Assessment of the renewable energy generation towards net-zero energy buildings: A review

A Ahmed, T Ge, J Peng, WC Yan, BT Tee, S You - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Decarbonizing the building sector is extremely important to mitigating climate change as the
sector contributes 40% of the overall energy consumption and 36% of the total greenhouse …

Material efficiency strategies to reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with buildings, vehicles, and electronics—a review

EG Hertwich, S Ali, L Ciacci, T Fishman… - Environmental …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
As one quarter of global energy use serves the production of materials, the more efficient
use of these materials presents a significant opportunity for the mitigation of greenhouse gas …

Embodied GHG emissions of buildings–The hidden challenge for effective climate change mitigation

M Röck, MRM Saade, M Balouktsi, FN Rasmussen… - Applied energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Buildings are major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and contributors to the
climate crisis. To meet climate-change mitigation needs, one must go beyond operational …

Advances toward a net-zero global building sector

D Ürge-Vorsatz, R Khosla, R Bernhardt… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The building sector is responsible for 39% of process-related greenhouse gas emissions
globally, making net-or nearly-zero energy buildings pivotal for reaching climate neutrality …

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 …

Embodied carbon emissions and mitigation potential in China's building sector: An outlook to 2060

C Zhu, X Li, W Zhu, W Gong - Energy Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
In China's building sector, annual embodied carbon emissions (EC) account for a larger
proportion than operational emissions, unlike in developed economies. Investigating future …

Recent developments, future challenges and new research directions in LCA of buildings: A critical review

CK Anand, B Amor - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Considering the vast and rapidly growing area of buildings, LCA research is being led in
numerous different areas ranging from building materials and components level to whole …

Life cycle assessment of the building industry: An overview of two decades of research (1995–2018)

M Bahramian, K Yetilmezsoy - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
An overview of current status of the available literature on Life Cycle Energy, Life Cycle
Greenhouse gasses, and Conventional Life Cycle Assessment of commercial and …

Factors influencing embodied carbon emissions of China's building sector: An analysis based on extended STIRPAT modeling

C Zhu, Y Chang, X Li, M Shan - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
As China urbanizes, the embodied carbon emissions (EC) of its building sector continue to
rise; analyzing the influencing factors (IFs) of building EC can indicate a direction for China's …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a decarbonised building stock by 2050: The meaning and the role of zero emission buildings (ZEBs) in Europe

C Maduta, G Melica, D D'Agostino, P Bertoldi - Energy Strategy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The building sector plays a key role in the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in
the European Union (EU). The revision of the Energy Performance of Building Directive …