Climate change impacts on planned supply–demand match in global wind and solar energy systems

L Liu, G He, M Wu, G Liu, H Zhang, Y Chen, J Shen… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Climate change modulates both energy demand and wind and solar energy supply but a
globally synthetic analysis of supply–demand match (SDM) is lacking. Here, we use 12 state …

Thermal comfort and energy efficiency: Challenges, barriers, and step towards sustainability

IL Niza, IM Luz, AM Bueno, EE Broday - Smart Cities, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the increasing number of people living in cities, the demand for energy in office
buildings and homes is constantly increasing; thus, smart buildings were created to provide …

Climate zoning for buildings: from basic to advanced methods—a review of the scientific literature

A Remizov, SA Memon, JR Kim - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Understanding the link between the energy-efficiency of buildings and climatic conditions
can improve the design of energy-efficient housing. Due to global climate change and …

Climate-adaptive resilience in district buildings and cross-regional energy sharing in Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Greater Bay Area

Y Zhou, Z Dan, X Yu - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change imposes challenges on Sustainable Develop Goals (SDGs) with uncertainty
in the energy supply, energy consumption, climate-adaptive design and operation …

Cooling energy saving by vegetation planting in high-density districts: Evaluation using the coupled simulation

J Ge, Y Wang, H Akbari, D Zhou, Z Gu, X Meng - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban vegetation is an important factor for urban heat island mitigation, which also
contributes to indoor cooling energy reduction. In this study, a one-way coupled simulation …

On the exploitation of dynamic simulations for the design of buildings energy systems

F Kotarela, A Kyritsis, R Agathokleous, N Papanikolaou - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract To achieve the Paris Agreement 1.5° C target, apart from the obligation for new
buildings to be ZEBs, the existing building stock should be retrofitted as well, in order to …

Design optimization of medium-deep borehole heat exchanger for building heating under climate change

S Zhang, J Liu, F Wang, J Chai - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Geothermal thermal energy with a medium-deep borehole heat exchanger (MDBHE) is a
clean solution for building heating. There lacks a proper design of the MDBHE based on …

A provincial analysis of centralized heating systems decarbonization in China's residential sector: History and future

K You, Y Li, W Feng, W Cai, M Ma - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Decarbonization of China's residential Centralized heating (RCH) is crucial for China's
carbon peak and neutrality. To tap the decarbonization potential, from the perspective of …

High-Durable, Radiative-Cooling, and Heat-Insulating Flexible Films Enabled by a Bioinspired Dictyophora-Like Structure

J Zhou, C Ding, X Zhang, D Li, D Yang… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Radiative cooling, achieved by selectively emitting thermal radiation to outer space, holds
great promise for addressing global energy challenges and mitigating the effects of climate …

Effects of urban vegetation on microclimate and building energy demand in winter: An evaluation using coupled simulations

J Ge, Y Wang, D Zhou, Z Gu, X Meng - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
As an important landscape, the evergreen vegetation is prevailing, even in cold region cities.
However, the impacts of promoting vegetation on microclimate and building heating load …