Although the scale of impending urbanization is well-acknowledged, we have a limited
understanding of how urban forms will change and what their impact will be on building …

Climate, technologies, and socio-economic changes will influence future building energy
use in cities. However, current low-resolution regional and state-level analyses are …

Building energy consumption currently accounts for 28% of China's total energy use and is
expected to continue to grow induced by floorspace expansion, income growth, and …

The demand for energy in buildings varies strongly across countries and climatic zones.
These differences result from manifold factors, whose future evolution is uncertain. In order …

While China's 11th Five-Year Plan called for a reduction of energy intensity by 2010,
whether and how the energy consumption trend can be changed in a short time has been …

Buildings are an important contributor to China's energy consumption and attendant CO2
emissions. Measures to address energy consumption and associated emissions from the …

Since 2007, for the first time in human history, more than half of the world's population has
been living in cities. The urbanization process is a key phenomenon of economic …

The aggregate potential for urban mitigation of global climate change is insufficiently
understood. Our analysis, using a dataset of 274 cities representing all city sizes and …

Cities are a major battlefield in humanity's struggle to save energy and combat climate
change. In China, the cities have surpassed the industrial sector and become the largest …

With rapid urbanization and economic development, the world has been experiencing an
unprecedented increase in energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions …