[HTML][HTML] Geothermal energy at different depths for district heating and cooling of existing and future building stock

D Romanov, B Leiss - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent developments in the building sector, district heating and cooling (DHC) field, and
geothermal technology are reported here, which indicate the trends and efforts to more …

Towards a dramatic reduction in the European Natural Gas consumption: Italy as a case study

LM Pastore, GL Basso, L de Santoli - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent months, gas prices have reached unprecedented levels, hurting the European
economy and exacerbating energy poverty conditions. This paper deals with investigating …

Significance of occupancy patterns and habitual household adaptive behaviour on home-energy performance of post-war social-housing estate in the South-eastern …

B Ozarisoy, H Altan - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The concept of retrofitting is an important milestone in the evolutionary development toward
upgrading the energy efficiency of residential buildings. Various policy instruments have …

Investigating pathways to a net-zero emissions building sector in the European Union: what role for the energy efficiency first principle?

T Mandel, L Kranzl, E Popovski, F Sensfuß, A Müller… - Energy Efficiency, 2023 - Springer
European Union (EU) legislation is increasingly embracing the energy efficiency first (EE1st)
principle. This principle seeks to prioritise energy efficiency measures whenever these …

[HTML][HTML] System-level effects of increased energy efficiency in global low-carbon scenarios: A model comparison

F Dalla Longa, P Fragkos, LP Nogueira… - Computers & Industrial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Supporting investments in energy efficiency is considered a robust strategy to achieve a
successful transition to low-carbon energy systems in line with the Paris Agreement …

Rethinking the role of efficiency for the decarbonization of buildings is essential

A Levesque, S Osorio, S Herkel, M Pahle - Joule, 2023 - cell.com
Antoine Levesque is a postdoctoral researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact
research (PIK), where he started working in 2014. His research focuses on the …

[HTML][HTML] The economic losses of energy-efficiency renovation of Germany's older dwellings: The size of the problem and the financial challenge it presents

R Galvin - Energy Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Germany has ambitious goals to steeply increase the thermal energy efficiency of its older
residential buildings, to reduce CO2 emissions and bring heating costs down, especially for …

How cost-efficient is energy efficiency in buildings? A comparison of building shell efficiency and heating system change in the European building stock

M Hummel, A Müller, S Forthuber, L Kranzl, B Mayr… - Energy Efficiency, 2023 - Springer
Mitigating CO2 emissions for space heating (SH) and hot water (HW) preparation in
buildings is key to reaching climate protection targets. In this context, it is important to …

[HTML][HTML] Analyzing thermal comfort and related costs in buildings under Portuguese temperate climate

AM Raimundo, AVM Oliveira - Building and environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The main goal of this research is to assess the thermal comfort quality in residential and non-
residential buildings, and its relationship with the corresponding energy and economic …

[HTML][HTML] Why renovation obligations can boost social justice and might reduce energy poverty in a highly decarbonised housing sector

A Müller, M Hummel, K Smet, D Grabner, K Litschauer… - Energy Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
To ensure the achievement of the climate and energy policy targets and simultaneously
guarantee affordability and inclusiveness, a thorough consideration of institutional settings is …