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Past visions, current trends, and future context: A review of building energy, carbon, and sustainability

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Authors:
Na Wang,
Patrick E. Phelan,
Chioke Harris,
Jared Langevin,
Brent Nelson,
Karma Sawyer

People spend most of their time inside buildings, and buildings are responsible for approximately one third of total direct and indirect energy-related worldwide carbon emissions. Likewise, buildings in the U.S. account for about 40% of total U.S. energy consumption. Future building development will be driven not only by emerging challenges such as vulnerability to a changing climate and resource scarcity, but also by disruptive innovations and societal changes.

A framework for assessing and implementing the co-benefits of nature-based solutions in urban areas

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Authors:
Christopher M. Raymond,
Niki Frantzeskaki,
Nadja Kabisch,
Pam Berry,
Margaretha Breil,
Mihai Razvan Nita,
Davide Geneletti,
Carlo Calfapietra

To address challenges associated with climate resilience, health and well-being in urban areas, current policy platforms are shifting their focus from ecosystem-based to nature-based solutions (NBS), broadly defined as solutions to societal challenges that are inspired and supported by nature. NBS result in the provision of co-benefits, such as the improvement of place attractiveness, of health and quality of life, and creation of green jobs.

Policy Challenges for the Built Environment: The Dilemma of the Existing Building Stock

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Authors:
MARK SHAURETTE

The built environment accounts for approximately forty percent of the total energy consumption in developed countries. Because buildings have a long life, the greatest opportunity for energy reduction in the built environment will come from energy conservation in the existing building stock. An overview of the policy challenges presented by the built environment, with an emphasis on existing facilities, is accompanied by a discussion of specific technologies that may have the potential to reduce energy use.

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