and carbon emission reduction therefore comes to be the …