Building Stock Models for Embodied Carbon Emissions—A Review of a Nascent Field

M Hu, S Ghorbany - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Building stock modeling emerges as a critical tool in the strategic reduction of embodied
carbon emissions, which is pivotal in reshaping the evolving construction sector. This review …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of climate change on cognitive performance of children in English school stock: A simulation study

J Dong, Y Schwartz, I Korolija, D Mumovic - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Children in England spend around 30% of their time in schools to gain knowledge and skills.
Climate change could impact schools' thermal environments and children's learning …

[HTML][HTML] Considerations for estimating operational greenhouse gas emissions in whole building life-cycle assessments

F Greer, P Raftery, A Horvath - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Building operations, which include the energy from electricity and natural gas account for
about 28% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Stakeholders need accurate …

Circular economy policies for decarbonization of US commercial building stocks: Data integration and system dynamics coflow modeling approach

R Eissa, IH El-Adaway - Journal of Management in Engineering, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
Despite the recognition of the built environment as a sector with high potential for reducing
embodied emissions, there is a lack of national-level data on embodied carbon emissions …

Urban Building Energy Modeling to Support Climate-Sensitive Planning in the Suburban Areas of Santiago de Chile

G Mutani, M Alehasin, H Yang, X Zhang, G Felmer - Buildings, 2024 - mdpi.com
Greenhouse gas emissions depend on natural and anthropic phenomena; however, to
reduce emissions, we can only intervene in terms of anthropic causes. Human activity is very …

Application of the Typology Approach for Energy Renovation Planning of Public Buildings' Stocks at the Local Level: A Case Study in Greece

GM Stavrakakis, D Bakirtzis, KK Drakaki, S Yfanti… - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
According to the latest energy efficiency European directive (EED 2023/1791/EU), the
expected energy renovation rate of at least 3% of the buildings' floor area each year towards …

[HTML][HTML] Building stock modelling using k-prototype: A framework for representative archetype development

M Alrasheed, M Mourshed - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Building stock modelling often employs clustering techniques on the segmented stock data
to identify representative archetypes, enabling cost-effective analyses while retaining the …

[HTML][HTML] Unintended consequences of English school stock energy-efficient retrofit on cognitive performance of children under climate change

J Dong, Y Schwartz, I Korolija, D Mumovic - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
School building stock retrofit forms a key part of UK's commitment to net-zero carbon target
by 2050. However, with a changing climate, the retrofit of school buildings may have …

[HTML][HTML] Retrofitting for the future: Analysing the sensitivity of various retrofits to future climate scenarios while maintaining thermal comfort

H Bagherzadeh, A Malekghasemi, JJ McArthur - Energy and Buildings, 2025 - Elsevier
Significant research has explored the impact of future climate scenarios on building energy
loads; however, few studies have considered the efficiency of envelop retrofits under a …

[HTML][HTML] Review of non-domestic building stock modelling studies under socio-technical system framework

J Zhou, P Fennell, I Korolija, Z Fang, R Tang… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
The construction industry contributes to approximately 30% of global energy consumption
and carbon dioxide emissions, necessitating urgent measures to mitigate carbon emissions …