A review of internet of energy based building energy management systems: Issues and recommendations

MA Hannan, M Faisal, PJ Ker, LH Mun, K Parvin… - IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A building energy management system (BEMS) is a sophisticated method used for
monitoring and controlling a building's energy requirements. A number of potential studies …

A review of existing policy for reducing embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions of buildings

K Skillington, RH Crawford, G Warren-Myers… - Energy Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The building sector is a significant contributor to global energy demand and greenhouse gas
emissions and thus has a major role in combating climate change. To date, efforts to …

Towards low-carbon cities through building-stock-level carbon emission analysis: A calculating and mapping method

N Zhang, Z Luo, Y Liu, W Feng, N Zhou… - Sustainable cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Building stock represents the primary source of urban carbon emissions. However, the
amount and spatial distribution of building-stock-level carbon emissions remain unclear …

[HTML][HTML] Benchmarks for environmental impact of housing in Europe: Definition of archetypes and LCA of the residential building stock

M Lavagna, C Baldassarri, A Campioli, S Giorgi… - Building and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study describes the results of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) applied to 24 statistically-
based dwelling archetypes, representative of the EU housing stock in 2010. The aim is to …

Whole life carbon assessment of representative building typologies for nearly zero energy building definitions

NC Kayaçetin, B Hozatlı - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Evolution of nearly zero energy buildings (nZEB) has been one of the main drivers for
mitigating operational energy consumption in the building industry. The progress was …

Embodied energy in existing buildings as a tool for sustainable intervention on urban heritage

E Guidetti, M Ferrara - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
In the context of worldwide efforts towards energy efficiency and circular economy,
embodied energy has been increasing its weight in the total lifecycle energy use of …

[HTML][HTML] Design considerations for net zero energy buildings for intensive, confined poultry production: A review of current insights, knowledge gaps, and future …

Y Li, V Arulnathan, MD Heidari, N Pelletier - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
The livestock sector is a key source of greenhouse gas emissions and other impacts. Poultry
(meat and eggs) is the fastest growing livestock sector globally. Poultry housing, including …

Developing a two-criteria framework to rank thermal insulation materials in nearly zero energy buildings using multi-objective optimization approach

N Amani, E Kiaee - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
One important opportunity to reduce energy waste and global warming is renovation, retrofit,
and refurbishment of existing buildings. Adding a multi-layer internal insulation is an efficient …

Life cycle GHG assessment of a building restoration: Case study of a heritage industrial building in Toronto, Canada

T Opher, M Duhamel, ID Posen, DK Panesar… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The refurbished Don Valley Brick Works' Kiln Building, in Toronto, Canada, now the
TD Future Cities Centre, is designed to have net zero carbon emissions. This is to be …

Defining the energy role of buildings as flexumers: a review of definitions, technologies, and applications

S Cai, Z Gou - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Buildings have undergone a significant transformation in their energy role, from consumers
to prosumers and now to flexumers—a concept that signifies the flexible nature of modern …