Home energy retrofit has been a publicly-funded policy in many countries since the 1990s.
Government motivations have spanned from combating energy poverty to climate action and …

Low-income residential energy efficiency programs save energy and can yield numerous co-
benefits or non-energy impacts (NEIs). This paper presents a two-component framework that …

Driven by market value, a co-benefits assessment framework to encompass various benefits
arising from distributed energy systems is developed. Using a monetization approach, a …

Contemporary energy uses are intimately connected with social values and its associated
technologies. How people use energy is related to how people value it, and how people …

Abstract In the United States, buildings consume 40% of primary energy, a significant
contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. This issue is further compounded by the …

Techno-optimism refers to the belief that advances in technology will improve humanity,
enhance quality of life, and solve critical problems including climate change, health issues …

Improving indoor thermal comfort is a widely agreed motivate for housing retrofit (Femenías
et al., 2018; Outcault et al., 2022; Sojkova et al., 2019; Zahiri & Elsharkawy, 2018). Low …

Buildings are responsible for approximately 40% of energy consumption and 36% of
greenhouse gas emissions in the EU (European Commission, 2021). Energy retrofit is also …