A pressing task for future energy systems is the design and operation of systems that
integrate large shares of renewable energy while improving overall system efficiency …

Abstract The European Union (EU-27) targets buildings' decarbonization by 2050, and
prefabrication presents an opportunity to reduce buildings and construction sector impacts …

Interior insulation is often the only possible post-insulation technique to improve the thermal
performance of single leaf masonry walls. As a result of potential damage patterns such as …

In former socialist countries, urban districts having the lowest building and insulation quality
and the highest district heat consumption overlap with low-income and older households …

With the rapid economic growth and the improvement of people's living standards, China's
building energy consumption has kept rising during the past 15 years. Under the effort of the …

The EU-27 residential building stock offers high potential for energy efficiency gains. The
policies already in place or proposed to improve the energy efficiency and thus the …

Vast amounts of the European residential stock were built with limited consideration for
energy efficiency, yet its refurbishment can help reach national energy reduction goals …

Policies and measures targeting energy demand took off over the last three decades in
response to the oil shocks of the 1970s. Since then, concerns about the sensitivity of …

During the last decades natural polymers have become more and more frequent to replace
traditional inorganic stabilizers in building materials. The purpose of this research is to …

According to recent studies, the manufacturing and construction of the structural elements of
buildings (for example, columns, beams and load-bearing walls) represent the largest …