By invading Ukraine and weaponizing its gas supplies to Europe, Russia has made natural
gas what renewable energy used to be: unreliable and expensive. In this perspective, we …

Affordable housing is characterised by its poor indoor environment, thermal performance,
and energy poverty. Conditions are expected to worsen because of urban heat island effect …

Renewable energy sources play a key role in decarbonizing the economy of the European
Union (EU) and the world. The aim of this research is to present the development of the …

The ongoing energy crisis in Europe is highlighting the role of the building sector in energy
consumption, particularly in countries like Spain, where 90.4% of existing dwellings lack …

Urban building energy modeling (UBEM) and its associated tools have proliferated in recent
years, leading to various model development, simulation, calibration approaches, and use …

Social housing buildings, throughout Europe, represent a consistent share of the existing
building stock. Due to the increasing levels of urbanization, the social housing population in …

Energy retrofitting and renovations are an inseparable part of decarbonisation strategies in
the building sector. These measures are often tied up with several social factors that can …

The building sector is crucial in all of the possible net zero scenarios suggested for the
European Union. In this area, the Italian situation is exemplary. Italy suffers from an aging …

Decisions made by social housing providers (SHPs) profoundly affect their tenants' energy
affordability, a group characterised by above-average energy poverty rates. Concentrated …

The rapid growth of heatwaves' severity have increasingly endangered citizens' health in the
last decade. Evidence points to the environmental injustice of heatwaves: inequal heatwave …