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  • Open Access
26 Citations
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Zero Carbon Building Practices in Aotearoa New Zealand

  • Thao Thi Phuong Bui,
  • Suzanne Wilkinson,
  • Niluka Domingo and
  • Casimir MacGregor

23 July 2021

In the light of climate change, the drive for zero carbon buildings is known as one response to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Within New Zealand, research on climate change mitigation and environmental impacts of buildings has received renewed att...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
44 Citations
13,732 Views
24 Pages

2 June 2024

The establishment of net-zero-energy and net-zero-carbon buildings can offer significant opportunities to reduce environmental impact in the building sector. Several successful net-zero-energy buildings highlight the feasibility of reducing energy co...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,354 Views
23 Pages

Global warming is a worldwide concern, with buildings generating more than 40% of the annual global CO2 emissions. A commonly accepted system of global standards for zero-carbon buildings and communities has not yet been established. In this research...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,617 Views
24 Pages

University-Campus-Based Zero-Carbon Action Plans for Accelerating the Zero-Carbon City Transition

  • Md. Salman Islam,
  • Gengyuan Liu,
  • Duo Xu,
  • Yu Chen,
  • Hui Li and
  • Caocao Chen

9 September 2023

After three decades of global climate initiatives, local governments’ capabilities to implement policies and solutions have not always been effective in making the urban environment more resilient and adaptive to climate change. All the previou...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,925 Views
29 Pages

Zero-Carbon and Carbon-Neutral Fuels: A Review of Combustion Products and Cytotoxicity

  • Chao Jin,
  • Xiaodan Li,
  • Teng Xu,
  • Juntong Dong,
  • Zhenlong Geng,
  • Jia Liu,
  • Chenyun Ding,
  • Jingjing Hu,
  • Ahmed El ALAOUI and
  • Haifeng Liu
  • + 1 author

9 September 2023

The use of zero-carbon and carbon-neutral fuels reduces emissions of conventional pollutants, but their emissions can be toxic and have various adverse effects on human health. This article reviews the possible combustion products of zero-carbon and...

  • Review
  • Open Access
62 Citations
14,916 Views
21 Pages

The increase in global surface temperatures will surpass the 2 °C target set by the Paris Agreement unless carbon emissions are lowered to zero by 2050. To date, the building sector is responsible for 38% of all carbon emissions, thus one of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
10,162 Views
23 Pages

Policy Mapping for Net-Zero-Carbon Buildings: Insights from Leading Countries

  • An Le,
  • Navodana Rodrigo,
  • Niluka Domingo and
  • Sepani Senaratne

1 November 2023

The construction industry is a key contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, with buildings alone accounting for 39% of the global energy-related carbon emissions. Global carbon emissions from building operations increased by 5% in 2021 compared to 20...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
6,467 Views
20 Pages

25 February 2022

Facing the global climate change crisis, many cities have proposed the goal to achieve net-zero carbon cities. The natural carbon sink in urban space is indispensable for net-zero carbon cities, but the existing measurement system has shortcomings in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,422 Views
17 Pages

The Role of Carbon Removal in Ratcheting India’s Net-Zero Goal

  • Ayomide Titus Ogungbemi and
  • Mustafa Dagbasi

18 June 2025

India’s revised nationally determined contribution at COP26 set a net-zero target for 2070, but the role of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) in achieving this goal remains unclear. This study quantifies the contribution of land-based CDR—bioe...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,922 Views
27 Pages

29 August 2023

Through quantitative and qualitative analysis, this report conducts a thorough evaluation of the literature on the present progress in research on and the performance of net-zero-carbon cities (NZCCs). The quantitative analysis identifies ten major a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,445 Views
23 Pages

5 December 2024

The carbon quota trading mechanism is considered one of the most effective incentives for carbon reduction to address global climate change. Currently, the EU has adopted this mechanism to intervene in the zero-carbon transition of shipping companies...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,611 Views
14 Pages

Towards a Carbon Accounting Framework for Assessing the Benefits of Biogenic Wood Carbon to Net Zero Carbon Targets

  • Oludunsin Arodudu,
  • Obste Therasme,
  • Timothy Volk,
  • Robert Malmsheimer,
  • Paul Crovella,
  • René Germain,
  • Danielle Kloster and
  • Deepak Kumar

27 September 2023

Carbon stored in harvested wood products (HWPs) can play an important role in climate change mitigation and needs to be accounted for accurately and consistently. This study reviewed the features of previous HWP carbon accounting frameworks and discu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,688 Views
28 Pages

New Zero-Carbon Wooden Building Concepts: A Review of Selected Criteria

  • Agnieszka Starzyk,
  • Kinga Rybak-Niedziółka,
  • Aleksandra Nowysz,
  • Janusz Marchwiński,
  • Alicja Kozarzewska,
  • Joanna Koszewska,
  • Anna Piętocha,
  • Polina Vietrova,
  • Przemysław Łacek and
  • Anna Podlasek
  • + 6 authors

8 September 2024

A Carbon Footprint (CF) is defined as the total emissions of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, and is a specific type of Environmental Footprint that measures human impact on the environment. Carbon dioxide emiss...

  • Review
  • Open Access
32 Citations
7,386 Views
23 Pages

Review of the U.S. Policies, Codes, and Standards of Zero-Carbon Buildings

  • Fei Yu,
  • Wei Feng,
  • Jiawei Leng,
  • Yibo Wang and
  • Yang Bai

24 November 2022

The global issue of climate change has accelerated the international commitment to net-zero carbon emission development. Decarbonizing the building sector has been put on several governments’ sustainable development agendas. To provide a refere...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,286 Views
15 Pages

Demand Response of Integrated Zero-Carbon Power Plant: Model and Method

  • Rong Xia,
  • Jun Dai,
  • Xiangjie Cheng,
  • Jiaqing Fan,
  • Jing Ye,
  • Qiangang Jia,
  • Sijie Chen and
  • Qiang Zhang

12 July 2024

An integrated zero-carbon power plant aggregates uncontrollable green energy, adjustable load, and storage energy resources into an entity in a grid-friendly manner. Integrated zero-carbon power plants have a strong demand response potential that nee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,720 Views
17 Pages

Achieving Net Zero Carbon Performance in a French Apartment Building?

  • Alpha Hamid Dicko,
  • Charlotte Roux and
  • Bruno Peuportier

16 November 2023

Containing global warming to 1.5 °C implies staying on a given carbon budget and therefore being able to design net zero carbon buildings by 2050. A case study corresponding to a French residential building is used to assess the feasibility of ac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
9,760 Views
25 Pages

Can the UK Deliver Zero Carbon Ready Homes by 2050?

  • Lily Warren,
  • Ayotunde Dawodu,
  • Ayomikun Solomon Adewumi and
  • Cheng Quan

8 July 2024

Climate change presents one of the most significant challenges facing the world in the 21st century. In 2019, the UK became the first major economy to pass laws to end its contribution to the world’s greenhouse gas emissions; parliament passed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
7,682 Views
24 Pages

2 December 2022

The building sector accounts for 38% of carbon emissions, the principal cause of climate change. To meet the targets set by the Paris Agreement, including zero net emissions by 2050, it is necessary that governments develop a culture of sustainabilit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
7,137 Views
29 Pages

29 October 2021

In recent years, many cities around the world have pledged to upgrade their building stocks to carbon-neutral. However, the literature does not yet provide a shared definition of carbon-neutral building (CNB), and the assessment objectives and method...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,589 Views
22 Pages

The Potential of Structurally Insulated Panels (SIPs) to Supply Net Zero Carbon Housing

  • Stephen Finnegan,
  • Robert Edwards,
  • Bushra Al-Derbi,
  • Iona Campbell and
  • Matt Fulton

28 November 2022

Governments throughout the EU and the UK face a persistent challenge of satisfying the continual growth in demand for housing and create zero carbon buildings. This paper presents a novel conceptual framework and empirical results to evaluate the pot...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,154 Views
22 Pages

A Parametric Integrated Design Approach for Life Cycle Zero-Carbon Buildings

  • Ehsan Kamel,
  • Francesco Pittau,
  • Laura Mora Dal Verme,
  • Piergiorgio Scatigna and
  • Giuliana Iannaccone

28 February 2024

Implementing net-zero carbon design is a crucial step towards decarbonizing the built environment during the entire life cycle of a building, encompassing both embodied and operational carbon. This paper presents a novel computational approach to des...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,759 Views
17 Pages

Research and Case Application of Zero-Carbon Buildings Based on Multi-System Integration Function

  • Jiaji Zhang,
  • Yuting Lin,
  • Lan Wang,
  • Qiankun Wang,
  • Ke Zhu,
  • Shize Yang and
  • Guoqing Guo

25 October 2024

This study focuses on developing and implementing zero-carbon buildings through the integration of multiple systems to meet China’s carbon neutrality goals. It emphasizes the significant role of the building sector in carbon emissions and highl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
7,288 Views
31 Pages

13 May 2023

Since the global zero carbon goal was proposed, most higher education institutions around the world are still in the process of transitioning towards carbon neutrality. However, there is still a research gap in the systematic design strategy for a ze...

  • Opinion
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,360 Views
7 Pages

17 November 2023

The maritime industry is recognized as a major pollution source to the environment. The use of low- or zero-carbon marine alternative fuel is a promising measure to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants, leading to net-zero carbon...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,049 Views
5 Pages

External Wall Technological Solutions for Carbon Zero Schools in Italy

  • Cecilia Ciacci,
  • Frida Bazzocchi and
  • Vincenzo Di Naso

For the construction of a carbon zero school building, it is necessary to choose a proper technological solution for the external wall in the early stages of the design process. At the same time, the material to be used for the insulation layer must...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,798 Views
16 Pages

18 January 2022

Quemoy University has taken over Cemetery 2 region after it was released by the military. It became the school’s other campus, with plans to change the site from an unused military camp to a sustainable campus. The finished project will include...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,074 Views
14 Pages

The Relationship between Nil-Strength Temperature, Zero Strength Temperature and Solidus Temperature of Carbon Steels

  • Petr Kawulok,
  • Ivo Schindler,
  • Bedřich Smetana,
  • Ján Moravec,
  • Andrea Mertová,
  • Ľubomíra Drozdová,
  • Rostislav Kawulok,
  • Petr Opěla and
  • Stanislav Rusz

20 March 2020

The nil-strength temperature, zero strength temperature and solidus temperature are significant parameters with respect to the processes of melting, casting and welding steels. With the use of physical tests performed on the universal plastometer Gle...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
2,837 Views
37 Pages

17 July 2025

With water scarcity becoming worse, and demand increasing, the urgency for the water industry to hit net-zero carbon is accelerating. Even as a multitude of utilities have pledged to reach net-zero by 2050, advancing beyond the energy–water nex...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,929 Views
18 Pages

27 January 2022

This work aimed to quantitatively study the carbon emissions and carbon reduction potential of a nearly Zero Energy Building in a severe cold zone of China from the perspective of its life cycle. The methods were based on China’s “Standar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
10,780 Views
16 Pages

18 February 2023

Nuclear energy is proposed as part of the solution to a net-zero carbon future. However, environmental issues with nuclear energy remain. In this study, a total of 1616 participants from across the U.S. stated their position on the following statemen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,588 Views
22 Pages

12 December 2024

In order to enhance the carbon reduction potential of a park, a low-carbon economic dispatch method applicable to zero-carbon parks is proposed to optimize the energy dispatch of the park at multiple timescales; this is achieved by introducing a flex...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,147 Views
17 Pages

19 February 2024

Faced with the challenges of global climate change, zero-carbon buildings (ZCB) serve as a crucial means to achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals, particularly in the development of tropical island regions. This study aims to establish a ZC...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,943 Views
22 Pages

4 April 2025

Efficient waste management is instrumental in both reducing waste generation and mitigating CO2 emissions. The Zero-waste City Pilot (ZWCP) policy, a location-oriented waste governance initiative, aims to minimize waste production, enhance waste mana...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,455 Views
21 Pages

Transition to Zero Energy and Low Carbon Emission in Residential Buildings Located in Tropical and Temperate Climates

  • Modeste Kameni Nematchoua,
  • José A. Orosa,
  • Paola Ricciardi,
  • Esther Obonyo,
  • Eric Jean Roy Sambatra and
  • Sigrid Reiter

14 July 2021

Different methods to achieve zero-energy and low carbon on the scale of a building are shown by most of the research works. Despite this, the recommendations generally offered by researchers do not always correspond to the realities found during the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,180 Views
20 Pages

Key Competencies of Built Environment Professionals for Achieving Net-Zero Carbon Emissions in the Ghanaian Construction Industry

  • Kofi Agyekum,
  • Kezia Nana Yaa Serwaa Sackey,
  • Felix Esahe Addoh,
  • Hayford Pittri,
  • John Sosu and
  • Frederick Owusu Danso

The deficiency in competencies among built environment professionals (BEPs) in achieving sustainability goals presents a significant challenge, contributing substantially to the escalation of carbon emissions globally, with pronounced implications in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,748 Views
16 Pages

Enhancing Zero-Carbon Building Operation and Maintenance: A Correlation-Based Data Mining Approach for Database Analysis

  • Yuhong Zhao,
  • Ruirui Liu,
  • Zhansheng Liu,
  • Yun Lu,
  • Liang Liu,
  • Jingjing Wang and
  • Wenxiang Liu

13 September 2023

In the context of global climate change and the increasing focus on carbon emissions, carbon emission research has become a prominent area of study. However, research in this field inevitably involves extensive monitoring, and when the data become co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
860 Views
18 Pages

Optimization of Energy Use for Zero-Carbon Buildings Considering Intraday Source-Load Uncertainties

  • Guiqing Feng,
  • Kun Yu,
  • Yuntian Zheng,
  • Le Bu,
  • Jinfan Chen,
  • Wenli Xu and
  • Xingying Chen

16 May 2025

Building operational energy consumption accounts for a significant share of global energy consumption, and it is crucial to promote renewable energy self-sufficiency and operational optimization for zero-carbon buildings. However, scheduling strategi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,608 Views
28 Pages

6 March 2025

Cold chain logistics possesses unique characteristics, particularly the necessity to maintain low temperatures within containers throughout the distribution process. Real-world traffic conditions, such as congestion, significantly impact the efficien...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2,204 Views
9 Pages

15 November 2023

The UK government has legal binding objectives under the “climate change act 2008” to accomplish net-zero carbon emissions by the year 2050. The government has implemented a variety of measures across many different sectors of the UK econ...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
7,913 Views
32 Pages

20 October 2022

Decision-making on whole-life-cycle net-zero-carbon buildings is critical for addressing carbon emission and environmental problems. However, there is a lack of a data integration framework and an open international standard approach integrating key...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
858 Views
28 Pages

20 December 2025

In recent decades, energy efficiency policies have increasingly focused on reducing buildings’ energy use and improving their performance. However, by overlooking the entire life cycle of a building, a considerable portion of its environmental...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,135 Views
16 Pages

18 November 2022

At present, the problem of non-point source pollution and carbon emissions caused by excessive application of fertilizer is increasingly serious and has caused damage to the ecological environment. The “zero growth of fertilizer use by 2020 act...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
872 Views
23 Pages

16 April 2025

Zero-carbon emissions in building systems play a critical role in promoting energy transition and mitigating climate change, while optimal energy dispatch in highly electrified building systems is essential to achieve this goal. To address this issue...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,040 Views
23 Pages

11 March 2024

This study aims to theoretically explore the technological systems of tropical island zero-carbon building (TIZCB) to scientifically understand the characteristics of these buildings in terms of energy utilization, energy conservation, energy product...

  • Article
  • Open Access
909 Views
24 Pages

Implementing Zero-Carbon Buildings: A Technological Index and an Innovative Strategic Roadmap

  • Mazen M. Omer,
  • Kherun Nita Ali,
  • Hongping Yuan,
  • Mohamed Farouk,
  • Mansour S. Almatawa and
  • Innocent Chigozie Osuizugbo

17 November 2025

Implementing zero-carbon buildings (ZCBs) can serve as a promising approach to reducing unsustainable emissions and decreasing the effects of climate change on the Earth. However, many countries face technological barriers that hinder the successful...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,720 Views
23 Pages

6 February 2023

While net-zero carbon buildings have been the focus of many previous studies, existing research tends to focus on low-rise buildings in temperate climates with cold winters. However, much of current building activity across the world, particularly in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,196 Views
30 Pages

Zero Carbon Emissions Due to Ultra-High RES Penetration in Interconnected Island

  • Emmanuel Karapidakis,
  • Ioannis Mozakis,
  • Marios Nikologiannis and
  • Antonios Tsikalakis

29 May 2024

European islands have been leading the charge in renewable energy innovation. Yet, the intermittent nature of sources like solar and wind poses challenges such as grid saturation and frequency variations. Limited interconnection with mainland grids e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,039 Views
28 Pages

25 January 2022

Reasonable regional integrated energy planning is an important prerequisite for the construction of a Near-Zero Carbon Emission Demonstration District (NCEDD). An integrated energy planning scheme that is based on a three-step planning method with th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,947 Views
44 Pages

Advancing Smart Zero-Carbon Cities: High-Resolution Wind Energy Forecasting to 36 Hours Ahead

  • Haytham Elmousalami,
  • Aljawharah A. Alnaser and
  • Felix Kin Peng Hui

19 December 2024

Accurate wind speed and power forecasting are key to optimizing renewable wind station management, which is essential for smart and zero-energy cities. This paper presents a novel integrated wind speed–power forecasting system (WSPFS) that oper...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
9,682 Views
29 Pages

29 January 2022

Net-Zero Energy Districts (NZEDs) are city districts in which the annual amount of CO2 emissions released is balanced by emissions removed from the atmosphere. NZEDs constitute a major component in a new generation of “smart-green cities”...

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