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1. Using BIM to research carbon footprint during the materialization phase of prefabricated concrete buildings: A China study

Author:
Xiao-Juan Li; Ji-yu Lai; Cai-yun Ma; Chen Wang
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.279 pp. 123454
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; buildings; carbon; carbon footprint; cement; concrete; construction industry; construction materials; databases; emissions factor; energy; energy conservation; environmental protection; issues and policy; models; steel; transportation; China
Abstract:
... The development of prefabricated concrete (PC) buildings can potentially reduce the consumption of resources and energy, and meet the requirements of low carbon and environmental protection in the construction industry. Therefore, this study aims to investigate PC buildings and their carbon footprint in the materialization phase. Based on databases from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chang ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123454

2. Building shading affects the ecosystem service of urban green spaces: Carbon capture in street canyons

Author:
Zhen Guo; Zhiwei Zhang; Xiaogang Wu; Jing Wang; Peidong Zhang; Dan Ma; Yuan Liu
Source:
Ecological modelling 2020 v.431 pp. 109178
ISSN:
0304-3800
Subject:
buildings; carbon; cities; ecosystem services; ecosystems; grasslands; green infrastructure; models; photosynthesis; planning; planting; shade; shrubs; solar energy; solar radiation; trees; urban areas; urbanization; China
Abstract:
... The urban building environment has dramatically transited into a high-rise style. Consequently, street canyons have changed the daytime solar radiation distribution and indirectly affected the photosynthesis of the surrounding ecosystems. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of the topic, quantitative studies are rare. In this study, a new approach combining radiation simulation and in situ obs ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109178

3. Solar energy potential of urban buildings in 10 cities of China

Author:
Liang Cheng; Fangli Zhang; Shuyi Li; Junya Mao; Hao Xu; Weimin Ju; Xiaoqiang Liu; Jie Wu; Kaifu Min; Xuedong Zhang; Manchun Li
Source:
Energy 2020 v.196 pp. 117038
ISSN:
0360-5442
Subject:
buildings; carbon; cities; data collection; decision making; economic development; emissions; energy; irradiation; shade; solar energy; solar radiation; structural roofs; China
Abstract:
... The solar energy potential of urban buildings is important for China’s sustainable economic development. Previous studies have focused on creating regional solar maps or estimating the irradiation of building roofs. This study estimates the practical potential of solar energy in cities with a novel roof-facade framework. Improvements have been made to make it more practical by integrating roofs an ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.energy.2020.117038

4. Strategies for enhancing the accuracy of evaluation and sustainability performance of building

Author:
Md. Uzzal Hossain; S. Thomas Ng
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2020 v.261 pp. 110230
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
buildings; carbon; case studies; construction industry; construction materials; databases; decision making; emissions; residential housing; system boundary; waste management; wastes; China
Abstract:
... In recent years, considerable efforts have been devoted to minimizing the environmental consequences from building industry globally, as the industry is notorious for its significant resource consumption and environmental emissions. However, due to a lack of data representativeness in many parts of the world, considerable variations were observed among studies, and thus makes life cycle assessment ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110230

5. An economic evaluation of refrigeration and air-conditioning system retrofit in large-scale public buildings: A case study of Beijing Capital International Airport Terminals

Author:
Yuming Liu; Tingting Liu; Boya Ji; Binyu Wang
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2020 v.245 pp. 118934
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
air conditioning; airports; buildings; capital; carbon; case studies; climatic zones; cold storage; cost effectiveness; economic evaluation; economic investment; economic performance; electric energy consumption; electricity; energy; energy conservation; environmental performance; issues and policy; life cycle costing; refrigeration; China
Abstract:
... Given users’ increasing demand for thermal comfort in large-scale public buildings, energy consumption of the refrigeration and air-conditioning system continually increases. There is a strong need for implementing Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning System Retrofit (RACSR) in order to achieve better energy performance and carbon emission reductions. Despite the importance of adopting RACSR, it rem ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118934

6. Analysis of the embodied carbon dioxide in the building sector: A case of China

Author:
Weina Zhu; Wei Feng; Xiaodong Li; Zhihui Zhang
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2020 v.269 pp. 122438
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
buildings; carbon; carbon dioxide; case studies; greenhouse gas emissions; models; residential housing; China
Abstract:
... Many studies and standards in the building sector have often focused on the mitigation of operational carbon with little consideration of the embodied carbon from buildings. Although there exist some studies on embodied carbon, they are analyzed based on the project level or case studies, and few studies explore the embodied carbon dioxide in the building sector. To achieve the peaking of China’s ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122438

7. Building green retrofit in China: Policies, barriers and recommendations

Author:
Guo Liu; Xiaohu Li; Yongtao Tan; Guomin Zhang
Source:
Energy policy 2020 v.139 pp. 111356
ISSN:
0301-4215
Subject:
buildings; carbon; developing countries; energy; energy use and consumption; issues and policy; China
Abstract:
... Green retrofit is an effective way of improving the performance of existing buildings to achieve low energy consumption and low carbon emission. To realize a successful building green retrofit, it is important to understand the barriers and to develop relevant policies for retrofitting existing buildings, especially in developing countries. As a typical developing country, China has a large number ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111356

8. Carbon mitigation of China's building sector on city-level: Pathway and policy implications by a low-carbon province case study

Author:
Han Chen; Wenying Chen
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2019 v.224 pp. 207-217
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
buildings; carbon; case studies; cities; coal; cooking; economic development; electricity; emissions; energy efficiency; heat; issues and policy; local government; natural gas; renewable energy sources; socioeconomic factors; China
Abstract:
... Curbing the increasing carbon emissions from residential and commercial buildings would be of great importance for achieving China's NDC (Nationally Determined Contributions) target. However, studies on city-level emission pathways and mitigation strategies aiming at building sector are still far from sufficient, especially for regions in Central China. Considering the large potential for further ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.022

9. China's building stock estimation and energy intensity analysis

Author:
Tengfei Huo; Weiguang Cai; Hong Ren; Wei Feng; Minglei Zhu; Ningning Lang; Jingxin Gao
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2019 v.207 pp. 801-813
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
buildings; carbon; energy efficiency; models; prediction; residential housing; China
Abstract:
... Reliable and objective data regarding building stock is essential for predicting and analyzing energy demand and carbon emission. However, China's building stock data is lacking. This study proposes a set of China building floor space estimation method (CBFSM) based on the improved building stock turnover model. Then it measures China's building stocks by vintage and type from 2000 to 2015, as wel ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.060

10. Circular economy practices in the built environment

Author:
Tuomo Joensuu; Harry Edelman; Arto Saari
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2020 v.276 pp. 124215
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
adaptive management; buildings; carbon; circular economy; cities; climate; databases; durability; energy; environmental impact; greenhouse gases; industrial symbiosis; life cycle assessment; planning; politics; raw materials; recycling; risk; urban development; wastes; China; Europe
Abstract:
... The aim of this literature review is to provide structured information for the basis of organizing the future cities through circular economy. The built environment is responsible for the majority of global greenhouse gases and raw material extraction. Climate efficiency in cities cannot be improved simply by replacing the old structures with new ones, because both the construction and operation p ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124215

11. Coordinated optimal design of zero/low energy buildings and their energy systems based on multi-stage design optimization

Author:
Hangxin Li; Shengwei Wang
Source:
Energy 2019 v.189 pp. 116202
ISSN:
0360-5442
Subject:
buildings; carbon; case studies; cooling; cost effectiveness; energy; system optimization; systems engineering; China
Abstract:
... As promising means to reduce carbon emission and energy consumption, zero/low energy buildings have been attracting increasing attentions. Multi-stage design optimization methods have been developed for zero/low energy buildings and their energy systems especially when a large number of design variables need to be optimized. However, these methods ignore the interactions between building envelope ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.energy.2019.116202

12. Coordinated robust optimal design of building envelope and energy systems for zero/low energy buildings considering uncertainties

Author:
Hangxin Li; Shengwei Wang
Source:
Applied energy 2020 v.265 pp. 114779
ISSN:
0306-2619
Subject:
buildings; carbon; case studies; energy efficiency; safety factor; uncertainty; China
Abstract:
... Uncertainties exist throughout the life cycle of zero/low energy buildings, which may lead to low energy efficiency and even failure of achieving zero/low energy goal in operation. However, current design practice of the entire zero/low energy buildings, including building envelope and energy systems, seldom considers the uncertainties or roughly considers the uncertainties using safety factors in ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.114779

13. Design and simulation of a novel hybrid solar-biomass energy supply system in northwest China

Author:
Congguang Zhang; Jiaming Sun; Martin Lubell; Ling Qiu; Kang Kang
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2019 v.233 pp. 1221-1239
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
anaerobic digesters; biogas; biomass; buildings; carbon; clean energy; cooking; economic development; emissions; energy conservation; energy efficiency; energy industry; heat; households; life cycle costing; pollution; pollution control; primary energy; profitability; rural areas; solar collectors; solar energy; China
Abstract:
... Making full use of solar energy and biomass to supply clean energy for buildings can effectively reduce environmental pollution and optimize the energy industry structure. This research designed a novel hybrid solar-biomass energy supply system and evaluated its thermodynamic performance as well as its practical feasibility. The system mainly consists of a solar subsystem and a biomass subsystem a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.128

14. Developing a methodology for the ex-post assessment of Building Energy Efficiency Special Planning in Beijing during the 12th Five-Year Plan” period

Author:
Yuming Liu; Tingting Liu; Binyu Wang; Minghui Xu
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2019 v.216 pp. 552-569
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
buildings; carbon; electric energy consumption; energy conservation; energy efficiency; information technology; issues and policy; markets; models; planning; China
Abstract:
... In order to carry out an ex-post assessment of the completed Building Energy Efficiency Special Planning, a comprehensive ex-post assessment methodology is established. The methodology sets out the ex-post assessment criteria from three dimensions and 27 indexes, and apply the Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation Method to build the ex-post assessment model. Applying the methodology, this research assesses ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.086

15. Embodied and operating energy assessment of existing buildings – Demolish or rebuild

Author:
Grace Ding; Xiaoyu Ying
Source:
Energy 2019 v.182 pp. 623-631
ISSN:
0360-5442
Subject:
buildings; carbon; case studies; climate change; cooling; embodied energy; energy efficiency; environmental degradation; heat; natural resources; residential housing; urbanization; China
Abstract:
... Addressing climate change and energy efficiency of buildings challenge governments. Research studies to improve the efficiency of new buildings are many, but the potential of existing buildings to alleviate environmental problems is yet to be recognised. The economic development in China triggered the rapid growth of population and urbanisation. The government has experienced severe environmental ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.energy.2019.06.056

16. Empirical Study on the Boundary Space Form of Residential Blocks Oriented Toward Low-Carbon Travel

Author:
Yang Zhou; Hui Ji; Songtian Zhang; Caiyun Qian; Zixiong Wei
Source:
Sustainability 2019 v.11 no.10 pp. -
ISSN:
2071-1050
Subject:
buildings; carbon; cities; climate change; empirical research; fences; land use; permeability; quantitative analysis; regression analysis; roads; social environment; socioeconomics; surveys; travel; urban planning; walking; China
Abstract:
... As one of the three major carbon sources in cities, urban mobility has posed severe challenges to the social environment. Promoting low-carbon travel for residents is an important measure for building a low-carbon city and mitigating climate change. However, to date, previous research on residents’ low-carbon travel has been more oriented toward urban planning, while quantitative research on ...
DOI:
10.3390/su11102812

17. Knowledge, attitude and practice towards zero carbon buildings: Hong Kong case

Author:
Mi Pan; Wei Pan
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2020 v.274 pp. 122819
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
attitudes and opinions; buildings; carbon; cities; climate change; construction industry; focus groups; models; questionnaires; stakeholders; statistical analysis; surveys; China
Abstract:
... The ‘zero carbon building (ZCB)’ approach has been hailed as an innovative strategy for addressing climate change and achieving a low carbon society. There has been burgeoning research on the technical aspects of ZCBs. However, the aspect of stakeholder engagement, albeit imperative for zero carbon development, has been largely overlooked in the literature. This paper examines stakeholder knowledg ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122819

18. Life cycle carbon emissions of two residential buildings in China: Comparison and uncertainty analysis of different assessment methods

Author:
Xiaocun Zhang; Kaihua Liu; Zihua Zhang
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2020 v.266 pp. 122037
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
buildings; carbon; emissions; greenhouse effect; input output analysis; issues and policy; life cycle assessment; model uncertainty; models; parameter uncertainty; residential housing; uncertainty analysis; China
Abstract:
... Life cycle assessment of building carbon emissions has drawn great attention recently, due to the policy of controlling the greenhouse effect. Various approaches including process-based method, input-output analysis, and hybrid method have been applied for the assessment. Hence, with the purpose of achieving a comprehensive comparison of these approaches, the present study made a comparative analy ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122037

19. Modelling of energy consumption and carbon emission from the building construction sector in China, a process-based LCA approach

Author:
Yang Zhang; Da Yan; Shan Hu; Siyue Guo
Source:
Energy policy 2019 v.134 pp. 110949
ISSN:
0301-4215
Subject:
building construction; buildings; carbon; emissions; energy; life cycle assessment; models; residential housing; urbanization; China
Abstract:
... A rapid rise in China's construction scale due to urbanization has resulted in a large amount of energy consumption and carbon emission. In order to achieve carbon emission reduction and energy security, it is important to assess the energy use of and emissions from the building construction sector. This paper presents a China Building Construction Model (CBCM) based on a process-based life cycle ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enpol.2019.110949

20. Performance investigation of a novel hybrid combined cooling, heating and power system with solar thermochemistry in different climate zones

Author:
Haifeng Wu; Qibin Liu; Gengxin Xie; Shaopeng Guo; Jie Zheng; Bosheng Su
Source:
Energy 2020 v.190 pp. 116281
ISSN:
0360-5442
Subject:
algorithms; buildings; carbon; carbon dioxide; cold zones; combustion; cooling; cost effectiveness; electricity; electricity costs; energy conservation; greenhouse gas emissions; heat; natural gas; prices; primary energy; profits and margins; solar energy; synthesis gas; China
Abstract:
... To alleviate the shortage of natural gas resource and ease carbon emissions, a novel solar-driven combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) system is designed and optimized using the genetic algorithm in the work. Different from the process of direct combustion in a conventional CCHP system, natural gas is firstly converted into syngas by a solar-driven natural gas reforming step, which is consum ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.energy.2019.116281

21. Potential impacts of coal substitution policy on regional air pollutants and carbon emission reductions for China's building sector during the 13th Five-Year Plan period

Author:
Han Chen; Wenying Chen
Source:
Energy policy 2019 v.131 pp. 281-294
ISSN:
0301-4215
Subject:
air pollutants; air pollution; air quality; buildings; carbon; carbon dioxide; climate change; coal; electric energy consumption; electricity; energy; greenhouse gas emissions; issues and policy; natural gas; nitrogen oxides; particulate emissions; pollution control; socioeconomic development; statistics; sulfur dioxide; China
Abstract:
... Scattered coal consumption in the building sector contributes approximately 40% of China's primary fine particulate matter emissions and 10% of fossil fuel CO2 emissions, posing serious threats to climate change mitigation and air quality. Therefore, a shift from coal to natural gas (NG) and electricity is of great significance for the synergistic reduction of air pollutants and carbon emissions. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enpol.2019.04.047

22. Techno-economic design optimization of hybrid renewable energy applications for high-rise residential buildings

Author:
Jia Liu; Meng Wang; Jinqing Peng; Xi Chen; Sunliang Cao; Hongxing Yang
Source:
Energy conversion and management 2020 v.213 pp. 112868
ISSN:
0196-8904
Subject:
administrative management; batteries; buildings; carbon; carbon footprint; design; energy balance; energy conversion; models; renewable energy sources; residential housing; solar collectors; stakeholders; storage; supply; tariffs; China
Abstract:
... This study aims to explore the techno-economic feasibility of renewable energy systems for power supply to high-rise residential buildings within urban contexts. Experiments on a photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage system under maximizing self-consumption and time-of-use strategies are conducted to study the system performance and validate energy balance based battery and energy management model ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enconman.2020.112868

23. A dialectical system framework of zero carbon emission building policy for high-rise high-density cities: Perspectives from Hong Kong

Author:
Wei Pan; Mi Pan
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2018 v.205 pp. 1-13
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
buildings; carbon; cities; emissions; energy efficiency; focus groups; interviews; issues and policy; land resources; learning; politics; population density; professionals; questionnaires; residential housing; socioeconomics; stakeholders; surveys; sustainable development; urbanization; China
Abstract:
... Several countries and cities have developed policies on zero carbon emission building or the alike as a driver for achieving sustainable development, which however mainly target houses and low-rise buildings. High-rise buildings in high-density urban built areas are generally perceived impossible to achieve zero carbon emission, and remain as a gap in policy study. Nevertheless, given the continuo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.09.025

24. Carbon abatement in China's commercial building sector: A bottom-up measurement model based on Kaya-LMDI methods

Author:
Minda Ma; Wei Cai; Weiguang Cai
Source:
Energy 2018 v.165 pp. 350-368
ISSN:
0360-5442
Subject:
buildings; carbon; energy conservation; models; China
Abstract:
... Measuring carbon abatement in China's commercial buildings (CACCB) has been recognized as a path to evaluate the energy conservation work (ECW) in China's commercial building sector. This study first presents a bottom-up model for measuring the CACCB values based on decomposing the extended Kaya identity via the Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) method. The results indicate that (1) mainly thr ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.energy.2018.09.070

25. China Act on the Energy Efficiency of Civil Buildings (2008): A decade review

Author:
Minda Ma; Weiguang Cai; Yong Wu
Source:
Science of the total environment 2019 v.651 pp. 42-60
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
buildings; carbon; databases; developing countries; emissions; energy efficiency; industrialization; issues and policy; renewable energy sources; China
Abstract:
... China has launched the energy efficiency project (EEP) for its civil building sector beginning in the mid-1980s; however, its implementation has not been effective. To better promote the EEP for the Chinese civil building sector, the Chinese government issued the China Act on the Energy Efficiency of Civil Buildings in 2008. This is the first paper to present a review of this act's implementation ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.118

26. Do commercial building sector-derived carbon emissions decouple from the economic growth in Tertiary Industry? A case study of four municipalities in China

Author:
Minda Ma; Weiguang Cai
Source:
Science of the total environment 2019 v.650 pp. 822-834
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
buildings; carbon; case studies; economic development; economic systems; emissions; energy efficiency; industry; China
Abstract:
... Decoupling economic development from carbon emissions generated from China's commercial buildings (CECCB) is regarded as an important indicator for evaluating the energy efficiency of the commercial building sector in China. Our study is the first to propose a decoupling method based on a Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) decomposition analysis with the Kaya identity to analyze the relationshi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.078

27. Environmental benefits of electronic commerce over the conventional retail trade? A case study in Shenzhen, China

Author:
Yi-Bo Zhao; Guang-Zhou Wu; Yong-Xi Gong; Ming-Zheng Yang; Hong-Gang Ni
Source:
Science of the total environment 2019 v.679 pp. 378-386
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
buildings; carbon; carbon dioxide; case studies; e-commerce; ecosystem services; environmental impact; greenhouse gas emissions; models; packaging; public transportation; retail marketing; China
Abstract:
... Electronic commerce has been becoming the new driver of the retail industry. The large-scale expansion of electronic commerce with additional packaging certainly increases stress on the environment. However, a comparative analysis of environmental impacts of electronic commerce and conventional retail trade channels is unavailable. In this study, an Average Package Difference Model (APDM) was deve ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.081

28. Holistic BIM framework for sustainable low carbon design of high-rise buildings

Author:
Vincent J.L. Gan; M. Deng; K.T. Tse; C.M. Chan; Irene M.C. Lo; Jack C.P. Cheng
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2018 v.195 pp. 1091-1104
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
air conditioning; buildings; carbon; case studies; cities; construction materials; design for environment; emissions; energy; environmental models; functional properties; China
Abstract:
... In high-density, high-rise cities such as Hong Kong, buildings account for nearly 90% of energy consumption and 61% of the carbon emissions. Therefore, it is important to study the design of buildings, especially high-rise buildings, so as to achieve lower carbon emissions. The carbon emissions of a building consist of embodied carbon from the production of construction materials and operational c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.272

29. Impact of introducing penalty-cost on optimal design of renewable energy systems for net zero energy buildings

Author:
Yuehong Lu; Xiao-Ping Zhang; Zhijia Huang; Jinli Lu; Dong Wang
Source:
Applied energy 2019 v.235 pp. 106-116
ISSN:
0306-2619
Subject:
buildings; carbon; cost effectiveness; energy; renewable energy sources; safety factor; China
Abstract:
... It is well known that the high cost of installing renewable energy systems (RES) is still a barrier to overcome in the promotion of net-zero energy buildings (NZEB). The current practice in selecting the optimal RES system for NZEB basically involves a consideration of all possible design options, which is usually not a cost-effective process when compared with costs for no or for less RES in buil ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.10.112

30. Life cycle energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of urban residential buildings in Guangzhou city

Author:
Jinyan Zhan; Wei Liu; Feng Wu; Zhihui Li; Chao Wang
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2018 v.194 pp. 318-326
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
bricks; buildings; carbon; carbon dioxide; cement; concrete; construction materials; decision making; electric power; electricity; emissions factor; energy; energy conservation; environmental impact; greenhouse gas emissions; oils; residential housing; society; steel; urban areas; China
Abstract:
... Carbon emissions are derived mainly from the building, industrial, and transport sectors. Buildings are responsible for more than 40% of global energy use and for as much as 33% of global greenhouse gas emissions. By the end of 2016, 57.4% of the total population lived in urban areas in China, a dramatic increase from 26% in 1990. It is essential to study and analyze both energy consumption and ca ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.124

31. Modeling energy-related CO2 emissions from office buildings using general regression neural network

Author:
Hong Ye; Qun Ren; Xinyue Hu; Tao Lin; Longyu Shi; Guoqin Zhang; Xinhu Li
Source:
Resources, Conservation & Recycling 2018 v.129 pp. 168-174
ISSN:
0921-3449
Subject:
buildings; carbon; carbon dioxide; cities; construction industry; energy; greenhouse gas emissions; microclimate; neural networks; prediction; sustainable development; urban areas; urbanization; China
Abstract:
... Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from urban office buildings energy usages (BEC) constitute a substantial component of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission, and are set to rapidly increase with further urbanization. Establishing a concise, accurate, and realistic model that can predict future emissions is challenging but essential for strategies to develop low carbon construction and sustainable de ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.10.020

32. Opportunities and risks of implementing zero-carbon building policy for cities: Hong Kong case

Author:
Wei Pan; Mi Pan
Source:
Applied energy 2019 v.256 pp. 113835
ISSN:
0306-2619
Subject:
buildings; business planning; carbon; cities; emissions; energy; focus groups; fossil fuels; interviews; issues and policy; leadership; models; professionals; questionnaires; renewable energy sources; risk; stakeholders; surveys; urban planning; China
Abstract:
... There is a worldwide policy agenda of reducing buildings’ carbon emissions. Zero-carbon building has emerged as an advanced model with policy support, but high-rise remains a knowledge gap. This paper aims to contribute a better understanding of the opportunities and risks of formulating and implementing a zero-carbon building policy, and identify recommendations for maximising the opportunities a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113835

33. Quantification of urban water-carbon nexus using disaggregated input-output model: A case study in Beijing (China)

Author:
Fanxin Meng; Gengyuan Liu; Yuan Chang; Meirong Su; Yuanchao Hu; Zhifeng Yang
Source:
Energy 2019 v.171 pp. 403-418
ISSN:
0360-5442
Subject:
buildings; carbon; case studies; cities; economic systems; emissions; environmental impact; issues and policy; models; sports; supply chain; sustainable development; virtual water; China
Abstract:
... The range and complexity of interdependencies between water and carbon emissions, including synergies and trade-offs, are greatest in cities. Therefore, the investigation of urban water-carbon nexus is becoming vital for the urban sustainable development. Input-Output (IO) model is an effective tool to evaluate the direct and indirect environmental effects. However, the accurate quantification on ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.energy.2019.01.013

34. The key sectors for energy conservation and carbon emissions reduction in China: Evidence from the input-output method

Author:
Jie Guo; Yue-Jun Zhang; Kai-Bin Zhang
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2018 v.179 pp. 180-190
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
buildings; carbon; carbon dioxide; case studies; demand elasticities; economic systems; energy; energy conservation; fossil fuels; greenhouse gas emissions; issues and policy; manufacturing; retail marketing; road transportation; China
Abstract:
... This research defines the key sectors driving China's energy consumption and CO2 emissions from the input-output relationship and demand elasticity. This method allows us to analyze the correlation of energy consumption and CO2 emissions with economic activities of various sectors, and reveal which sectors deserve more attention as Chinese Government shapes appropriate policies for energy conserva ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.01.080

35. Typology of business model innovations for delivering zero carbon buildings

Author:
Xiaojing Zhao; Bon-Gang Hwang; Qiuchen Lu
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2018 v.196 pp. 1213-1226
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
buildings; business enterprises; business planning; carbon; case studies; econometric models; markets; stakeholders; Australia; China; Japan; Singapore; United Kingdom
Abstract:
... Despite the widely reported benefits of zero carbon buildings (ZCBs), the actual uptake of the ZCB approach is low in market. Building firms need to innovate their business models (BMs) to overcome market barriers. However, there is scarce research into business strategies for ZCBs. This paper aims to develop a typology of BM innovations for delivering ZCBs from the perspective of developers and c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.06.018

36. Urban solar utilization potential mapping via deep learning technology: A case study of Wuhan, China

Author:
Zhaojian Huang; Thushini Mendis; Shen Xu
Source:
Applied energy 2019 v.250 pp. 283-291
ISSN:
0306-2619
Subject:
buildings; carbon; case studies; economic recovery; electricity generation; emissions; satellites; solar energy; solar radiation; structural roofs; China
Abstract:
... This study presents a novel approach to detect the city-wide solar potential which utilizes image segmentation with deep learning technology unlike traditional methods. In order to study the solar energy potential in the urban scale, there exists a requirement to quantify the roof area of buildings which are available to receive solar radiation, calculate the total solar radiation obtained within ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.04.113

37. A recycled aggregate concrete high-rise building: Structural performance and embodied carbon footprint

Author:
Jianzhuang Xiao; Chunhui Wang; Tao Ding; Ali Akbarnezhad
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2018 v.199 pp. 868-881
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
buildings; carbon; carbon footprint; cities; concrete; ecosystem services; energy; global warming potential; landfills; recycling; transportation; China
Abstract:
... Recycled aggregate concrete structures are advocated widely as sustainable structures mainly due to numerous benefits of concrete recycling including reducing the need of natural resources extraction and landfill. Furthermore, the energy and carbon implications of recycled aggregate concrete in material level and low-rise structural level have been investigated. However, little attention has been ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.07.210

38. Achieving zero emission in China's urban building sector: opportunities and barriers

Author:
Rui Xing; Tatsuya Hanaoka; Yuko Kanamori; Toshihiko Masui
Source:
Current opinion in environmental sustainability 2018 v.30 pp. 115-122
ISSN:
1877-3435
Subject:
buildings; carbon; cities; developed countries; energy; energy conservation; population density; urban areas; zero emissions; China
Abstract:
... In recent years, the concept of nearly zero energy buildings (NZEB) has gained wide attention in developed countries. Because of its contribution to achieving full decarbonization in the building sector, NZEB is starting to become a new design target of future buildings and an important means to achieve the 1.5 degrees goal in building sector. This paper reviews the development of NZEB technologie ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cosust.2018.05.005

39. Building-information-modeling enabled life cycle assessment, a case study on carbon footprint accounting for a residential building in China

Author:
Xining Yang; Mingming Hu; Jiangbo Wu; Bin Zhao
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2018 v.183 pp. 729-743
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
aluminum; buildings; carbon; carbon footprint; case studies; computer software; concrete; construction materials; databases; decision support systems; energy; environmental performance; equipment; fuels; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; life cycle inventory; models; residential housing; roughness; steel; China
Abstract:
... Building Information Modeling (BIM) is regarded as a potential vehicle to tremendously improve the information flow throughout the life cycle of a building. The integration of BIM and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has potential to reduce the time for life cycle inventory, and at the same time, substantially improve the representativeness of the LCA results for the specific building design. The latte ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.02.070

40. Carbon Footprints of Urban Residential Buildings: A Household Survey-Based Approach

Author:
Xiaomei Yan; Shenghui Cui; Lilai Xu; Jianyi Lin; Ghaffar Ali
Source:
Sustainability 2018 v.10 no.4 pp. -
ISSN:
2071-1050
Subject:
attitudes and opinions; buildings; carbon; carbon footprint; cities; construction materials; emissions; energy; energy use and consumption; questionnaires; recycling; residential housing; socioeconomic status; steel; urban areas; urbanization; China
Abstract:
... With China’s rapid urbanization process, massive and extensive construction materials are aggregated as stock in urban areas. Understanding the carbon footprints of residential buildings is crucial for achieving the goal of low-carbon cities. In this study, to reveal the emission characteristics of residential buildings regarding carbon footprint, stratified random sampling was developed, and a fa ...
DOI:
10.3390/su10041131

41. Carbon emission and abatement potential outlook in China's building sector through 2050

Author:
Xianchun Tan; Haiping Lai; Baihe Gu; Yuan Zeng; Hui Li
Source:
Energy policy 2018 v.118 pp. 429-439
ISSN:
0301-4215
Subject:
buildings; carbon; carbon dioxide; emissions factor; energy conservation; greenhouse gas emissions; heat; issues and policy; models; renewable energy sources; China
Abstract:
... The carbon dioxide generated by building sector accounts for approximately 30% of the total CO2 emissions in China. The building sector plays a significant role in Chinese low-carbon development. This study develops the CAS bottom-up model system to predict the future trend of carbon emissions in China's building sector. Firstly, we sets three scenarios: business as usual (BAU), policy scenario, a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enpol.2018.03.072

42. Challenges for energy and carbon modeling of high-rise buildings: The case of public housing in Hong Kong

Author:
Wei Pan; Hao Qin; Yisong Zhao
Source:
Resources, conservation, and recycling 2017 v.123 pp. 208-218
ISSN:
0921-3449
Subject:
buildings; carbon; computer software; emissions; energy; environmental factors; models; public housing; urban areas; China
Abstract:
... Buildings are a main contributor to energy consumption and carbon emissions. The approach of low energy or low carbon building has been widely adopted. However, there exist challenges for energy and carbon modeling, particularly of high-rise buildings in high-density urban environments. The aim of this paper is to examine the challenges and develop strategies for energy modeling of high-rise build ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.02.013

43. Critical factors of low-carbon building development in China's urban area

Author:
Lianying Zhang; Qing Li; Jinli Zhou
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2017 v.142 pp. 3075-3082
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
buildings; carbon; data collection; emissions; energy; factor analysis; questionnaires; structural equation modeling; surveys; urban areas; urban development; China
Abstract:
... The energy consumption and carbon emissions of the urban building sector have been growing so rapidly in recent decades that developing low-carbon buildings has become a common trend in the world. However, the current developing situation of low-carbon buildings in China's urban area is still dissatisfactory though some measures have been taken. Thus, it is valuable to explore the critical factors ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.10.160

44. Disentangling the relationships between business model innovation for low or zero carbon buildings and its influencing factors using structural equation modelling

Author:
Xiaojing Zhao; Wei Pan; Long Chen
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2018 v.178 pp. 154-165
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
buildings; business planning; carbon; contractors; econometric models; entrepreneurship; industry; learning; professionals; questionnaires; structural equation modeling; surveys; technology; zero emissions; China
Abstract:
... Whilst low or zero carbon buildings (L/ZCBs) are espoused in many policy instruments, with many examples constructed to demonstrate their technical feasibility, there is a scarcity of effort examining the role of business models (BMs) in the delivery of L/ZCBs. BM innovation plays a decisive role in improving a company's competitiveness because it could quickly convert emerging technologies into c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.01.010

45. Energy substitution, efficiency, and the effects of carbon taxation: Evidence from China's building construction industry

Author:
Hongxun Liu; Boqiang Lin
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2017 v.141 pp. 1134-1144
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
building construction; buildings; carbon; carbon dioxide; carbon markets; construction industry; demand elasticities; energy conservation; energy costs; energy efficiency; greenhouse gas emissions; models; taxes; China
Abstract:
... As buildings are constructed to be more energy-efficient and environmental friendly, the building construction industry, which is a basic and leading industry of the national economy development, has become one of the key sectors for energy conservation and emission reduction in China. This paper aims at quantifying both inter-factor and inter-energy substitution for China's building construction ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.119

46. How to Measure Carbon Emission Reduction in China’s Public Building Sector: Retrospective Decomposition Analysis Based on STIRPAT Model in 2000–2015

Author:
Minda Ma; Liyin Shen; Hong Ren; Weiguang Cai; Zhili Ma
Source:
Sustainability 2017 v.9 no.10 pp. -
ISSN:
2071-1050
Subject:
buildings; carbon; carbon dioxide; emissions; energy efficiency; equations; models; urbanization; China
Abstract:
... Productive building energy efficiency (BEE) work is an approved factor in the progress of sustainable urbanization in China, with the assessment of carbon emission reduction in China’s public buildings (CERCPB) being an essential element of this endeavor. Nevertheless, such evaluation has been hampered by inadequate and inefficient approaches; this is the first study to utilize the Logarithmic Mea ...
DOI:
10.3390/su9101744

47. Hybrid Input-Output Analysis of Embodied Carbon and Construction Cost Differences between New-Build and Refurbished Projects

Author:
Craig Langston; Edwin H. W. Chan; Esther H. K. Yung
Source:
Sustainability 2018 v.10 no.9 pp. -
ISSN:
2071-1050
Subject:
building construction; buildings; carbon; carbon dioxide; climate change; electricity generation; embodied energy; environmental impact; fuels; greenhouse gas emissions; input output analysis; life cycle assessment; wastes; China
Abstract:
... Refurbishing buildings helps reduce waste, and limiting the amount of embodied carbon in buildings helps minimize the damaging impacts of climate change through lower CO2 emissions. The analysis of embodied carbon is based on the concept of life cycle assessment (LCA). LCA is a systematic tool to evaluate the environmental impacts of a product, technology, or service through all stages ...
DOI:
10.3390/su10093229

48. Performance analysis of optimal designed hybrid energy systems for grid-connected nearly/net zero energy buildings

Author:
Zhijia Huang; Yuehong Lu; Mengmeng Wei; Jingjing Liu
Source:
Energy 2017 v.141 pp. 1795-1809
ISSN:
0360-5442
Subject:
Monte Carlo method; buildings; carbon; carbon dioxide; energy balance; greenhouse gas emissions; uncertainty; China
Abstract:
... Hybrid energy systems have provided a promising way to realize nearly/net zero energy buildings (nZEB) including isolated buildings in remote areas and grid-connected buildings. This study aims to investigate and compare several typical hybrid energy systems (HESs) for designing grid-connected nearly/net zero energy buildings (nZEB). Specially, an exhaustive searching method and Monte Carlo simula ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.energy.2017.11.093

49. Sensitivity analysis of design parameters and optimal design for zero/low energy buildings in subtropical regions

Author:
Hangxin Li; Shengwei Wang; Howard Cheung
Source:
Applied energy 2018 v.228 pp. 1280-1291
ISSN:
0306-2619
Subject:
algorithms; buildings; carbon; carbon dioxide; case studies; energy; greenhouse gas emissions; subtropics; system optimization; winter; China
Abstract:
... To reduce building energy use and mitigate CO₂ emissions, zero/low energy buildings have attracted increasing attention. However, the impacts of the main design parameters and optimal design for zero/low energy buildings only provided with cooling in subtropical regions are seldom studied, and the objectives for building performance assessment and design optimization in such particular situations ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.07.023

50. Study on dissipative structure of China’s building energy service industry system based on brusselator model

Author:
Xun Deng; Saina Zheng; Pengpeng Xu; Xiaoling Zhang
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2017 v.150 pp. 112-122
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
buildings; carbon; energy efficiency; entropy; equations; issues and policy; models; service industry; China
Abstract:
... The building sector is a major consumer of energy, accounting for approximately one third of the energy consumption in China. To achieve a sustainable and low-carbon society, it is essential to use energy more efficiently. Building Energy Service is an attractive way towards low carbon buildings through improving energy efficiency of existing high-energy-consumption buildings. After decades of dev ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.02.198