Buildings are responsible for 36% of CO 2 emissions in the United States and will thus be
integral to climate change mitigation; yet, no studies have comprehensively assessed the …

This work aims to characterize how home energy upgrade projects and programs in the US
have evolved over the past decade. It also identifies what changes are needed to drive …

Urban water management via Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) has been
successfully applied in cities worldwide. This infrastructure has proven to be a cost efficient …

Smart home technologies (SHT) refer to devices that provide some degree of digitally
connected, automated, or enhanced services to household occupants. Smart homes have …

This paper investigates whether personality traits play a significant role in the decision to
invest in energy efficiency in the residential sector. Using the data from the Understanding …

Australia has among the highest rates of small-scale solar photovoltaic adoption in the
world, with substantial geographical variation in uptake. Using postcode-level data up to …

This research investigates the cost-effectiveness of energy performance measures in French
residential buildings. We develop an empirical approach based on a multivariate statistical …

We test for evidence that energy efficiency features are capitalized into home prices in three
US metropolitan areas. Using hedonic regressions and multiple matching procedures, we …

Residential buildings are one of the largest sectors of energy use in the United States. While
there are a range of measures available to improve the energy efficiency in residential …

Building electrification with heat pumps (HPs) is an important pillar of decarbonization. The
US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 provides unprecedented cash incentives to …