Urban emissions and land use efficiency scenarios towards effective climate mitigation in urban systems

Ş Kılkış - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
There are critical mitigation opportunities in urban areas that can be better understood
through urban level analyses in the context of climate scenarios. This research work …

Climate solutions double as health interventions

NA Mailloux, CP Henegan, D Lsoto… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The climate crisis threatens to exacerbate numerous climate-sensitive health risks, including
heatwave mortality, malnutrition from reduced crop yields, water-and vector-borne infectious …

Greenhouse gas emissions from global cities under SSP/RCP scenarios, 1990 to 2100

KR Gurney, Ş Kılkış, KC Seto, S Lwasa, D Moran… - Global Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Projections of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are critical to enable a better
understanding and anticipation of future climate change under different socio-economic …

[HTML][HTML] Costs and benefits of combined sewer overflow management strategies at the European scale

E Quaranta, S Fuchs, HJ Liefting, A Schellart… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) may represent a significant source of pollution, but they
are difficult to quantify at a large scale (eg regional or national), due to a lack of accessible …

Does the net present value as a financial metric fit investment in green energy security?

Z Dobrowolski, G Drozdowski - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Surprisingly, little is known whether the net present value (NPV) used as a financial metric in
budgeting and investment planning to analyse a projects' profitability is universal …

Framing a novel holistic energy subsystem structure for water-energy-food nexus based on existing literature (basic concepts)

M Vahabzadeh, A Afshar, A Molajou - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
It is interesting to note that the country of Iran is essential in terms of energy production and
consumption, and the economy of Iran is mainly dependent on energy revenues. Therefore …

Green roof effects on urban building surface processes and energy budgets

J Huang, F Kong, H Yin, A Middel, H Liu… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Green roofs, as a nature-based solution, can be an effective tool for cities to improve the
thermal environment, save energy, and combat climate change. However, it remains unclear …

Determinants with impact on Romanian consumers' energy-saving habits

VM Dincă, M Busu, Z Nagy-Bege - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to the population's growing need for energy and the increasing impact of the
phenomena of global warming and climate change on a global level, it becomes imperative …

Carbon dioxide reduction from an intensive green roof through carbon flux observations and energy consumption simulations

S Yang, F Kong, H Yin, N Zhang, T Tan… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Green roofs have the potential to reduce carbon dioxide directly through photosynthesis and
indirectly through building energy savings. Most previous studies either focused exclusively …

[HTML][HTML] A hydrological model to estimate pollution from combined sewer overflows at the regional scale: Application to Europe

E Quaranta, S Fuchs, HJ Liefting, A Schellart… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) of 671 Functional Urban Areas
(FUAs) throughout the European Union+ UK (EU28), representing almost half of the EU28 …