Some impactful but unfavorable results of rapid urbanization are human-nature
disconnection, waste of energy/water resources, and increased greenhouse gas emissions …

Studying the resource consumption of a social housing community is very important due to
the large-scale aspect of such programs and interventions. Despite the importance of …

Reference buildings are useful tools for evaluating energy saving measures of an entire
building stock. The objective of this study is to develop a method for obtaining reference …

Residential resource use efficiency and management is a subject of interest to a number of
fields spanning the physical and social sciences. Energy use for residential water heating in …

The installation rate of solar water heaters (SWHs) in Chinese urban areas has decreased
significantly, undermining energy conservation and emission reduction goals. On the basis …

In the past few decades, extensive research has been conducted to develop operation and
control strategy for smart buildings with the purpose of reducing energy consumption …

Housing transformations have been studied over time. Numerous Post-Occupancy-
Evaluation (POE) studies reveal user-initiated alterations occurring in Brazilian Social …

Solar energy is a promising source for water heating in the household sector in Brazil.
However, despite its large potential, its use is still limited in the country. This study explores …

This paper explores the range of potential energy use impacts of shower water demand
management in a case study of five highly characterised households in Melbourne …

The level of income of the inhabitants in a township has an impact on the potential to have
adequate access to electricity. The bulk of the domestic energy sources needed in the …