Building energy retrofit (BER) is one of the priority tasks of China's '14th Five-Year Building Energy Efficiency and Green Building Development Plan'. The number of BER projects has …
This study examines the potential strategies for reducing embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions through adaptive reuse of non-residential buildings for residential purposes …
CC de Oliveira, ICM Vaz, E Ghisi - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Given the high energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions associated with buildings worldwide, sustainable strategies that provide conscious use of natural resources …
M Storck, S Slabik, A Hafner, R Herz - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
One of the main objectives facing climate protection targets is how to deal with the existing building stock. Refurbishment measures are essential to ensure sustainable urban …
S Bigiotti, C Costantino, A Marucci - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper aims to investigate potential strategies to reduce energy consumption and environmental impacts of a recently converted rural complex into an agri-spa in a high …
RK Zimmermann, K Kanafani… - … Series: Earth and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Introduction: Buildings are responsible for 39% of CO2 emissions in the world and have the largest consumption of natural resources. The concept of Circular Economy can be used as …
M Juaristi, I Sebastiani, S Avesani - Journal of Facade Design and …, 2022 - jfde.eu
Timber-based façade technologies have the potential to effectively reduce the carbon footprint, reduce water use in construction, and minimize waste, when their manufacturing …
Q Wang, Y Zhang, S Tian, X Yuan, Q Ma, M Liu… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The sustainable development of agriculture is facing problems such as high resource consumption and serious environmental pollution. The development of the circular economy …