A review on the energy retrofit policies and improvements of the UK existing buildings, challenges and benefits

J Alabid, A Bennadji, M Seddiki - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
There are inherited challenges and barriers the UK government faces in meeting the 80%
carbon reduction target by 2050 compared to 1990 baseline. Technically research shows …

[HTML][HTML] Holistic assessment of carbon abatement strategies in building refurbishment literature—A scoping review

O Fahlstedt, A Temeljotov-Salaj, J Lohne… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The refurbishment of building stocks constitutes a significant role in reducing carbon
emissions from the built environment. However, refurbishment rates remain low despite tools …

How does future climatic uncertainty affect multi-objective building energy retrofit decisions? Evidence from residential buildings in subtropical Hong Kong

S Liu, Y Wang, X Liu, L Yang, Y Zhang, J He - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy consumption of and carbon emissions from buildings, which substantially depend on
outdoor climate conditions, may be susceptible to future climate change. However, how …

Research on policy strategies for implementing energy retrofits in the residential buildings

H Zhang, K Hewage, H Karunathilake, H Feng… - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy retrofits are significant in improving the energy efficiency of existing residential
buildings (ERB) and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. While many countries have …

Significance of occupancy patterns and habitual household adaptive behaviour on home-energy performance of post-war social-housing estate in the South-eastern …

B Ozarisoy, H Altan - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The concept of retrofitting is an important milestone in the evolutionary development toward
upgrading the energy efficiency of residential buildings. Various policy instruments have …

A multi-criterion decision analysis framework for sustainable energy retrofit in buildings

JMC Ongpeng, BIB Rabe, LF Razon, KB Aviso, RR Tan - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Old buildings are known to have poor energy performance and have limited improvement
options as they approach their end-of-life. The demand for sustainable design and …

[HTML][HTML] Values and implications of building envelope retrofitting for residential Positive Energy Districts

A Bruck, SD Ruano, H Auer - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Most of Europe's building stock is labelled inefficient. This calls for building envelope
retrofitting to reduce energy demand and emissions. Positive Energy Districts (PED) aim for …

Artificial neural network for predicting building energy performance: a surrogate energy retrofits decision support framework

H Zhang, H Feng, K Hewage, M Arashpour - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Assessing the energy performance of existing residential buildings (ERB) has been
identified as key to improving building energy efficiency and reducing associated …

Improving the energy performance and economic benefits of aged residential buildings by retrofitting in Hot–humid regions of China

X Yang, Z Chen, Y Zou, F Wan - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The existing building stock faces the challenge of low energy efficiency and requires
renovation and upgrading to meet society′ s goals of carbon reduction and sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] LCA of net-zero energy residential buildings with different HVAC systems across Canadian climates: A BIM-based fuzzy approach

R Kathiravel, S Zhu, H Feng - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
The urgency of addressing building energy consumption's impact on climate change,
particularly from fossil fuels, is of great significance. This study investigates the …