Advances in the research of building energy saving

CZ Li, L Zhang, X Liang, B **ao, VWY Tam, X Lai… - Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Effectively controlling and reducing the energy consumption of buildings is the global focus.
A considerable variety of research on building energy saving (BES) had been raised in the …

Measures, benefits, and challenges to retrofitting existing buildings to net zero carbon: A comprehensive review

LNK Weerasinghe, A Darko, APC Chan, KB Blay… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
Net Zero carbon (NZC) retrofitting of existing buildings contributes to improving the building
occupant's well-being, addressing carbon footprint directly and is key to solving the global …

[HTML][HTML] Net-zero-energy buildings or zero-carbon energy systems? How best to decarbonize Germany's thermally inefficient 1950s-1970s-era apartments

R Galvin - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
A popular idea for reducing CO2 emissions from existing buildings is to renovate them to
“net-zero-energy” standard. In Europe this usually involves increasing the energy-efficiency …

[HTML][HTML] Policy pressure to retrofit Germany's residential buildings to higher energy efficiency standards: a cost-effective way to reduce CO2 emissions?

R Galvin - Building and environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Germany's climate goals require over 75% of its housing stock to be retrofitted for energy
efficiency. An important question for Germany and other countries is, what minimum energy …

[HTML][HTML] The relational dimensions of renovation: Implications for retrofit policy

E Bolton, R Bookbinder, L Middlemiss, S Hall… - Energy Research & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Retrofitting the UK's housing stock is essential if the UK is to meet its climate commitments.
Wider research has addressed how weaknesses in the drafting and implementation of …

Irrational homeowners? How aesthetics and heritage values influence thermal retrofit decisions in the United Kingdom

M Sunikka-Blank, R Galvin - Energy Research & Social Science, 2016 - Elsevier
In order to reduce CO2 emissions in line with UK policy, existing UK homes need to be
retrofitted to high thermal standards. A large proportion of these homes have traditional or …

[HTML][HTML] The sustainable housing question: On the role of interpersonal, impersonal and professional trust in low-carbon retrofit decisions by homeowners

M De Wilde - Energy Research & Social Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Trust is critical for facilitating energy transitions in both general and market exchange, and
most particularly in consumer engagement. However, little research has been done to …

Building energy efficiency: A research branch made of paradoxes

S Copiello - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The literature dealing with building energy efficiency has long since debated about the
possible occurrence of the so-called Jevons' paradox. In a nutshell, benefiting from energy …

Actors behaving badly: Exploring the modelling of non-optimal behaviour in energy transitions

FGN Li - Energy Strategy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
There are real political and social barriers to climate mitigation that arise from multi-actor
dynamics and micro-economic decisions. Exploratory analysis that captures key …