Under China's national strategy of carbon neutrality by 2060, it is urgently necessary and
challenging for the governments to proactively explore policy tools to facilitate energy …

Abstract The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on the 11th
of March 2020, but the world is still reeling from its aftermath. Originating from China, cases …

Solar cells are considered as one of the prominent sources of renewable energy suitable for
large-scale adoption in a carbon-constrained world and can contribute to reduced reliance …

Energy retrofit and renovation of existing buildings have an effective role in reducing carbon
dioxide emissions and ultimately global warming. Therefore, there is an increasing interest …

Non-domestic buildings contribute 20% of the UK's annual carbon emissions. A contribution
exacerbated by its ageing stock of which only 7% is considered new-build. Consequently …

Measuring the performance of environmentally sustainable supply chains instead of chain
constitute has become a challenge despite the convergence of the underlining principles of …

Value Engineering (VE) is a process where building materials, systems or design strategies
are substituted to reduce capital costs without negatively impacting functionality. This …

The rising cost of energy and concerns about the environmental impact of manufacturing
processes have necessitated the need for more efficient and sustainable manufacturing. The …

As of 2021 all new buildings within the European Union will be nearly Zero Energy Buildings
(NZEB). Different plans are being promoted by member states to reach this goal, to increase …

The increasing awareness of the environmental and health threats of lead as well as
environmental legislation, both in the EU and around the world targeted at decreasing the …