Smart window technology and its potential for net-zero buildings: a review

MN Mustafa, MAAM Abdah, A Numan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The energy consumption of buildings, particularly heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
systems, exceeds that of transportation and industry combined. Future projections show a …

Applications of thermochromic and electrochromic smart windows: Materials to buildings

S Wu, H Sun, M Duan, H Mao, Y Wu, H Zhao… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2023 - cell.com
Thermochromic and electrochromic smart windows are increasingly receiving attention for
their specific ability to regulate the dynamics of light and heat. The goal of improving smart …

An ultrafast, energy‐efficient electrochromic and thermochromic device for smart windows

B Deng, Y Zhu, X Wang, J Zhu, M Liu, M Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Smart windows nowadays undertake the esteemed obligation of reducing energy
consumption as well as upgrading living experience. This project aims to devise a smart …

Estimating a social cost of carbon for global energy consumption

A Rode, T Carleton, M Delgado, M Greenstone… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Estimates of global economic damage caused by carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions can
inform climate policy 1, 2, 3. The social cost of carbon (SCC) quantifies these damages by …

A global model of hourly space heating and cooling demand at multiple spatial scales

I Staffell, S Pfenninger, N Johnson - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Accurate modelling of the weather's temporal and spatial impacts on building energy
demand is critical to decarbonizing energy systems. Here we introduce a customizable …

Climate change impacts on planned supply–demand match in global wind and solar energy systems

L Liu, G He, M Wu, G Liu, H Zhang, Y Chen, J Shen… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Climate change modulates both energy demand and wind and solar energy supply but a
globally synthetic analysis of supply–demand match (SDM) is lacking. Here, we use 12 state …

[PDF][PDF] Mitigation pathways compatible with long-term goals

K Riahi, R Schaeffer, J Arango, K Calvin, C Guivarch… - 2022 - cgspace.cgiar.org
Chapter 3 takes a long-term perspective on climate change mitigation pathways. Its focus is
on the implications of long-term targets for the required short-and medium-term system …

Self-assembly of binderless MXene aerogel for multiple-scenario and responsive phase change composites with ultrahigh thermal energy storage density and …

C Zhu, Y Hao, H Wu, M Chen, B Quan, S Liu, X Hu… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2024 - Springer
The severe dependence of traditional phase change materials (PCMs) on the temperature-
response and lattice deficiencies in versatility cannot satisfy demand for using such …

Many risky feedback loops amplify the need for climate action

WJ Ripple, C Wolf, TM Lenton, JW Gregg, SM Natali… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Many feedback loops significantly increase warming due to greenhouse gas emissions.
However, not all of these feedbacks are fully accounted for in climate models. Thus …

Impacts of climate change on energy systems in global and regional scenarios

SG Yalew, MTH van Vliet, DEHJ Gernaat, F Ludwig… - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
Although our knowledge of climate change impacts on energy systems has increased
substantially over the past few decades, there remains a lack of comprehensive overview of …