Journal articles: 'Low carbon buildings'

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Aliagha, Godwin Uche, Nadia B. Adnan, Maizan Baba, Hishamuddin M. Ali, and Stephen E. Eluwa. "Low Carbon Green Building Skills Requirements for Existing Buildings." Advanced Materials Research 1073-1076 (December 2014): 1288–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.1073-1076.1288.

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Malaysia bid for transition to low carbon cities and greener economy may be severely compromised without adequate green skills to keep pace with it. Based on an online survey of 132 respondents from 45 registered companies under Malaysian Green Building Confederation (MGBC), this study adopts Kendall’s rank correlation to assess the degree of agreement or concordance among the expert on the significance of some identified low carbon skills requirement for existing buildings. Our findings reveal strong degree of concordance as there were high relationship among the low carbon skills considered, especially on the ability of to integrate passive and active low carbon design, use of computer simulation software for prediction of energy and accounting of carbon dioxide emissions. Also, the mean score values on the low carbon skills show that all were considered important by the respondents.

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Li, Wang. "A Study on Building Energy Efficiency and Low-Carbon Building." Advanced Materials Research 512-515 (May 2012): 2848–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.512-515.2848.

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Resource shortage and people’s concern about carbon emissions will greatly influence building energy efficiency. Building energy efficiency is the basis for achieving carbon reduction and it should develop into low-carbon building. After introducing the concept of low-carbon buildings, this paper analyzes the important role technology plays in low-carbon building development and proposes several energy-efficiency measures concerning new building construction, old building transformation and low carbon lifestyle. The paper aims to be of help in promoting the development of low-carbon buildings.

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Ning, Bi Bo, and Wei Li Tian. "A Study on Residents Consciousness of Low Carbon Building in Jiaxing City." Applied Mechanics and Materials 253-255 (December 2012): 796–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.253-255.796.

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This article analyses the statistical data of questionnaires about low carbon building awareness of Jiaxing City residents, and concludes three points as following. Firstly, residents get low carbon building information from internet, television, magazines and so on, which gives them a hand to develop a sense of low carbon building. Secondly, the residences also have a relatively high degree of cognitive about the effect of low carbon buildings to both the environment and economy. Thirdly, as the price of low carbon building is more expensive than ordinary buildings, citizens do not have a strong realistic desire to purse low carbon buildings. However, it can not be neglected that the higher annual household income the stronger willing of purchasing low carbon building. Under these circumstances, it is an ideal way for government to carry on more incentive policies not only to support developer to develop low carbon building but also encourage citizen to purchase low carbon buildings.

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Guerra-Santin, Olivia, Aidan Christopher Tweed, and Maria Gabriela Zapata-Lancaster. "Learning from design reviews in low energy buildings." Structural Survey 32, no. 3 (July 8, 2014): 246–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ss-08-2013-0030.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the usability of design reviews to inform designers about low carbon technologies and building performance. The design review of three domestic and two non-domestic case studies are evaluated. Design/methodology/approach – Data collection and analysis methods include interviews and meetings with design teams and contractors, design tools audit and revision of drawings and project documentation. In addition, building's envelope and systems, and in-use performance evaluations are used to inform design teams about the actual performance of the buildings. Findings – This study showed that targets and intentions defined in the design process are not always compatible or reality checked. These contradictions between targets within a project can undermine the performance of a building. The design review can identify unrealistic expectations to assess fairly the performance of buildings. The study showed that changes made during construction to the original design are related to lack of specifications or experience with low carbon technologies. Design reviews can help designers to identify the knowledge gaps within their practice. Furthermore, the results showed that building-related energy consumption was close to expectations, while user-related consumption was higher than expected due to occupancy assumptions made during the design. The design review showed that designers require more knowledge about buildings’ in-use performance in order to take informed-based design decisions. Originality/value – This paper showed the main stages of a design review, and their usability to assess building performance and to inform designers. The results of this study suggest that designs can benefit from design reviews by learning about low carbon technologies installation and building's operation.

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Liu, Su Fang, Hai Yang Ren, and Ye Niu. "Discussion on Development Trend in the Construction Industry - Green Low Carbon Buildings." Applied Mechanics and Materials 641-642 (September 2014): 1021–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.641-642.1021.

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With the development of society, the concept of building energy conservation and reuse become more and more popular. As the result, it is important to develop energy-saving buildings and advocate low carbon life, so that it will push ahead the efficient use of building energy, and moreover, the energy saving in the daily life of the society. Nowadays, the public society has pay close attention to the green low carbon buildings as it is consistent with this trend. Starting from the concept and features of green low carbon building, this article discussed the approach of achieving the low carbon buildings according to the engineering design. In the end, this article also addressed the significance of implementing green low carbon buildings.

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Ramesh, Gomasa. "“Low Carbon Buildings for Sustainable Constructions”." Indian Journal of Structure Engineering 1, no. 2 (November 10, 2021): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.35940/ijse.b8003.111221.

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Greenhouse gases emissions are very important for every structure and environment. Greenhouse gases are increased now a days due to changes in climatic conditions by involving human activities in the last decades. In this main contributor is carbon content and carbon dioxide and methane in the environment. The main solution is to limit the changes in the climatic conditions. To reduce the use of carbon emissions in construction of Buildings and construction of Industrial structures. Structures which are made from timber and steel are produce less carbon and greenhouse gases compared to the concrete and steel structures. By using reused and recyclable materials we can reduce the carbon footprints and greenhouse gases as well as to develop low carbon materials. We need to design low carbon buildings to avoid climatic changes in the environment. Which will be give renewable performance. This paper gives a knowledge and help to reduction of carbon footprints on buildings. The main concept of this paper is reducing the emissions and reduce the carbon footprints and increase the life of the structure and to make the structure sustainable.

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Ramesh, Gomasa. "Low Carbon Buildings for Sustainable Constructions." Indian Journal of Structure Engineering 1, no. 2 (November 10, 2021): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.54105/ijse.b8003.111221.

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Greenhouse gases emissions are very important for every structure and environment. Greenhouse gases are increased now a days due to changes in climatic conditions by involving human activities in the last decades. In this main contributor is carbon content and carbon dioxide and methane in the environment. The main solution is to limit the changes in the climatic conditions. To reduce the use of carbon emissions in construction of Buildings and construction of Industrial structures. Structures which are made from timber and steel are produce less carbon and greenhouse gases compared to the concrete and steel structures. By using reused and recyclable materials we can reduce the carbon footprints and greenhouse gases as well as to develop low carbon materials. We need to design low carbon buildings to avoid climatic changes in the environment. Which will be give renewable performance. This paper gives a knowledge and help to reduction of carbon footprints on buildings. The main concept of this paper is reducing the emissions and reduce the carbon footprints and increase the life of the structure and to make the structure sustainable.

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Ye, Wu. "New Perspective of Low-Carbon Building Materials." Applied Mechanics and Materials 291-294 (February 2013): 1068–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.291-294.1068.

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In the period of advocating low-carbon in the global, low-carbon building materials were studied in this paper. Through the analysis of low-carbon materials used during the remarkable World Expo buildings, the sustainability application of low-carbon building materials was analyzed in depth. Moreover, the property of technology innovation and geographical, ethnic, social attributes were analyzed. This paper is aimed to provide some guidance for the application of low-carbon building materials in the future.

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Zhao, Xin, and Shuo Fang. "Low Carbon Based Structural Design Method in Super Tall Buildings." Advanced Materials Research 689 (May 2013): 153–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.689.153.

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Many super tall buildings are built up in China in recent years. The concept of low carbon based design has aroused much focus nowadays. There are few researches that combine structural design of super tall buildings with life cycle based low carbon design. Due to its huge quantity material and energy assumption, the super tall buildings exert great impact on the environment. In this study, an innovative new life cycle model is proposed for assess and optimize the life cycle environmental cost of super tall buildings, in which the space distribution of the building materials is considered besides the time dimension. A benchmark super tall building is established in this study to illustrate the application of the proposed new life cycle model. According to the case study results, a conclusion is drawn that a remarkable difference would be made in carbon emissions if low carbon based structural design method could be applied.

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Huang, Jie Feng, He Wang, Ming Quan Zhang, and Wei Min Zhang. "On the Development of Low-Carbon Economy and Construction Industry." Applied Mechanics and Materials 209-211 (October 2012): 1654–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.209-211.1654.

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Global warming in the key period, all countries in the corresponding measures are put forward, the resulting low carbon economy become a global trend. Low carbon economy has become the development in the world today and future development of the main melody. This paper analyzes the background of low carbon buildings, put forward the meaning of a low carbon economy, emphatically analyses the meaning of low carbon buildings and our low carbon building currently in question, compared to developed countries construction development a low carbon economy advanced experience, and explores our country construction on the future development of low carbon building method and the strategy.

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Zhang, Zhizheng, Qingying Hou, Jin Tao, Hao Zhang, Xuesong Chou, and Xiangting Jiang. "Comparative analysis of low-energy buildings to help achieve carbon neutrality technology." E3S Web of Conferences 261 (2021): 04035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202126104035.

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The development of low-energy buildings is an important initiative to achieve carbon peaking by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. According to the data of the relevant papers, if all the northern urban and rural buildings in China adopt passive ultra low energy building technology, it can save about 350 million tons of coal for heating and reduce about 900 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year. It’s of great significance to achieve the goals of “peak carbon dioxide emissions” and “carbon neutrality”. Starting from four key technologies for low-energy buildings, explanation and analysis the energy-saving methods for low-energy buildings, It also presents the challenges and suggestions for the development of low-energy buildings in China.

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Chen, Xiao Long, Ning Zhang, and Ting Ting Yu. "The Low-Carbon Evaluation of Resident Buildings Based on the Value Engineering." Applied Mechanics and Materials 71-78 (July 2011): 456–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.71-78.456.

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Facing the increasingly serious energy and climate crisis, the concept of low-carbon indicates development direction for building conservation. However, building functions are easily neglected in the process of low carbon residential buildings construction. Therefore, based on the concept of value engineering, this paper presents a comprehensive evaluation method to evaluate carbon emissions of residential building. It highlights residential building functions as well. Function coefficient can be confirmed by establishing residential buildings function evaluation index system. Moreover,the unit carbon emission isadopted as cost coefficient. The low-carbon nature of residential building will be evaluated by the ratio of function coefficient and cost coefficient.The aim of this research is to advance the awareness of residential building carbon emissions, exploring the path of realizing maximum satisfaction of building functions with minimum carbon emissions, which can provide new ideas of residential building carbon emissions evaluation.

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Lin, Jie, Zhao Yang Wu, and Jun Xiong Guo. "Study on Low-Carbon Buildings Materials." Applied Mechanics and Materials 340 (July 2013): 370–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.340.370.

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The low-carbon urban construction will become the important guiding of China's urban development in the period of "12th Five-Year". With the acceleration of urbanization and surge increase of urban housing, China's construction industry will also face a new revolution. In this article, it focused on exploring the potential benefits and the development prospects of the low-carbon buildings in the future development of the construction industry, which will be taken as a reference.

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Tuohy, Paul. "Regulations and robust low-carbon buildings." Building Research & Information 37, no. 4 (August 2009): 433–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09613210902904254.

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Venkatarama Reddy, B. V. "Sustainable materials for low carbon buildings." International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies 4, no. 3 (July 19, 2009): 175–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijlct/ctp025.

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Lv, Yue Xia, Qi Xiao, Gui Huan Yan, Chong Qing Xu, Liang Sun, and Dong Yan Guo. "Low Carbon Technologies, Strategies and Lifestyles for Green Buildings." Advanced Materials Research 869-870 (December 2013): 1005–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.869-870.1005.

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Low carbon community is an essential cell and it can be considered as the basic to achieve low carbon development strategy. Due to high energy consumption of commercial and residential buildings in the community, it is of great importance to reconsider the building structure and exploit renewable energy systems to minimize conventional energy consumption and improve living quality. In this paper, various low carbon technologies, strategies and lifestyles which are relevant with green buildings in the community have been discussed, including reasonable design, green roof system, utilization of renewable energy sources, change of low carbon living mode and energy-related behavior.

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Wu, Xiao Wei. "The Path Selection of Low Carbon Building Development." Applied Mechanics and Materials 409-410 (September 2013): 660–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.409-410.660.

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the development of low carbon building is not only the requirement of current economic transition,it is also the realistic choice to implement Scientific Development Concept and to build "two type society". This paper briefly describes the connotation of low carbon buildings , and then illustrates the low-carbon economy background, the necessity of low carbon building development, and finally put forward the corresponding path selection.

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Zhao, Liang, Wei Zhang, and Wenshun Wang. "BIM-Based Multi-Objective Optimization of Low-Carbon and Energy-Saving Buildings." Sustainability 14, no. 20 (October 12, 2022): 13064. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142013064.

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Global warming and other environmental problems are increasing the demand for green and low-carbon buildings. The development of high-performance computers and building information models has a significant impact on low-carbon buildings. Low-carbon building design needs to comprehensively consider geography, climate, material, cost and other factors, a highly complex multidisciplinary research problem. Therefore, it is urgent to use advanced modeling and simulation technology, involving BIM, parametric design, cloud platform and evolutionary algorithm. This paper proposes a BIM based low-carbon building design optimization framework, which realizes the comprehensive trade-off function of building low-carbon energy saving and daylighting performance through an improved genetic algorithm. The framework drives BIM through parameterization and integrates building environment information, geometric information and operation information, including six parts: BIM model establishment, parameter-driven development, building performance simulation, multi-objective optimization design, Pareto frontier analysis, and energy-saving decision-making and evaluation. The case study shows that the simulation results obtained through the framework can effectively achieve building energy conservation while maximizing the lighting performance of the building, providing a scientific basis and reference for construction professionals to design low-carbon buildings. Finally, the application advantages and limitations of the framework in low-carbon building design and its application prospects in low-carbon energy-saving building design are discussed. This research has made contributions to the multi-disciplinary low-carbon energy conservation research field, realized the multi-objective optimization strategy of building performance based on BIM, genetic algorithm and simulation, and is an important supplement to existing building energy conservation and emission reduction optimization design.

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Liu, Ke, Jianglan Tian, Jianping Chen, and Yueming Wen. "Low-Carbon Retrofitting Path of Existing Public Buildings: A Comparative Study Based on Green Building Rating Systems." Energies 15, no. 22 (November 20, 2022): 8724. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15228724.

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Existing building carbon emissions contribute to global climate change significantly. Various Green Building Rating Systems (GBRS) have considered low-carbon requirements to regulate the emissions. Low-carbon retrofitting is an important way to reduce existing building CO2 emissions. However, low-carbon retrofitting of existing public buildings is not sufficient and systematic, and there is a lack of research on low-carbon retrofitting from the perspective of GBRS. The purpose of this study is to propose a carbon emission control framework for existing public buildings based on GBRS analysis and guide the low-carbon retrofitting. This study makes comparisons among the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), Green Mark (GM), and Assessment Standard for Green Retrofitting of Existing Buildings (ASGREB). A low-carbon retrofit pathway for existing public buildings is proposed from the GBRS research for the first time, encompassing six aspects: materials, energy, management, innovation, site, and water, involving 15 measures. Among them, measures on energy and materials are the main considerations, with weights of 18.3% and 17.7%, respectively. Six recommendations for implementation pathways are also given. Furthermore, the necessary measures, the importance of local context and quantification, priorities of materials, and energy scopes are defined.

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Li, Wan Zhen. "The Study on Low-Carbon Building Using Natural Air Condition." Advanced Materials Research 575 (October 2012): 104–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.575.104.

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At the present time, the CO2 emissions by the buildings take up about 50% on the total emissions of CO2, so the design of the low-carbon building and the application of the sustainable economizing technology is a great importance for lowering carbon. The article is different from other researches that mainly associated with high-performance materials and complex system. Based on the energy consumption rule and principle of controlling from source that means problem should be eliminated from the origins of the buildings energy consumption, the article gives more regard to the sustainable about the application of economizing system and low-carbon building. Avoiding the complex system that will bring cost in maintenance and make difficulty for users, enhancing fluidity, flexibility and dispersion of environment control, bring activity of building space to the life in the building, making the lifestyle to play more role in controlling indoor space will make the building be a true low-carbon building.

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Greenough, Richard, and Paolo Tosoratti. "Low carbon buildings: a solution to landlord-tenant problems?" Journal of Property Investment & Finance 32, no. 4 (July 1, 2014): 415–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpif-09-2013-0060.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors present in successful energy efficiency investments that might indicate how to resolve the landlord-tenant dilemma in existing and new commercial property. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews literature to indicate the importance of energy efficiency in buildings and to explore the barriers to such investments, including problematic landlord-tenant relationships. Such relationships have been investigated by the International Energy Agency, and a similar approach is used here in two case studies in new and existing buildings. These studies explore the nature of landlord-tenant relationships and the importance of policy and standards of building performance. Findings – In neither case did landlord-tenant issues constitute barriers to investments in energy efficiency, however, these investments were made for other reasons than simple cost savings. Construction of new commercial property to Passivhaus standards ensures a high-build quality and a comfortable building with low-energy costs. The added value to tenants may justify the cost of construction. The cost of investments in energy efficient buildings can also be justified by the enhanced reputation of landlords which may be more valuable than a DEC rating. In neither case was the commercial Green Deal felt to be an attractive funding mechanism. Practical implications – Conclusions based on these case studies must be regarded as tentative, so future studies of successful energy efficient buildings should be undertaken to explore the motivation to invest, particularly the relative importance of indirect benefits of energy efficiency. Originality/value – One of the case study buildings is exceptionally energy efficient and is the result of a particularly open and effective contractual relationship. Further study of such cases may suggest a new approach to landlord-tenant problems of energy efficiency, even in refurbishment of existing buildings.

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Lin, Nan, and Fei Liu. "Green Low Carbon Design in the Application of Energy-Saving Building." Advanced Materials Research 512-515 (May 2012): 2878–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.512-515.2878.

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The article from the energy and environment issues, elaborates the need for the development of energy-saving building, describes the characteristics and advantages of green energy-saving buildings. For the problem of high energy consumption in buildings, analyses the application of green building materials in the building envelope, from environmental protection material, renewable energy and the overall system design aspects discusses the low carbon energy- saving design, summarizes the significance of the building energy efficiency evaluation and energy consumption assessment, concludes and looks forward to the prospect of the development of green energy conservation construction.

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Guo, Qiu Hua, and Shu Guang Shao. "Study on the Collaborative Strategy of Low-Carbon Buildings Design." Applied Mechanics and Materials 584-586 (July 2014): 863–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.584-586.863.

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This paper expounds the concept of low carbon building design and climate adaptation priority, active and passive combined cycle operation, energy ,energy system integration and operation strategy four aspects, provides a new idea for the design method of the low carbon buildings.

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Millar, Michael-Allan, Bruce Elrick, Greg Jones, Zhibin Yu, and Neil M. Burnside. "Roadblocks to Low Temperature District Heating." Energies 13, no. 22 (November 12, 2020): 5893. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13225893.

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Energy usage in buildings is coming increasingly under the spotlight as carbon policy focus shifts towards the utilization of thermal energy. In the UK, heating and hot water accounts for around 40% of energy consumption and 20% of greenhouse gas emissions. Heating is typically produced onsite, making widescale carbon or energetic improvements challenging. District heating networks (DHNs) can offer significant carbon reduction for many users but can only be implemented if the end user buildings have good thermal energy efficiency. This greatly limits the ability to implement advancing 4th and 5th generation DHNs, which are the most advanced systems available. We elucidate the current state of thermal efficiency in buildings in the UK and provide recommendations for necessary building requirements and modifications in order to accommodate 4th and 5th generation district heating. We conclude that key sectors must be addressed including creating a skilled workforce, producing relevant metrics and benchmarks, and providing financial support for early stage design exploration.

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Fan, Xiao Li. "How to Lead Green Construction’s Sustainable Development by Low Carbon Ideology." Advanced Materials Research 243-249 (May 2011): 6427–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.243-249.6427.

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From energy conservation to green building to low carbon building, the construction industry’s sustainable development research has been undergoing and exploring continuously. The future sustainable buildings will focus more on reducing carbon emission, energy conservation, green and environmental protection. This article will analyze several paths to realize low carbon architectures from different aspects like green building materials, energy conservation, overall design, and green construction and evaluation systems.

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Attia, S., M. C. Santos, M. Al-Obaidy, and M. Baskar. "Leadership of EU member States in building carbon footprint regulations and their role in promoting circular building design." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 855, no. 1 (October 1, 2021): 012023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/855/1/012023.

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Abstract European countries are working towards carbon neutrality of the building sector. Regulations and initiatives, including the European Green Deal, aim at promoting circular buildings and low carbon design. Therefore, this paper seeks to investigate the role of legislation in paving the way towards achieving the circularity of buildings design and construction. A systematic literature review is conducted to compare the current regulations in different EU member states that address carbon emissions and life cycle thinking to achieve circularity. The study aims to demonstrate how the low-carbon emissions regulations in leading countries can lead to making the construction sector’s circularity. The research is focused on five leading EU member states in low carbon buildings, including Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, and Sweden. The study compares the performance indicators, metrics, and target thresholds found in the five selected states’ regulations and examines them across a circularity assessment framework developed earlier by the authors. This paper provides insights on low emission building regulations state-of-the-art. Moreover, it offers a better understanding of the relationship between low-carbon emissions regulations and building circularity. The article explains the role of the legislative landscape and its impact on circular building design practices. Key findings from the study will assist the European Commission to identify policy options to support the uptake of “Circular economy principles for buildings design” in European, national and local policies.

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Luo, Ya Li, and Chang Xin Zhang. "Research on the Low-Carbon Land Use Pattern." Advanced Materials Research 598 (November 2012): 241–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.598.241.

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The paper firstly analyzed the carbon emissions effect of the city land use. Then it put forward the high density compact land use pattern is consistent with low-carbon developing goal. Finally, the paper systematically expounded the connotation of the low-carbon high density compact mixed use, and discussed the basic forms of low-carbon land use pattern, such as the giant single building, buildings on the same platform, new units model on the community scale etc..

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Liu, Hui Xiao, and Xiao Dong Li. "The Study of Urban Low Carbon Buildings Design." Key Engineering Materials 467-469 (February 2011): 1444–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.467-469.1444.

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Increases in the carbon dioxide, and global warming, which came into being a low-carbon building. In fact, the city carbon emissions, 60% from building maintenance function itself, but only to 30% of the transport vehicle. More specific to the real estate industry is large power consumption. Statistics show that China's per 1 square meter of housing built, about 0.8 tons of carbon released. Not too long, there is no green low carbon content of the project probably should be eliminated, while actively planning for the development of low carbon projects and operations will become widespread.

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Ou, Xiao Xing, and De Zhi Li. "Research on Techniques of Reducing the Life Cycle Carbon Emission at Building Design Stage." Applied Mechanics and Materials 744-746 (March 2015): 2306–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.744-746.2306.

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Constructing low carbon building is inevitable at low carbon economy era. Design is a dominating influence in building life cycle. To design low carbon buildings, this article studies some reasonable design techniques. The article analyses relevant professions of design and puts forward the main techniques and methods during building design stage for reducing carbon emission. These techniques are critical to building life cycle.

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Liu, Ke, Beili Zhu, and Jianping Chen. "Low-Carbon Design Path of Building Integrated Photovoltaics: A Comparative Study Based on Green Building Rating Systems." Buildings 11, no. 10 (October 13, 2021): 469. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings11100469.

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CO2 emissions of buildings have a critical impact on the global climate change, and various green building rating systems (GBRS) have suggested low-carbon requirements to regulate building emissions. Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), as an integrated technology of photovoltaics and buildings, is an important way to reduce building CO2 emissions. At present, the low-carbon design path of BIPV from architecture is still not unified and clear, and there is a lack of BIPV research regarding GBRS or from the perspective of architectural design in China. The objective of this study is to propose a framework of indicators related to carbon emission control in BIPV, guiding the path of BIPV low-carbon design. This study makes comparisons among the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), and Assessment Standard for Green Buildings (ASGB), mainly in terms of the scope weight, induction, and measure features. The BIPV low-carbon design involves energy, materials, environmental adaptability, management, and innovation, in which energy and materials are the main scopes with weights of 10.98% and 7.46%, respectively. The five scopes included 17 measures. Following the measures, the path of the BIPV low-carbon design was defined with six aspects.

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Yao, De Li, Tong Chen, and Chang Lin Mi. "Total-Life-Cycle Analysis of the Low Carbon Building." Advanced Materials Research 573-574 (October 2012): 740–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.573-574.740.

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This paper applies the total-life-cycle management theory to the construction and development of low-carbon buildings, and makes analysis of the implementation ways of low-carbon buildings in various stages of project development. So the low-carbon buildings in china can get sustainable development and the low-carbon economy can be realized rapidly.

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Choi, Ji Hye, Yoon Sun Lee, Hyun Suk Jang, Jeong Seok Lee, and Jae Jun Kim. "Status and Trends of Low Carbon Activities of Construction Materials in Korea." Applied Mechanics and Materials 510 (February 2014): 51–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.510.51.

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A building is a structure constructed using various methods. An enormous amount of resources and energy is invested in the construction of buildings. In order to reduce the energy spent and the environmental load incurred by the construction of buildings, it is necessary to first reduce the energy spent in and the environmental load of each material involved in the construction of buildings. To achieve low carbon greenhouse gas emissions and energy goals, locally as well as internationally, both public and private sectors have focused on improving the environmental impact of products. This paper discusses the low carbon activities of the construction material industry. Here, we investigate the trend of each country in policy support and technological innovation for realizing low carbon activities. We also analyze the carbon dioxide emissions of certified carbon labeled construction materials. Because the process of producing construction materials makes it difficult to reduce the generation of carbon, only 68 items of a total of 962 items were certified as carbon labeled materials. However, leading material manufacturers are ready to recognize certified carbon labeling as an important process in order to gain the customer's trust and play a leading role.

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Archila-Santos, Hector F., Martin P. Ansell, and Pete Walker. "Low Carbon Construction Using Guadua Bamboo in Colombia." Key Engineering Materials 517 (June 2012): 127–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.517.127.

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Guadua Angustifolia Kunth (Guadua) is a tropical species of bamboo endemic to South and Central America and widely used as a mainstream material for construction in Colombia. Its rapid rate of biomass production, renewability, high level of CO2 fixation and storage, wide diameter, long-length, and durability are distinctive and highly desirable features which can benefit the new built environment Research interest in Guadua construction increased significantly after many Guadua-constructed buildings withstood or suffered only minor damage during an earthquake which reached 6.2 on the Richter scale in 1999, resulting in the standardization of Guadua in the seismic-resistant Colombian code (NSR, 2010). However, Guadua buildings constructed in the Americas and other parts of the world, whilst considered to be sustainable, are not fully characterised in terms of the preparation, use and disposal of Guadua. Furthermore, workability, building durability and the construction process have not been specifically documented and evaluated. The structure, properties and availability of Guadua are described in this paper. A case study on a recently built holiday house is presented illustrating the architectural, structural, environmental and technical performance of a Guadua building. This paper presents the construction process, discusses difficulties encountered during the building life cycle and highlights the need for similar assessments. It is concluded that with the aim of achieving a low carbon construction system using Guadua bamboo, challenges regarding manufacture, bio-deterioration, integration with conventional systems, and environmental impacts must be addressed.

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Padilla-Rivera, Alejandro, Ben Amor, and Pierre Blanchet. "Evaluating the Link between Low Carbon Reductions Strategies and Its Performance in the Context of Climate Change: A Carbon Footprint of a Wood-Frame Residential Building in Quebec, Canada." Sustainability 10, no. 8 (August 2, 2018): 2715. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10082715.

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The design and study of low carbon buildings is a major concern in a modern economy due to high carbon emissions produced by buildings and its effects on climate change. Studies have investigated (CFP) Carbon Footprint of buildings, but there remains a need for a strong analysis that measure and quantify the overall degree of GHG emissions reductions and its relationship with the effect on climate change mitigation. This study evaluates the potential of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the building sector by evaluating the (CFP) of four hotpots approaches defined in line with commonly carbon reduction strategies, also known as mitigation strategies. CFP framework is applied to compare the (CC) climate change impact of mitigation strategies. A multi-story timber residential construction in Quebec City (Canada) was chosen as a baseline scenario. This building has been designed with the idea of being a reference of sustainable development application in the building sector. In this scenario, the production of materials and construction (assembly, waste management and transportation) were evaluated. A CFP that covers eight actions divided in four low carbon strategies, including: low carbon materials, material minimization, reuse and recycle materials and adoption of local sources and use of biofuels were evaluated. The results of this study shows that the used of prefabricated technique in buildings is an alternative to reduce the CFP of buildings in the context of Quebec. The CC decreases per m2 floor area in baseline scenario is up to 25% than current buildings. If the benefits of low carbon strategies are included, the timber structures can generate 38% lower CC than the original baseline scenario. The investigation recommends that CO2eq emissions reduction in the design and implementation of residential constructions as climate change mitigation is perfectly feasible by following different working strategies. It is concluded that if the four strategies were implemented in current buildings they would have environmental benefits by reducing its CFP. The reuse wood wastes into production of particleboard has the greatest environmental benefit due to temporary carbon storage.

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Hanan Perkasa, Garindra, and Maria Ulfa. "A Mapping Model of the Sustainability Hospital Buildings in Post Occupancy Evaluation: A Bibliometric Analysis." International Journal of Research and Review 10, no. 1 (January 10, 2023): 189–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20230121.

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Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) has proven to be an important tool for assessing interior environmental quality and a useful strategy for continuous building quality improvement in addition to standard tools. This study aims to provide an integrated evaluation model for occupant needs by investigating how the Sustainability Hospital Buildings are related to POE. This research employs a qualitative method with Bibliometric Analysis. The information used in this study was obtained by searching the keywords "Post Occupancy Evaluation" in the Scopus database from 2010 to February 2022. The identification of the time range resulted in the discovery of 305 documents. Overall, the sustainable Buildings scores were positively associated with intelligent buildings (r= 0,584). In addition, the sustainable Buildings had a significant relationship with low-energy buildings, low carbon building design, green building performance, and green buildings with correlation coefficients ranging from 0.5833 to 0.550. Concurrently, Hospital Building and sustainable building design showed a correlation (r= 0,538). Therefore, with the aspect of the sustainable Building in the hospital can determine a strategy for designing hospital buildings that produce results hospital management will be able to keep the building's quality, both in terms of indoor air quality and comfort. Keywords: Post occupancy evaluation, Sustainability Building, Bibliometric, Hospital

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Yang, Ying. "Analysis on the Effect of Low Carbon Building on Ecological Urban Construction." Applied Mechanics and Materials 380-384 (August 2013): 4856–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.380-384.4856.

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Low carbon building is one of the important goals of constructing ecological city, which aims at energetically developing green building resources with high technology and low energy consumption on the basis of reducing carbon dioxide emissions within building materials and construction cycle. Firstly, this paper analyzes the connotation of low carbon buildings. And then, on the basis of life cycle and materials selection of low carbon building, this paper makes a correlation analysis on the ecological city construction and low carbon building. Next, based on this, the model of analyzing the effect of low carbon building on ecological urban construction has been built by using the grey correlation degree. Thus it provides theoretical basis and practice guidance for the application of low carbon building in the ecological city construction in China and other developing countries.

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Ba-Batin, Abubaker Salem Saleh, Hattan Ahmed Ahmed Haider, Leong Sing Wong, and Haitham Adnan Abdulatef Taresh. "Effectiveness of Green Strategies to Reduce Carbon Emission in the Putrajaya Campus Buildings of Universiti Tenaga Nasional." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 4.35 (November 30, 2018): 472. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.35.22865.

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Low Carbon Buildings are regarded as structures with low carbon emission in the construction sector. They are environment-friendly in a sense that they contribute to the reduction in carbon emission through optimization of their energy consumption and passive cooling system. This study concentrated on green strategies that can reduce carbon emission of Putrajaya Campus buildings of Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). Survey method in the form of questionnaire was applied to gather sufficient data for the research work. The survey work was performed on UNITEN building occupiers with diverse background inclusive of students, academic and non-academic staffs. The primary result implies that the methods of insulating the wall and utilization of energy saving air conditioners are most effective at reducing carbon emission of the buildings. It was also found that there is a low correlation with R-square value of 0.017 between the awareness on the impact of carbon emission from the air conditioning buildings and the awareness on climate change issue. This implies that there is a need for active measures to be taken to educate the respondents on the importance to reduce carbon emission of buildings in order to slow down climate change.

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Qing, Chen, Zhou Yuqi, Huang Yong, Li Bo, and Zhang Shiyu. "Key Technologies for Green, Low-Carbon and Energy-Saving Buildings in Financial Street Chang 'an Center." E3S Web of Conferences 53 (2018): 04053. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20185304053.

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Through the innovation and application of eight key technologies for green, low-carbon and energy-saving buildings， Financial Street Chang 'an Center has become the first project in Beijing to obtain the dual certification of three-star green building and LEED gold building, which has played a good demonstration role in the construction of green buildings of urban complex type.

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Willan, Catherine, Kathryn B. Janda, and David Kenington. "Seeking the Pressure Points: Catalysing Low Carbon Changes from the Middle-Out in Offices and Schools." Energies 14, no. 23 (December 2, 2021): 8087. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14238087.

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Non-domestic buildings are frequently characterised as resistant to top-down low-carbon and energy-efficiency policy. Complex relationships amongst building stakeholders are often blamed. “Middle actors”—professionals situated between policymakers and building users—can use their agency and capacity to facilitate energy and carbon decision-making from the “middle-out”. We use semi-structured interviews with expert middle actors working with schools and commercial offices, firstly, to explore their experience of energy and low-carbon decision-making in buildings and, secondly, to reflect on the evolution of middle actors’ role within it. Our exploratory findings suggest that a situated sensitivity to organisational “pressure points” can enhance middle actors’ agency and capacity to catalyse change. We find shifts in the ecology of the “middle”, as the UK’s Net Zero and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) agendas pull in new middle actors (such as the financial community) and issues (such as wellbeing and social value) to non-domestic buildings. These issues may work in reinforcing ways with organisational pressure points. Policy should capitalise on this impetus by looking beyond the physicality of individual buildings and engage with middle actors at a systemic level. This could create greater synergies with organisational concerns and strategies of building stakeholders.

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Zhang, Zhi Jun. "Research on the Design and Construction of Zero-Energy Building." Applied Mechanics and Materials 587-589 (July 2014): 224–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.587-589.224.

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A zero-energy building, also known as a zero net energy (ZNE) building, net-zero energy building (NZEB), or net zero building, is a building with zero net energy consumption and zero carbon emissions annually. Buildings that produce a surplus of energy over the year may be called “energy-plus buildings” and buildings that consume slightly more energy than they produce are called “near-zero energy buildings” or “ultra-low energy houses”. Traditional buildings consume 40% of the total fossil fuel energy in the US and European Union and are significant contributors of greenhouse gases. The zero net energy consumption principle is viewed as a means to reduce carbon emissions and reduce dependence on fossil fuels and although zero energy buildings remain uncommon even in developed countries, they are gaining importance and popularity.

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Bakaeva, N. V., and M. O. Suvorova. "FRAMEWORKS FOR EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF THE LOW-CARBON CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS." Construction economic and environmental management 78, no. 1 (2021): 21–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.37279/2519-4453-2021-1-21-27.

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The adverse effects of the construction from the perspective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions are becoming increasingly important in terms of sustainable development and the growth of construction output. Construction actors involved in the process of creating buildings are responsible for the deterioration of the environmental situation. Flexible tools to motivate construction participants to actively and purposefully decarbonize construction and maintain the production and use of low-carbon technologies should be established. Multilevel institutional tools for regulating extended responsibility of construction participants through organizational and economic incentives for low-carbon design and construction and optimization of building design solutions are presented in the article. Recommendations are also provided to improve the environmental safety of construction, including the establishment of the of low-carbon certification institute for developers, based on a cost estimate of the carbon impact of buildings used in the development of compensatory and incentive measures. The proposed methodological aspects of rational low-carbon design and construction of buildings with minimal carbon footprint will allow to formulate the basic principles of functioning of the low-carbon certification institute of builders as a tool to improve their bid competitiveness.

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SUGINO, Makoto. "An Economic Examination of Diffusing Low-Carbon Buildings." Japanese Journal of Real Estate Sciences 26, no. 1 (2012): 86–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.5736/jares.26.1_86.

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Wei, Jun, and Wei Ya Zhang. "Cooling and Heating Source Selection of Air Conditioning Based on Low Carbon." Advanced Materials Research 243-249 (May 2011): 5798–802. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.243-249.5798.

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This article analyzes the form of carbon discharge within the building life cycle, and indicates the relationship between energy saving and carbon reduction. It puts forward that when selecting the cooling and heating source, we should define the strength standard and assessment index of carbon discharge. While we weigh the energy rationality, low carbon charge should be taken into consideration, in order to reduce the CO2 discharge in buildings.

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Sun, Shaonan, Yingying Chen, Ailing Wang, and Xiaojie Liu. "An Evaluation Model of Carbon Emission Reduction Effect of Prefabricated Buildings Based on Cloud Model from the Perspective of Construction Supply Chain." Buildings 12, no. 10 (September 26, 2022): 1534. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12101534.

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Prefabricated buildings are the future direction of the construction industry. The carbon reduction in prefabricated buildings has attracted increasing attention due to its importance to low-carbon and energy savings in the construction industry and achieving China’s “dual carbon” goal. Although research has been conducted on carbon reduction in prefabricated buildings, the use of cloud models for carbon reduction effect evaluation has not been explored. This study therefore aims to develop a cloud model-based evaluation of the carbon emission reduction effect for prefabricated buildings incorporating the characteristics of prefabricated buildings and the building supply chain. The developed model can support assessments of the whole life cycle phases of a prefabricated building. Firstly, carbon flow analysis is carried out from the perspective of the construction supply chain, and the carbon emission reduction effect evaluation index system of prefabricated buildings is established, which contains 5 guideline layers and 26 carbon emission reduction indicators. Secondly, the Continuous Ordered Weighted Averaging operator (C-OWA) is used to calculate the index weight calculation, and the cloud model is applied to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the carbon emission reduction effect. Finally, this model is applied to evaluate the carbon emission reduction effect in the case of a building. The case study validated the efficiency of the developed model. This study extends the knowledge of carbon emission reduction by addressing specific characteristics of prefabrication and the construction supply chain. This validated model will enhance the willingness to apply prefabricated buildings to reduce carbon emissions and achieve the “dual carbon” goal.

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Fahlstedt, O., and R. A. Bohne. "Investigating the role of emissions deriving from user transport in sustainable refurbishment strategies for buildings relying on low-carbon energy." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1078, no. 1 (September 1, 2022): 012019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1078/1/012019.

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Abstract Refurbishing existing buildings constitutes a significant role in reducing emissions from the built environment. Their optimization demands time simultaneously to the urgency to fulfill the sustainable development goals 9,11, 12, and 13. Therefore, actions taken at the municipal level are deterministic for future outcomes as many municipalities manage large building portfolios and thus hold significant mitigation potential. This paper investigates the role existing institutional buildings have for greenhouse gas abatement when the scope is expanded from building scale to include the urban environment. The aim is to determine the importance of considering the location of buildings when evaluating refurbishment strategies. There is a potential for a more significant reduction of emissions when including user transportation. The role of travel-induced emissions from users, visitors, and employees in institutional buildings is potentially more critical than refurbishment for buildings already operating on low-carbon energy. Parts of a previously developed theoretical framework are tested to aid a Norwegian municipality in its emissions abatement strategy. The study assesses the carbon emissions deriving from refurbishment and the location of an institutional building. Inventory data from building, transport routes, and transport modes are assessed with a case study approach, while generic data derives from literature. The result indicates the importance of addressing locations of institutional buildings within the urban form rather than optimizing separate entities. Truncation errors can offset the benefit of building optimization in areas dependent on low-carbon electricity if travel-induced emissions are omitted from the assessment. The framework reveals that it is better to build a new building at another location in some instances when transport-related emissions are reduced.

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Brown, A. I., G. P. Hammond, C. I. Jones, and F. J. Rogers. "GREENING THE UK BUILDING STOCK: Historic Trends and Low Carbon Futures 1970-2050." Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering 33, no. 1 (March 2009): 89–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2009-0009.

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Historic trends and future projections of energy use and carbon dioxide emissions associated with the United Kingdom building stock are analysed for the period 1970-2050. Energy use in housing is found to rise at a slightly slower rate than the increase in household numbers, which totalled some 25.5 million in 2000. It appears feasible to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the UK domestic building stock by more than 65% by 2050. But this would require a significant take-up of energy saving measures and the adoption of various low or zero carbon (LZC) energy technologies. Non-domestic buildings consisted of some 1.98 million premises in 2000. Anticipated changes in the UK Building Regulations will lead to reductions in energy use and carbon emissions of up to 17% and 12% respectively for 2010 standard buildings. Improvements in the non-domestic building stock and industrial processing could lead to a reduction of nearly 59% in CO2 emissions, via the adoption of LZC energy technologies. Thus, the potential for ‘greening' the UK building stock – making it environmentally benign - is large, but the measures needed to achieve this would present a significant challenge to the UK government, domestic householders, and industry in the broadest sense.

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van der Heijden, Jeroen. "Eco-financing for low-carbon buildings and cities: Value and limits." Urban Studies 54, no. 12 (June 24, 2016): 2894–909. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098016655056.

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Building owners and governments face constraints in financing the transformation and development of low-carbon buildings and cities. Banks and other finance providers are often risk averse and unwilling to provide funds for such development and transformation. For some time now, governments and non-governmental organisations have experimented with novel forms of financing for low-carbon developments and transformations – often referred to as ‘eco-financing’. This article studies six such governance instruments from Australia, the Netherlands and the USA to better understand their value and limits.

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Li, Simeng, Yanqiu Cui, Nerija Banaitienė, Chunlu Liu, and Mark B. Luther. "Sensitivity Analysis for Carbon Emissions of Prefabricated Residential Buildings with Window Design Elements." Energies 14, no. 19 (October 8, 2021): 6436. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14196436.

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Owing to the advantages of high construction efficiency, prefabricated residential buildings have been of increasing interest in recent years. Against the background of global heating, designing low-carbon facades for prefabricated residential buildings has become a focus. The main challenge for this research is in designing windows for prefabricated residential buildings that can lead to the best performance in carbon emissions. The purpose of this paper is to summarize window design advice for prefabricated residential building facades with low-carbon goals. This paper adopts the single control variable research method. Building energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions under different conditions comprise the primary data used in the study. In the process of achieving the research aim, this study firstly extracts the window design elements of prefabricated residential facades. Secondly, objective function formulas are established and a basic model is built for obtaining data. Thirdly, data results are analyzed and window design advice is put forward under the condition of a low-carbon goal. This paper discusses that the optimal window-to-wall ratio (WWR) with a low-carbon orientation is around 0.15, and compares it innovatively with the optimal WWR under an energy-saving orientation at around 0.38. The research results of this paper can deepen the understanding of architectural low-carbon design and play a guiding role for architects.

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Sun, Li Ping, and Xiao Ping An. "Green Ecological Principles in Cultural Architecture Design under the Background of Low Carbon." Applied Mechanics and Materials 330 (June 2013): 768–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.330.768.

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In the background of low carbon economy,the necessity of green ecology for cultural buildings is stated briefly and some principles are put forward about the green ecological design of cultural buildings. That is, specific culture inheritance should be paid attention to; specific building should adapt to specific local conditions; location and layout should be decided scientifically and reasonably; and even energy saving technology should be applied to each monomer building. In the monomer building design, reasonable shape coefficient should be used; energy saving design for enclosure structure should be preceded; effective sunshade design should be adapted; solar energy should be made full use of; green design should be three-dimensional; collection and storage equipment of rain should be popularized in the little rain areas and so on to realize the harmony of building, environment, and the people.

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Fu, Xiao, Shi Guang Shen, and Jie Yin. "Study on Green Low Carbon Building Design Based on Photovoltaic Power Generation Technology." Applied Mechanics and Materials 193-194 (August 2012): 239–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.193-194.239.

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Under the background of global warming, green low carbon buildings have become a trend which is considered to reduce the carbon emissions. This paper, on the basis of analysis on the traditional low carbon building design methods, puts forward a new concept of design supported by the technology of photovoltaic power generation. This paper introduces the development and principles of photovoltaic power generation and emphasizes the BIPV technology. Green low carbon building design based on BIPV can be divided into active and passive design, which all has a positive influence on the green low carbon design.

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