New advancements, challenges and opportunities of multi-storey modular buildings–A state-of-the-art review

W Ferdous, Y Bai, TD Ngo, A Manalo, P Mendis - Engineering structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Modular construction offers faster and safer manufacturing, better predictability to completion
time, superior quality, less workers on site, less resource wastage, and a more …

A review of performance of zero energy buildings and energy efficiency solutions

L Belussi, B Barozzi, A Bellazzi, L Danza… - Journal of building …, 2019 - Elsevier
The enhancement of energy performance of buildings has become a pillar of energy
policies. The main target is the cut of energy consumption to reduce buildings footprint. This …

Ten questions concerning occupant health in buildings during normal operations and extreme events including the COVID-19 pandemic

M Awada, B Becerik-Gerber, S Hoque, Z O'Neill… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, people spent on average around 90% of their time
indoors. Now more than ever, with work-from-home orders in place, it is crucial that we …

Evolution and performance analysis of adaptive thermal comfort models–A comprehensive literature review

R Yao, S Zhang, C Du, M Schweiker, S Hodder… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal comfort is fundamental to indoor environmental design and operation as well as
indoor thermal environment evaluation. This paper has reviewed the historic evolution of …

[HTML][HTML] A review on zero energy buildings–Pros and cons

T Wilberforce, AG Olabi, ET Sayed, K Elsaid… - Energy and Built …, 2023 - Elsevier
Enhancing the energy efficiency of structures has been a staple of energy policies. The key
goal is to slash electricity usage in order to minimize the footprint of houses. This goal is …

Energy efficiency, demand side management and energy storage technologies–A critical analysis of possible paths of integration in the built environment

L Tronchin, M Manfren, B Nastasi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The transition towards energy systems characterized by high share of weather dependent
renewable energy sources poses the problem of balancing the mismatch between inflexible …

Buildings' energy consumption prediction models based on buildings' characteristics: Research trends, taxonomy, and performance measures

AA Al-Shargabi, A Almhafdy, DM Ibrahim… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Building's energy consumption prediction is essential to achieve energy efficiency and
sustain-ability. Building's energy consumption is highly dependent on buildings' …

Feasibility assessment of the carbon emissions peak in China's construction industry: factor decomposition and peak forecast

B Li, S Han, Y Wang, J Li, Y Wang - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The carbon emissions from the construction industry have a significant impact on China's
ability to successfully achieve its 2030 carbon peak target. The paper reports the feasibility …

Comparative whole-building life cycle assessment of renovation and new construction

V Hasik, E Escott, R Bates, S Carlisle, B Faircloth… - Building and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Renovation of existing buildings has been identified as a major strategy for reducing the
environmental impacts associated with building construction. From the perspective of …

[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 …