...Yi Lu; Gayani Inoka Karunasena; Chunlu Liu Purpose Achieving beyond-compliance in residential energy efficiency remains a persistent challenge in Australia, with only few building practitioners consistently doing so, undermining Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) progress. Despite varying beyond...

... the feasibility of implementing airside energy-efficient strategies in local buildings (Gajaba and Dissanayake, 2024). Studies addressing this issue in Sri Lanka are scarce and largely limited to general discussions on building energy use, with minimal focus on the airside component (Murshed et al., 2020...

... efforts in Nigeria skewed largely towards energy efficiency. The challenges associated with GB growth include low level of competency, low investment in the GB market, the dearth of technological enablers and the scarcity of GB project cases. Current project initiatives are diminutive, revealing low...

... the execution of the Energy Conservation Building Codes (ECBC), India aims to achieve a 50% reduction in energy consumption by 2030 (Saini et al., 2022). India’s “ Building Energy Efficiency Programme ” encourages green building rating, energy certification and stimulates markets for low carbon/high...

... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Smart retrofits Decision-making Office buildings Energy efficiency From 1990 to 2020, the rate of primary energy consumption and the amount of CO₂ discharge grew by 42.5 and 32.4...

..., is evident. From the stages of the project life cycle, the design stage is identified as the ideal stage for integrating energy efficiency into buildings. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to revisit the role of professionals in designing energy-conscious buildings with low EE and OE. Design...

... a blend of words “retroactive” and “fit” (Dixon et al., 2014). Gleeson et al. (2011) defined retrofitting as the refurbishment of buildings to improve their sustainability especially with regard to energy efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions. Menassa (2011) described retrofitting...

...Andrea N. Ofori-Boadu; Musibau A. Shofoluwe; De-Graft Owusu-Manu; Gary D. Holt; David Edwards Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate relationships between five energy efficiency programs and electricity intensities in the US commercial buildings sector. Design/methodology...

... Refurbishment Energy efficiency Comfort PoE Post occupancy evaluation Traditional buildings The need for steep reductions in carbon emission is widely recognised (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2013) and the UK has enacted legislation for an 80 per cent reduction in CO₂...