Abstract The concept of Smart Buildings was introduced by the Energy Performance
Building Directive, with the aim to promote energy flexibility, renewable energy production …

Buildings are a major primary energy consumer in the world energy sector, with a value of
about 40% of total energy consumption. The absence of traditional sources of energy …

The concept of climate resilience has gained extensive international attention during the last
few years and is now seen as the future target for building cooling design. However, before …

Net-zero emissions buildings (NZEBs) are essential to reducing greenhouse gas emissions
and tackling climate change. Several studies have been conducted on NZEBs. However, a …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to systematically review the state-of-art literature on the
net-zero economy in the field of supply chain management. Design/methodology/approach …

Enhancing the energy efficiency of structures has been a staple of energy policies. The key
goal is to slash electricity usage in order to minimize the footprint of houses. This goal is …

In times of great transition of the European construction sector to energy efficient and nearly
zero energy buildings (nZEB), a market observation containing qualitative and quantitative …

Over the last decades overheating in buildings has become a major concern. The situation
is expected to worsen due to the current rate of climate change. Many efforts have been …

Abstract The European Unions' ambition for the construction sector is to be carbon neutral
by 2030 for new construction. Since 2021, all new buildings in the EU should have been …

A popular idea for reducing CO2 emissions from existing buildings is to renovate them to
“net-zero-energy” standard. In Europe this usually involves increasing the energy-efficiency …