Abstract The Paris Agreement goals require net‐zero CO2 emissions by mid‐century. The
European Commission in its recent proposal for climate and energy strategy for 2050 …

Energy poverty, defined as the inability to fulfil adequate levels of domestic energy services,
has been analysed in Japan previously. However, neither policy agendas nor official …

Assessment of the social science literature and regional case studies reveals how social
norms, culture, and individual choices, interact with infrastructure and other structural …

The upcoming summers are expected to see an increase in the intensity and duration of
heat waves due to the effects of climate change. As a consequence, the thermal resilience of …

In southern European countries, despite having mild winters, many people live in cold and
energy-inefficient properties and struggle to meet their energy needs for comfort and …

Mitigation option are not yet being implemented at the scale required to limit global warming
to well below 2° C. Various factors have been identified that inhibit the implementation of …

In southern European countries, summer temperatures could contribute to a high cooling
energy consumption. Family units with fewer economic resources living in social dwellings …

Southern Europe has an old housing stock and has the challenge, as the rest of European
Union Member States, to transform it into a decarbonized one, by means of transforming the …

Green retrofitting of existing buildings (GREB) represents one of the best opportunities to
reduce global energy consumption and carbon emissions, as well as improve people's …

Improving energy efficiency of existing buildings is currently among the most diverse and
extensive mitigation opportunities to reduce energy consumption and CO 2 emissions …