Urban areas are critical in accomplishing the clean energy transition and meeting the
climate goals in the Paris Agreement. The first part of this paper presents a systematic …

Net-zero climate districts are gaining wide attention at the European and international levels.
Urban regeneration competitions have been launched recently to stimulate development; …

Abstract Within the Norwegian Research Centre for Zero Emission Neighbourhoods (ZEN)
in smart cities, a definition for achieving zero emission neighbourhoods will be developed …

The paper explains the major steps in Energy Master Planning process. It proposes a
definition of target goals. Then, a number of constraints have to be analyzed in order to be …

This paper discusses the flexibility KPIs proposed in the context of the Zero Emission
Neighborhood (ZEN) definition for characterizing how a building or neighborhood …

The introduction of technical solutions and the phasing out of unsustainable technologies in
Elverum, a small town in the middle of the Norwegian forest, is the starting point for this …

Net-zero climate districts are gaining wide attention at the European and international levels.
Urban regeneration competitions have been launched recently to stimulate development; …

This work addresses how immersive how immersive technologies, such as virtual reality
(VR), can help to deal with the increasing complexity and decreasing usability when …

Research projects on neighbourhoods with zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions often
emphasise technological solutions. Does the representation of this technological emphasis …

The method for calculating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in zero emission
neighbourhoods (ZEN) requires clarification on a set of methodological aspects. This is due …