In the context of global warming, Phase change materials (PCMs) arise a growing interest in
the scientific and industrial communities because it fits very well with the policy of reducing …

Buildings are key in supporting human activities and well-being by providing shelter and
other important services to their users. Buildings are, however, also responsible for major …

Chapter 3 takes a long-term perspective on climate change mitigation pathways. Its focus is
on the implications of long-term targets for the required short-and medium-term system …

Climate change modulates both energy demand and wind and solar energy supply but a
globally synthetic analysis of supply–demand match (SDM) is lacking. Here, we use 12 state …

Indian residences are vulnerable to heat-driven discomfort amid the mounting prevalence of
weather extremes, residential design and construction practices, and densifying …

In this critical decade for climate action, rapid and far-reaching transitions depend on the
choices and actions that are taken now and in the near-term. Integrated approaches that …

We elucidate mid-century climate change impacts on electricity demand accounting for
endogenous adoption of residential air-conditioning (AC) in affluent, cooler countries in …

Human-induced climate change will increase surface temperatures globally over the next
several decades. Climate models project that global mean surface temperature could …

The unsustainable nature of energy‐intensive and environmentally unfriendly traditional air
conditioning systems, compacted with recent climate change effects, show an urgent need …

While extensive studies focused on income inequality between the urban and rural, the
corresponding energy-carbon performance (ECP) gap which describes differences in …