Evaluating carbon emissions from the operation of historic dwellings in cities based on an intelligent management platform

Y Qian, J Leng, H Wang, K Liu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Historic dwellings in cities are considered to be an important resource on the way to carbon
neutrality because of their great potential for low-carbon renewal. However, in addition to …

Cradle-to-grave lifecycle carbon footprint analysis and frontier decarbonization pathways of district buildings in subtropical Guangzhou, China

D Pan, X Yu, Y Zhou - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
This study conducted a holistic lifecycle carbon footprint analysis of small-scale district
buildings in Guangzhou. Building energy system models were developed in TRNSYS …

[HTML][HTML] Towards net zero carbon buildings: Accounting the building embodied carbon and life cycle-based policy design for Greater Bay Area, China

H Liang, X Bian, L Dong - Geoscience Frontiers, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon mitigation of buildings is critical to promote a net-zero society. The international
society has vigorously promoted “Net Zero Carbon Buildings” across the globe, and …

Multi-scale integrated assessment of urban energy use and CO2 emissions

L Zhang, G Liu, Y Qin - Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2014 - Springer
Accurate and detailed accounting of energy-induced carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions is
crucial to the evaluation of pressures on natural resources and the environment, as well as …

Digital twin aided sustainability and vulnerability audit for subway stations

S Kaewunruen, S Peng, O Phil-Ebosie - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Digital twin (DT) or so-called 'building information model (BIM)'has brought great revolution
to the current building industry. Its applications to life cycle management of buildings and …

[HTML][HTML] Research on energy efficiency and decarbonization pathway of nearly zero energy buildings based on system dynamic simulation

Z Ke, H Zhang, X Jia, J Yan, X Lv, H Yu, N Gao… - Developments in the …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accounting for over 40% of the total energy consumption, the global building sector is pivotal
for achieving carbon peak and neutrality objectives. The intricate nature of building carbon …

Integrated accounting of urban carbon cycle in Guangyuan, a mountainous city of China: the impacts of earthquake and reconstruction

Y Hao, M Su, L Zhang, Y Cai, Z Yang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015 - Elsevier
Approximately half of the global population resides in cities and accounts for over 80% of
global carbon emissions. To improve efficiency in carbon emission reduction, and enhance …

Study on carbon emissions from the renovation of old residential areas in cold regions of China

Y He, Y Wang, Z Song, H Yu, Y Xue - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the implementation of dual-carbon and new human-centric urbanization strategies, the
renovation of old buildings in China was inevitable. In this study, we establish the carbon …

Integrating IoT and BIM for tracking and visualising embodied carbon of prefabricated buildings

J Xu, Q Zhang, Y Teng, W Pan - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The building sector significantly contributes to embodied carbon (EC) emissions. Usually, a
pre-or post-construction assessment is conducted for analysing prefabricated buildings' EC …

Analysis of embodied carbon in the building life cycle considering the temporal perspectives of emissions: A case study in China

X Zhang, F Wang - Energy and buildings, 2017 - Elsevier
The building sector contributes substantially to worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, and
efforts to meet emission reduction targets have been gaining importance. Accordingly, the …