Business as not usual: A systematic literature review of social entrepreneurship, social innovation, and energy poverty to accelerate the just energy transition

MJ Manjon, A Merino, I Cairns - Energy Research & Social Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy poverty still affects more than 37 million people in Europe. Due to the COVID-19
crisis, this number may increase significantly. However, efforts to tackle this complex …

[HTML][HTML] Energy performance of buildings directive implementation in southern European countries: a review

P Olasolo-Alonso, LM López-Ochoa… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive covers a broad range of policies
and supportive measures designed to help European Union national governments boost …

Renewable and sustainable energy challenges to face for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals

B Nastasi, N Markovska, T Puksec, N Duić… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper is the editorial for the virtual special issue (VSI) of Renewable and Sustainable
Energy Reviews (RSER) dedicated to 4 SDEWES Conferences held in 2020, namely:(i) the …

[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 …

Smart retrofitting for existing buildings: State of the art and future research directions

S Peiris, JHK Lai, MM Kumaraswamy… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Transforming ordinary buildings into smart building (SB) s, considered as 'smart retrofitting
(SR)', requires retrofit works that involve smart technology applications. Given the limited …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and opportunities in European smart buildings energy management: A critical review

JL Hernández, I de Miguel, F Vélez… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The substantial stock of European buildings, accounting for more than 40% of energy
consumption, has prompted member states to establish a renovation standard with stringent …

Direct and indirect energy consumption in farming: Impacts from fertilizer use

VJPD Martinho - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Indirect energy consumption represents a considerable amount of the energy used in the
agricultural sector, but its assessment is not an easy task, due to the several dimensions …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of key issues influencing the environmental performance of social housing

J Wei, HX Li, AM Sadick, M Noguchi - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Social housing is essential in addressing the housing needs of vulnerable people. However,
there are environmental performance-related issues to consider with respect to social …

A novel approach to determine multi-tiered nearly zero-energy performance benchmarks using probabilistic reference buildings and risk analysis approaches

D Gatt, C Yousif, M Cellura, F Guarino, K Scerri… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) mandates European Union Member
States (MS) to conduct cost-optimal studies using the national calculation methodology …

Pipe insulation evaluation for low-temperature district heating implementation in South Korea

M Usman, YK Kim - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Future energy systems will comprise 100% renewable energy and involve high integration
of energy systems. District heating (DH) and cooling systems will be an undeniable part of …