Due to rapid urbanisation and the significant contribution of cities to worldwide energy use
and greenhouse gas emissions, urban energy system planning is growing more important …

There has been considerable interest in investigating risk factors in Green Building (GB)
projects, with increasing debates in recent years. This study aims to investigate tendencies …

Current energy consumption estimates for building stocks rarely use measured data.
Calculated data of supposed representative buildings are extrapolated to a wider building …

Green building (GB) projects have attracted wide attention in the construction industry in
recent years owing to numerous benefits of green practices for sustainable development …

As a major sector contributing to the UK's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, housing is an
important focus of government policies to mitigate climate change. Current policy promotes …

The paper draws from the general literature on energy efficiency and historic buildings to
explain the importance and potential of user-driven energy efficiency in historic buildings. It …

Eco-efficiency is a key concept encompassing economic and environmental aspects to
promote a more efficient use of resources and lower emissions. An eco-efficiency …

Refurbishment policies for the historic segment of the building stock must be carefully
promoted in the process of addressing the transition to a low-emission society to avoid the …

Abstract The Swedish research project 'Potential and Policies for Energy Efficiency in
Swedish Historic Buildings' aims to investigate the interdependency between political …

Worth aged buildings represent among the existing buildings a special case when it comes
to their energy refurbishment. Unfortunately, the available technologies for building …