[HTML][HTML] Building electrification and carbon emissions: Integrated energy management considering the dynamics of the electricity mix and pricing

S Yang, HO Gao, F You - Advances in Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrification and distributed energy resources (DERs) are vital for reducing the building
sector's carbon footprint. However, conventional reactive control is insufficient in addressing …

Citizen building scientist? The opportunity and challenge of citizen involvement in building retrofits

NS Yaduvanshi, JY Park - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this research is to examine the impact of citizen involvement in residential
building retrofits within the United States, with a focus on single-family houses. The …

How close are urban scale building simulations to measured data? Examining bias derived from building metadata in urban building energy modeling

B Bass, J New, N Clinton, M Adams, B Copeland… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Residential and commercial buildings in the United States accounted for 40% of total energy
in 2020. Building energy modeling (BEM) is a useful tool that allows individuals …

Embodied carbon emissions of the residential building stock in the United States and the effectiveness of mitigation strategies

M Hu - Climate, 2022 - mdpi.com
According to the 2021 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction published by the
United Nations Environment Programme, global carbon emissions from the building sector …

Residential precooling on a high-solar grid: impacts on CO2 emissions, peak period demand, and electricity costs across California

S Mayes, T Zhang, KT Sanders - Environmental Research …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
As regional grids increase penetrations of variable renewable electricity (VRE) sources,
demand-side management (DSM) presents an opportunity to reduce electricity-related …

[HTML][HTML] Demand flexibility and cost-saving potentials via smart building energy management: Opportunities in residential space heating across the US

S Yang, HO Gao, F You - Advances in Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Leveraging demand-side flexibility resources (eg, buildings) is a crucial and cost-effective
strategy for addressing the operational and infrastructure-related challenges in power grids …

An eight-step simulation-based framework to help cities reach building-related emissions reduction goals

Z Berzolla, YQ Ang, S Letellier-Duchesne… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
With buildings accounting for 40% of global carbon emissions, cities striving to meet
sustainability targets aligned with the Paris Agreement must retrofit their existing building …

[PDF][PDF] Modeled Results of Four Residential Energy Efficiency Measure Packages for Deriving Advanced Building Construction Research Targets

P Munankarmi, E Wilson, J Reyna, E Present… - 2023 - escholarship.org
Executive Summary The Advanced Building Construction (ABC) Initiative from the US
Department of Energy Building Technologies Office is working to accelerate industrialized …

Modeling technology pathways and retrofit adoption to achieve city-wide building emissions reduction goals

ZM Berzolla - 2024 - dspace.mit.edu
Achieving net zero emissions from buildings by 2050 is an unprecedented challenge that
will require an all-in effort at local, state, federal, and international levels. The exact path to …

Transformative Building Envelope Retrofit Using Insulation-Inflatable Walls Assisted by Automation

AJ Aldykiewicz Jr, S Pallin, K Gluesenkamp, A Momen… - 2021 - osti.gov
This work highlights the effort to develop a low-cost envelope retrofit for homes built prior to
the implementation of energy conservation measures established by the Department of …