Incentive initiatives on energy-efficient renovation of existing buildings towards carbon-neutral blueprints in China: Advancements, challenges and perspectives

Z Liu, C Yu, QK Qian, R Huang, K You, H Visscher… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Under China's national strategy of carbon neutrality by 2060, it is urgently necessary and
challenging for the governments to proactively explore policy tools to facilitate energy …

Trends in research of heating, ventilation and air conditioning and hot water systems in building retrofits: Integration of review studies

M Krajčík, M Arıcı, Z Ma - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and domestic hot water (DHW) systems are
the main end-use energy consumers in buildings. Simultaneously, building retrofitting plays …

Multi-objective optimization of energy performance for a detached residential building with a sunspace using the NSGA-II genetic algorithm

A Vukadinović, J Radosavljević, A Đorđević, M Protić… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper discusses a performed optimization of the structural and architectural parameters
of a detached passive building with a sunspace using a non-dominant sorting genetic …

Future energy-optimised buildings—Addressing the impact of climate change on buildings

K Bamdad, ME Cholette, S Omrani, J Bell - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Building energy optimisation is generally performed under present climate conditions with
fixed simulation parameters (eg internal loads). However, climate change and variations in …

Heritage building maintenance management (HBMM): A bibliometric-qualitative analysis of literature

MI Adegoriola, JHK Lai, EH Chan, A Darko - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heritage buildings (HBs), which are unique landmarks across the world, have special
cultural significance. However, many of the HBs, in lack of proper maintenance …

Multi-objective optimization of energy efficiency and thermal comfort in an existing office building using NSGA-II with fitness approximation: A case study

M Ghaderian, F Veysi - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
A significant part of the world's energy consumption is related to the building sector.
Consequently, the execution of improving buildings' energy performance actions is a …

Multi-objective optimization for energy consumption, visual and thermal comfort performance of educational building (case study: Qeshm Island, Iran)

A Khani, M Khakzand, M Faizi - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy consumption in educational spaces, as one of the main consumers of fossil fuels,
has been a challenging issue in recent years. The present study seeks to develop a multi …

How to effectively guide carbon reduction behavior of building owners under emission trading scheme? An evolutionary game-based study

X Song, M Shen, Y Lu, L Shen, H Zhang - … Impact Assessment Review, 2021 - Elsevier
The building sector accounts for the largest proportion of global carbon emissions. The
implementation of a market-based emission trading scheme offers a wider range of strategic …

Significance of occupancy patterns and habitual household adaptive behaviour on home-energy performance of post-war social-housing estate in the South-eastern …

B Ozarisoy, H Altan - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The concept of retrofitting is an important milestone in the evolutionary development toward
upgrading the energy efficiency of residential buildings. Various policy instruments have …

[HTML][HTML] Toward multi-species building envelopes: A critical literature review of multi-criteria decision-making for design support

SU Selvan, ST Saroglou, J Joschinski, M Calbi… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization negatively affects the built and biotic environment, necessitating
interdisciplinary mitigation strategies. Current nature-based solutions that are integrated into …