Cities, the core of the global climate change mitigation and strategic low-carbon
development, are shelters to more than half of the world population and responsible for …

Buildings' energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions are a major global concern.
Healthcare buildings, being crucial to society, pose particular challenges due to their round …

Green retrofit is an effective way of improving the performance of existing buildings to
achieve low energy consumption and low carbon emission. To realize a successful building …

Distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are a low-cost form of renewable energy
technology that has had an exponential rate of uptake globally in the last decade. However …

Abstract Knowledge of the barriers and co** strategies for retrofitting government
buildings for energy efficiency is essential for the success of these types of complex …

Wastewaters generated from hospitals contain pharmaceuticals residues, pathogens,
chemical reagents, radionuclide, and other harmful matter. The wastewater characteristics …

The decision-making on green retrofitting of existing buildings relies on both explicit and
implicit knowledge, and its efficiency and reliability need improvement. Intelligent …

International standards used to carry out building envelope energy audits such as ISO 9869
rely on using heat flux meters (HFM) and temperature sensors on indoor and outdoor walls …

To solve the problems of existing buildings with high energy consumption, the government
has organized for private sectors to implement green retrofits for the Public-Private …

Sustainable retrofit can increase a building's performance and extend its lifetime. Common
sustainable retrofit guides usually ignore the building's indoor environmental quality (IEQ) …