Due to rapid urbanisation and the significant contribution of cities to worldwide energy use
and greenhouse gas emissions, urban energy system planning is growing more important …

Social science and humanities scholars have highlighted that energy transitions have
unequal and unjust consequences on societies. This has strengthened the importance of …

Material intensity coefficient (MIC) databases are crucial for bottom-up material stock
studies. However, MIC databases are site specific and not available in many countries. For …

Although renovation costs can lead to rent increases in energy retrofitting, it is often
assumed that reductions in energy costs will counterbalance the rent increase. In Swedish …

Limiting global warming to 1.5° C requires a substantial decrease in the average carbon
intensity of buildings, which implies a need for decision-support systems to enable large …

Construction materials are considerable forces of global environmental impacts, but their
dynamics vis‐à‐vis urban development are poorly documented, in part because their long …

In this paper, we study the integration of ecological sustainability and social welfare
concerns in cities. Efforts to handle ecological challenges risk having negative impacts on …

This book investigates co-housing as an alternative housing form in relation to sustainable
urban development. Co-housing is often lauded as a more sustainable way of living. The …

Many studies have highlighted the importance of retrofitting to mitigate the energy use of
building stocks. An important step in the development of renovation strategy and energy …

This research presents a decision support method for housing managers to identify the most
appropriate renovation strategy, which combines a multi-criteria assessment of ten …