A bibliometric review of green building research 2000–2016

X Zhao, J Zuo, G Wu, C Huang - Architectural Science Review, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This study presents a summary of green building research through a bibliometric approach.
A total of 2980 articles published in 2000–2016 were reviewed and analyzed. The results …

Conceptualising the state of the art of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the construction industry and its nexus to sustainable development

B **a, A Olanipekun, Q Chen, L **e, Y Liu - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a widely embraced social phenomenon and has
attracted increasing research interests in the construction industry recent years. However …

Evolving theories of sustainability and firms: History, future directions and implications for renewable energy research

RD Chang, J Zuo, ZY Zhao, G Zillante, XL Gan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Sustainability has become a critical perspective in managing firms via a holistic approach by
considering economic, environmental and social dimensions of firms. With the rising …

A comprehensive review of obstacles and drivers to building energy-saving technologies and their association with research themes, types of buildings, and …

TM Cristino, FA Lotufo, B Delinchant, F Wurtz… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The building sector has played an important role in energy consumption over the last few
decades, demanding actions to decrease it. A way to reach this goal, without affecting the …

Commercial building energy saver: An energy retrofit analysis toolkit

T Hong, MA Piette, Y Chen, SH Lee, SC Taylor-Lange… - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Small commercial buildings in the United States consume 47% of the total primary energy of
the buildings sector. Retrofitting small and medium commercial buildings poses a huge …

[HTML][HTML] MANGOret: An optimization framework for the long-term investment planning of building multi-energy system and envelope retrofits

I Petkov, G Mavromatidis, C Knoeri, J Allan… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract This study presents MANGOret (Multi-stAge eNerGy Optimization—retrofitting), a
novel optimization framework and model for the long-term investment planning of existing …

Simulation and impact analysis of behavioral and socioeconomic dimensions of energy consumption

A Ghofrani, E Zaidan, A Abulibdeh - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Human-oriented factors present unavoidable challenges and uncertainties in building
energy strategic planning. The uncertainties escalate when the target society is not fully …

Building retrofit hurdle rates and risk aversion in energy efficiency investments

Y Lai, S Papadopoulos, F Fuerst, G Pivo, J Sagi… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite extensive empirical evidence of the environmental benefits of green buildings and
the increasing urgency to reduce carbon emissions in cities, there has been limited …

Barriers to the adoption of energy-efficient technologies in the building sector: A survey of Brazil

TM Cristino, AF Neto, F Wurtz, B Delinchant - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
The building sector is responsible for 51% of the electricity consumed in Brazil, and about
10% of the total greenhouse gas emissions. These numbers continue to grow, despite …

The effect of neighbourhood-level urban form on residential building energy use: A GIS-based model using building energy benchmarking data in Seattle

YJ Ahn, DW Sohn - Energy and Buildings, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite numerous studies on computerised simulations for analysing the relationship
between the physical characteristics of an urban environment and energy consumption in …