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Beyond Technology: Demand-Side Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation

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Authors:
Felix Creutzig, Blanca Fernandez, Helmut Haberl,
Radhika Khosla, Yacob Mulugetta, Karen C. Seto

The assessment literature on climate change solutions to date has emphasized technologies and options based on cost-effectiveness analysis. However, many solutions to climate change mitigation misalign with such analytical frameworks. Here, we examine demand-side solutions, a crucial class of mitigation options that go beyond technological specification and cost-benefit analysis. To do so, we synthesize demand-side mitigation options in the urban, building, transport, and agricultural sectors. We also highlight the specific nature of demand-side solutions in the context of development.

Counting good: quantifying the co-benefits of improved efficiency in buildings

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Authors:
Maria Sharmina, Christel Broussous, Corisande Jover

Many recent major studies, including the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report, have attested that energy efficiency is humanity’s prime option to combat climate change in the short- to mid-term. The potential to avoid CO2 emissions cost-effectively has been reported to be significant through efficiency policies. However, the review of global research findings on the quantification of cost-effectiveness of opportunities through improved efficiency has highlighted that there is a major shortcoming in the vast majority of such calculations.

A bibliometric review of green building research 2000–2016

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Authors:
Xianbo Zhao, Jian Zuo, Guangdong Wu, Can Huang

This study presents a summary of green building research through a bibliometric approach. A total of 2980 articles published in 2000–2016 were reviewed and analyzed. The results indicated that green building research had been concentrated on the subject categories of engineering, environmental sciences & ecology, and construction & building technology, and the keywords ‘building envelope’ and ‘living wall’ obtained citation bursts in the recent years.

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