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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …