A review of trends and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2018

WF Lamb, T Wiedmann, J Pongratz… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be traced to five economic sectors: energy,
industry, buildings, transport and AFOLU (agriculture, forestry and other land uses). In this …

Challenges and opportunities for carbon neutrality in China's building sector—Modelling and data

S Hu, Y Zhang, Z Yang, D Yan, Y Jiang - Building Simulation, 2022 - Springer
The building sector is one of the largest energy user and carbon emitter globally. To achieve
China's national carbon target, the building sector in China needs to achieve carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Unsustainable business models–Recognising and resolving institutionalised social and environmental harm

NMP Bocken, SW Short - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Academic and business interest in sustainable business models (SBMs) as a potential
solution to pressing global sustainability issues has grown significantly over the past …

Ten questions concerning occupant health in buildings during normal operations and extreme events including the COVID-19 pandemic

M Awada, B Becerik-Gerber, S Hoque, Z O'Neill… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, people spent on average around 90% of their time
indoors. Now more than ever, with work-from-home orders in place, it is crucial that we …

The carbon footprint of household energy use in the United States

B Goldstein, D Gounaridis… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Residential energy use accounts for roughly 20% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in
the United States. Using data on 93 million individual households, we estimate these GHGs …

Global scenarios of urban density and its impacts on building energy use through 2050

B Güneralp, Y Zhou, D Ürge-Vorsatz… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
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 …

The growing importance of scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions from industry

EG Hertwich, R Wood - Environmental Research Letters, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Carbon reporting is increasingly focussing on indirect emissions that occur in the supply
chain of establishments. The GHG protocol, a corporate standard, distinguishes scope 2 …

Toward a resource‐efficient built environment: A literature review and conceptual model

DA Ness, K Xing - Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Amid continued growth in the building stock, the pursuit of sustainable buildings is
dominated by a focus on carbon neutrality and green, often overlooking resource …

2° C and SDGs: united they stand, divided they fall?

C von Stechow, JC Minx, K Riahi, J Jewell… - Environmental …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the new international
climate treaty could put 2015 into the history books as a defining year for setting human …

Socioeconomic disparities in cooling and warming efficiencies of urban vegetation and impervious surfaces

J Lin, H Zhang, M Chen, Q Wang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the temperature regulation effects of urban vegetation and impervious
surfaces, as well as how the effects interact with socioeconomic determinants of vulnerability …