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Usha Iyer-Raniga
International pressures through global agreements such as the recent Paris agreement in 2015 have put stress on governments and industries to find lasting solutions for the built environment. The built environment was recognized as an important factor in...
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Armando Silva-Afonso and Carla Pimentel-Rodrigues
The objective of this article is to deepen knowledge about the existing connections, at the level of urban environments, between energy, water, and nutrients (or food). Energy and basic resources?water and food?are closely interconnected, which is why th...
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Chaohong Wang, Xudong Zhang, Wang Chen, Feihu Jiang and Xiaogang Zhao
Modernization and industrialization have significantly increased energy consumption, causing environmental problems. Given that China is the largest energy user, the rise in building energy consumption necessitates clean energy alternatives. The purpose ...
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Bader Alaifan and Elie Azar
A net-zero energy community (NZEC) is a promising paradigm that can directly contribute to a sustainable building sector and infrastructure. This research presents a unique empirical techno-economic optimization and evaluation approach for NZEC potential...
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Jungki Hong, Jaewan Park, Seongmi Kim, Cheolsoo Lim and Minsuk Kong
In this study, the energy consumption and generation characteristics, the operation status of a photovoltaic (PV) system, and the energy balance of a net-zero energy building (nZEB) in South Korea were analyzed based on the data collected over a 10-year ...
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Soonmyung Lee and Sanghoon Park
In order to expand the zero-energy building, it is necessary to evaluate the economic feasibility of the passive and active elements applied to achieve the zero-energy building. The purpose of this study is to verify the final energy consumption and inve...
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Jesús Las-Heras-Casas, Luis M. López-Ochoa, Luis M. López-González and Pablo Olasolo-Alonso
One of the greatest challenges facing the European Union is the conversion of the existing residential building stock into nearly zero-energy buildings (NZEBs) by 2050 through energy renovation, given that the residential sector is one of the largest con...
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Hossein Omrany, Veronica Soebarto, Jian Zuo and Ruidong Chang
This paper aims to propose a comprehensive framework for a clear description of system boundary conditions in life cycle energy assessment (LCEA) analysis in order to promote the incorporation of embodied energy impacts into building energy-efficiency re...
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Ghazal Makvandia and Md. Safiuddin
Efforts have been put in place to minimize the effects of construction activities and occupancy, but the problem of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continues to have detrimental effects on the environment. As an effort to reduce GHG emissions, particularl...
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Recently, the European Union set new rules for the Energy Performance of Buildings emphasizing the need to facilitate the cost-effective renovation of existing buildings into nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEB). Within this framework, the aim of this pap...
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The potential of carbon dioxide emissions mitigation in the building sector can be achieved through energy policies, progressive goals, and support systems to attain sustainable constructions that guarantee the reduction of emissions. Net-Zero Energy Bui...
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Benjamin Manrique Delgado, Reino Ruusu, Ala Hasan, Simo Kilpeläinen, Sunliang Cao and Kai Sirén
A focal point of ongoing research is matching the energy demand in the built environment to the energy supply from onsite generation, to maximize the self-consumption, and from the energy grids, to lower energy costs and reduce peak loads on the system. ...
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Gabriele Battista, Emiliano Carnielo, Luca Evangelisti, Marco Frascarolo and Roberto de Lieto Vollaro
The increase of people living in large cities and the expansion of new urban areas are keys to defining new sustainable models. It is estimated that about 70% of the EU population lives in urban areas, and it is expected to reach 80% by 2030. Consequentl...
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Esam M. H. Ismaeil and Abu Elnasr E. Sobaih
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Maria Ferrara, Federico Prunotto, Andrea Rolfo and Enrico Fabrizio
The results of this paper can support the design of nearly zero-energy single-family houses in the Italian context. The provided methodological framework can support the design of nearly zero-energy buildings and be replicated in different contexts.
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Simi Hoque and Nabila Iqbal
This paper discusses the design of a zero energy home in Panama. The standards for zero site energy as well as other performance factors are used as the basis for the analysis. A description of the construction type, energy use, active and renewable syst...
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Najeeba Kutty, Dua Barakat and Maatouk Khoukhi
Cities are paying more attention to building energy use and carbon footprint for attaining sustainability. Within this building sector, there is a growing attention toward development and adoption of energy efficient retrofit strategies. Plagued by the l...
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Chun Lin, Zhe Lin, Xin Xue, Song He and Lei Wang
Reinforced concrete (RC) structures under earthquake excitation may fail and cause significant casualties and economic losses, highlighting the importance of studying their seismic failure mechanisms. Considering that the commonly used finite element met...
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Guang Tian, Yang Yang, Xiaoran Xu, Yiming Chen, Bo Yang, Xu Wu and Xinhao Wang
Business parks account for 30% of China?s total carbon emissions. Exploring emissions reduction approaches for business parks is crucial to achieve a net-zero emissions target, as well as for achieving a representative example for all types of emissions ...
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Chrysanthos Maraveas, Christos-Spyridon Karavas, Dimitrios Loukatos, Thomas Bartzanas, Konstantinos G. Arvanitis and Eleni Symeonaki
Resource management in agriculture is considered a pivotal issue because greenhouse farming and agriculture-related activities generate about 10?29% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. The problem of high greenhouse gas emissions is still unresolved ...
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