Techno-economic approaches largely avoid delineating necessary energy uses or
questioning how excessive lifestyle expectations may curtail attempts to achieve ambitious …

A balanced approach that integrates renewables, energy efficiency, and energy sufficiency
is essential for achieving climate neutrality and sustainability. Residential buildings are …

In an era of dramatic environmental change, social change is desperately needed to curb
burgeoning consumption. Many calls to action have focused on individual behaviour or …

Housing plays a significant role in impelling demand for natural resources and driving
economic growth in high-income countries. Public policies, commercial prerogatives, and …

Achieving net zero life cycle energy and greenhouse gas emissions buildings is rare. This
would entail not only covering operational energy use, but also embodied energy and …

Achieving net zero operational and embodied greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the built
environment is recognised in Australia and globally as a key strategy to address climate …

In several areas of the world, the population concentrates along the coastal regions,
benefitting from the sea breeze, with warmer inland areas. However, increasing population …

Renovation/retrofit is a key policy measure to reduce energy and emissions in existing
residential stock. Existing approaches are typically based on assumptions about individual …

House size has significantly increased over the recent decades in many countries. Larger
houses often have a higher life cycle energy demand due to their increased use of materials …

In housing policy, social and environmental targets often appear to be in conflict. This article
examines to which degree the rising sustainability strategy 'sufficiency'has the potential to …