[HTML][HTML] Global transition of operational carbon in residential buildings since the millennium

X Xiang, N Zhou, M Ma, W Feng, R Yan - Advances in Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The residential sector is the third-largest energy consumer and emitter globally and as such
is at the forefront of the energy transition and net-zero emissions pathway. To accelerate the …

Emerging trends and approaches for designing net-zero low-carbon integrated energy networks: A review of current practices

S Aziz, I Ahmed, K Khan, M Khalid - Arabian Journal for Science and …, 2024 - Springer
The incorporation of net-zero technology into preexisting energy networks is crucial for
facilitating the shift toward an ecologically conscious and sustainable energy infrastructure …

[HTML][HTML] Pathway for decarbonizing residential building operations in the US and China beyond the mid-century

S Zhang, N Zhou, W Feng, M Ma, X Xiang, K You - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
With global carbon budget targets looming, residential buildings in top economies must
become carbon neutral as soon as possible to reserve more emission space for emerging …

[HTML][HTML] Towards COP27: Decarbonization patterns of residential building in China and India

R Yan, M Ma, N Zhou, W Feng, X Xiang, C Mao - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
As the two largest emerging emitters with the highest growth in operational carbon
emissions from residential buildings, the historical emission patterns and decarbonization …

[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 …

On data-driven energy flexibility quantification: A framework and case study

H Li, T Hong - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Building energy flexibility is an important resource for a sustainable and resilient power grid,
and an important measure to reduce utility costs for building owners. Quantifying energy …

[HTML][HTML] Energy Flexibility and towards Resilience in New and Old Residential Houses in Cold Climates: A Techno-Economic Analysis

H Rehman, A Hasan - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
One of the main sectors that contribute to climate change is the buildings sector. While
nearly zero-energy buildings are becoming a new norm in many countries in the world …

[HTML][HTML] Enabling portable demand flexibility control applications in virtual and real buildings

F de Andrade Pereira, L Paul, M Pritoni… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
Control applications that facilitate Demand Flexibility (DF) are difficult to deploy at scale in
existing buildings. The heterogeneity of systems and non-standard naming conventions for …

[HTML][HTML] Energy flexibility quantification of a tropical net-zero office building using physically consistent neural network-based model predictive control

W Liang, H Li, S Zhan, A Chong, T Hong - Advances in Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Building energy flexibility plays a critical role in demand-side management for reducing
utility costs for building owners and sustainable, reliable, and smart grids. Realizing building …

Flexibility potential quantification and regulation measure comparison for the building air-conditioning system

Y Ding, Y Liu, Q Wang, L Liu, Z Tian - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Air-conditioning (AC) systems are the resources with the greatest flexibility potential for
building demand response (DR). However, there is no unified method to quantify its …