A review of net zero energy buildings in hot and humid climates: Experience learned from 34 case study buildings

W Feng, Q Zhang, H Ji, R Wang, N Zhou, Q Ye… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sustainable development in the building sector requires the integration of energy efficiency
and renewable energy utilization in buildings. In recent years, the concept of net zero energy …

How to finance energy renovation of residential buildings: Review of current and emerging financing instruments in the EU

P Bertoldi, M Economidou, V Palermo… - Wiley …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Paris Agreement goals require net‐zero CO2 emissions by mid‐century. The
European Commission in its recent proposal for climate and energy strategy for 2050 …

The carbon footprint of household energy use in the United States

B Goldstein, D Gounaridis… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Residential energy use accounts for roughly 20% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in
the United States. Using data on 93 million individual households, we estimate these GHGs …

Net emission reductions from electric cars and heat pumps in 59 world regions over time

F Knobloch, SV Hanssen, A Lam, H Pollitt, P Salas… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The electrification of passenger road transport and household heating features prominently
in current and planned policy frameworks to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reduction …

Global scenarios of urban density and its impacts on building energy use through 2050

B Güneralp, Y Zhou, D Ürge-Vorsatz… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Although the scale of impending urbanization is well-acknowledged, we have a limited
understanding of how urban forms will change and what their impact will be on building …

Global construction materials database and stock analysis of residential buildings between 1970-2050

S Marinova, S Deetman, E van der Voet… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Huge material stocks are embedded in the residential built environment. These materials
have the potential to be a source of secondary materials, an important consideration for the …

Global scenarios of residential heating and cooling energy demand and CO2 emissions

A Mastrucci, B van Ruijven, E Byers… - Climatic Change, 2021 - Springer
Buildings account for 36% of global final energy demand and are key to mitigating climate
change. Assessing the evolution of the global building stock and its energy demand is …

Government championed strategies to overcome the barriers to public building energy efficiency retrofit projects

M Alam, PXW Zou, RA Stewart, E Bertone… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the barriers and co** strategies for retrofitting government
buildings for energy efficiency is essential for the success of these types of complex …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between operational energy demand and embodied energy in Dutch residential buildings

A Koezjakov, D Urge-Vorsatz, W Crijns-Graus… - Energy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Reducing heat demand of buildings, due to legal and technological advances in the EU,
shifts the ratio of operational vs. embodied energy towards an increasing share of the latter …

Energy use in buildings in a long-term perspective

D Urge-Vorsatz, K Petrichenko, M Staniec… - Current Opinion in …, 2013 - Elsevier
Energy services in and related to buildings are responsible for approximately one-third of
total global final energy demand and energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. They also …