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High energy burden and low-income energy affordability: conclusions from a literature review

In an era of U.S. energy abundance, the persistently high energy bills paid by low-income households is troubling. After decades of weatherization and bill-payment programs, low-income households still spend a

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Greenhouse gas emissions reduction in different economic sectors: Mitigation measures, health co-benefits, knowledge gaps, and policy implications

To date, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, mitigation strategies and the accompanying health co-benefits in different economic sectors have not been fully investigated. The purpose of this paper is to review

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Decoupling Office Energy Efficiency From Employees' Well-Being and Performance: A Systematic Review

Energy efficiency (i.e., the ratio of output of performance to input of energy) in office buildings can reduce energy costs and CO2 emissions, but there are barriers to widespread adoption

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Polyurethane insulation and household products – A systematic review of their impact on indoor environmental quality

We systematically review the impact of polyurethane insulation and polyurethane household products on the indoor environmental quality of buildings. The review breaks down polyurethane products into constituent compounds (isocyanate, polyol

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Co-benefits and synergies between urban climate change mitigation and adaptation measures: A literature review

Accounting for over 70% of global CO2 emissions, cities are major contributors to climate change. Acknowledging this, urban climate change adaptation and mitigation plans are increasingly developed to make progress

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Adopting Decarbonization Policies for the Building and Construction Sector: Costs and Benefits

The building sector is not on track to lower total greenhouse gas emissions. Given that emissions from the sector represent nearly 40% of global energy-and process-related emissions, this represents a

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A critical review of methods for the performance evaluation of passive thermal retrofits in residential buildings

The existing residential building stock accounts for a substantial portion of worldwide energy consumption and greenhouse emissions. Improvements to the thermal performance of existing buildings is a vital activity to

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Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort in Hospital Buildings: A Review

This paper aims to review the state of the art technologies for the energy efficiency within the hospitals sector. Hospitals are liable for an unstable amount of energy demand and

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Energy efficiency hospital Thermal comfort

Solar home systems and solar lanterns in rural areas of the Global South: What impact?

Assessing the extent of evidence available relating to the impact of solar energy for households (HHs) in developing countries, surveys are reviewed focusing on the impact of pico‐photovoltaic (e.g., solar

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Indoor environmental quality related risk factors with energy-efficient retrofitting of housing: A literature review

There are indications that energy-retrofitted buildings can create risks for indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and therefore for health and comfort of occupants. A review was conducted to identify and verify

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

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

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Mitigating CO2 emissions from energy use in the world's buildings

An overview of climate change mitigation opportunities in the world's buildings is presented, based on the key building-specific findings of the Fourth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate

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Built and natural environment planning principles for promoting health: an umbrella review

Background The built and natural environment and health are inextricably linked. However, there is considerable debate surrounding the strength and quality of the evidence base underpinning principles of good practice

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Residential energy efficiency retrofits: potential unintended consequences

Improving the energy efficiency of the residential building stock has increasingly been promoted by policy makers as a means of reducing energy demand in the residential sector. We review the

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The Economic and Social Benefits of Low-Carbon Cities: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

Over half of the population of the world live in urban areas. This means that efforts to meet human development goals and sustain economic growth must be concentrated in cities

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Visualized analysis of global green buildings: Development, barriers and future directions

Green building is an important measure to deal with energy and environment problems in the construction sector of the world. In this study, knowledge mapping analysis is used, and 3,060

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Spreading the Net: The Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency Improvements

Improving energy efficiency has long been advocated as a way to increase the productivity and sustainability of society, primarily through the delivery of energy savings. The impact of energy efficiency

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Untapping multiple benefits: hidden values in environmental and building policies

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Measuring the Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation

Co-benefits rarely enter quantitative decision-support frameworks, often because the methodologies for their integration are lacking or not known. This review fills in this gap by providing comprehensive methodological guidance on

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Mould growth in energy efficient buildings: Causes, health implications and strategies to mitigate the risk

Today, buildings still account for almost half of the global energy consumption and carbon emission. This highlights the necessity to increase energy efficiency requirements worldwide in a common effort to

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Mould growth Indoor environmental quality Energy efficiency Building Envelope Literature review

Association of residential energy efficiency retrofits with indoor environmental quality, comfort, and health: A review of empirical data

This paper reviews empirical data from evaluations of the influence of residential energy efficiency retrofits on indoor environmental quality conditions and self-reported thermal comfort and health. Data were extracted from

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Policy for low carbon (energy efficiency) retrofit/renovation of residential buildings

This rapid review identified two results extracted from the eight studies (published between 2013 and 2018) that fulfilled our inclusion criteria. Firstly, our analysis identified five common themes across the

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A Review of the Relation between Household Indoor Temperature and Health Outcomes

This paper provides a review of research that addresses the relationship between indoor temperatures and health outcomes, taking into consideration studies that focus heat or cold exposure within the household

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Perspectives of naturally ventilated buildings: A review

Naturally ventilated buildings have been worldwide increasingly welcomed, given the current global awareness toward environmental sustainability, indoor health-quality and renewable energy. As Natural Ventilation (NV) performance relies on building design

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The Mega Conversion Program from kerosene to LPG in Indonesia: Lessons learned and recommendations for future clean cooking energy expansion

Background In 2007, the Indonesian Government instigated a national program to convert domestic kerosene users to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking. This was primarily motivated by the rising cost

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Understanding the contextual influences of the health outcomes of residential energy efficiency interventions: realist review

Residential energy efficiency interventions are complex social and construction programmes that may benefit health, yet the interactions between the material improvements, health and health-related outcomes, and householder responses are not

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Adopting Decarbonization Policies for the Building and Construction Sector: Costs and Benefits

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renovation Monetary Benefits employment Energy Secutiry Health Building Policies

Spreading the Net: The Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency Improvements

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Untapping multiple benefits: hidden values in environmental and building policies

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Associations between Green Building Design Strategies and Community Health Resilience to Extreme Heat Events: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

This project examined evidence linking green building design strategies with the potential to enhance community resilience to extreme heat events. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

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A bibliometric review of green building research 2000–2016

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

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Green building energy sustainability Bibliometrics Literature review

Co-benefits and synergies between urban climate change mitigation and adaptation measures: A literature review

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Climate change Adaptation Mitigation Co-benefit Synergy Interaction energy Green infrastructure

Beyond Technology: Demand-Side Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation

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

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Untapping multiple benefits: hidden values in environmental and building policies

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The Economic and Social Benefits of Low-Carbon Cities: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

Over half of the population of the world live in urban areas. This means that efforts to meet human development goals and sustain economic growth must be concentrated in cities

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Health co-benefits Poverty Alleviation Green Economy Congestion Low-Carbon Cities

Measuring the Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation

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Spreading the Net: The Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency Improvements

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Understanding the contextual influences of the health outcomes of residential energy efficiency interventions: realist review

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Property condition housing policy welfare state Energy efficiency health intervention

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

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Buildings Co-Benefits Energy efficiency Greenhouse gas Mitigation energy policy

The Economic and Social Benefits of Low-Carbon Cities: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

Over half of the population of the world live in urban areas. This means that efforts to meet human development goals and sustain economic growth must be concentrated in cities

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Untapping multiple benefits: hidden values in environmental and building policies

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Polyurethane insulation and household products – A systematic review of their impact on indoor environmental quality

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Insulation Exposure Health Air quality Volatile organic compound Polyurethane

Adopting Decarbonization Policies for the Building and Construction Sector: Costs and Benefits

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Indoor mould exposure: Characteristics, influences and corresponding associations with built environment—A review

While household mould growth has been increasingly highlighted in response to its adverse health outcomes and building management burden, studies are reviewed respectively from perspective of epidemiological survey, or building

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Indoor environment Mould growth Building feature Design standards Moisture/mould control

Indoor environmental quality related risk factors with energy-efficient retrofitting of housing: A literature review

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energy-efficiency Retrofits Dwellings IEQ-risks Health and comfort

Greenhouse gas emissions reduction in different economic sectors: Mitigation measures, health co-benefits, knowledge gaps, and policy implications

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Scoping review to understand the potential for public health impacts of transitioning to lower carbon emission technologies and policies

Background: The transformation of the global energy sector from fossil-based fuels to low/non-carbon fuels will reduce environmental pollutant load, which in turn will benefit human health. However, with upscaling of

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Mould growth in energy efficient buildings: Causes, health implications and strategies to mitigate the risk

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Mould growth Indoor environmental quality Energy efficiency Building Envelope Literature review

The Economic and Social Benefits of Low-Carbon Cities: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

Over half of the population of the world live in urban areas. This means that efforts to meet human development goals and sustain economic growth must be concentrated in cities

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Adopting Decarbonization Policies for the Building and Construction Sector: Costs and Benefits

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Beyond Technology: Demand-Side Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation

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Policy for low carbon (energy efficiency) retrofit/renovation of residential buildings

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Low carbon policy retrofit renovation rapid review systematic review Energy efficiency

Understanding the contextual influences of the health outcomes of residential energy efficiency interventions: realist review

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Spreading the Net: The Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency Improvements

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Poverty Alleviation Health and well being impacts disposable income Macroeconomic effects Resource management

Untapping multiple benefits: hidden values in environmental and building policies

The untapped / hidden benefits of environmental policies are huge, this piece of research showcases and places a monetary value on the added benefits to our health, society and the

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Beyond Technology: Demand-Side Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation

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agriculture climate change mitigation demand-side measures end use transportation urban infrastructure structural change

The Mega Conversion Program from kerosene to LPG in Indonesia: Lessons learned and recommendations for future clean cooking energy expansion

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LPG Kerosene Clean fuels Clean cooking Fuel subsidies

Solar home systems and solar lanterns in rural areas of the Global South: What impact?

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energy access Global South pico-photovoltaic rural electrification solar home systems

Adopting Decarbonization Policies for the Building and Construction Sector: Costs and Benefits

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Policy for low carbon (energy efficiency) retrofit/renovation of residential buildings

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Low carbon policy retrofit renovation rapid review systematic review Energy efficiency

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

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Measuring the Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation

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adverse side effects social cost-benefit analysis integrated assessment models decision support

A Review of the Relation between Household Indoor Temperature and Health Outcomes

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indoor environment indoor temperature Health fuel poverty

Untapping multiple benefits: hidden values in environmental and building policies

The untapped / hidden benefits of environmental policies are huge, this piece of research showcases and places a monetary value on the added benefits to our health, society and the

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Understanding the contextual influences of the health outcomes of residential energy efficiency interventions: realist review

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Property condition housing policy welfare state Energy efficiency health intervention

A critical review of methods for the performance evaluation of passive thermal retrofits in residential buildings

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Thermal performance evaluation Residential building stock Building modelling Thermal retrofit Energy efficiency

Indoor environmental quality related risk factors with energy-efficient retrofitting of housing: A literature review

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energy-efficiency Retrofits Dwellings IEQ-risks Health and comfort

The Mega Conversion Program from kerosene to LPG in Indonesia: Lessons learned and recommendations for future clean cooking energy expansion

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LPG Kerosene Clean fuels Clean cooking Fuel subsidies

The Economic and Social Benefits of Low-Carbon Cities: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

Over half of the population of the world live in urban areas. This means that efforts to meet human development goals and sustain economic growth must be concentrated in cities

Air Quality
Energy Price
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Energy Security
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Health co-benefits Poverty Alleviation Green Economy Congestion Low-Carbon Cities

Spreading the Net: The Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency Improvements

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Poverty Alleviation Health and well being impacts disposable income Macroeconomic effects Resource management

Adopting Decarbonization Policies for the Building and Construction Sector: Costs and Benefits

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Spreading the Net: The Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency Improvements

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Poverty Alleviation Health and well being impacts disposable income Macroeconomic effects Resource management

Adopting Decarbonization Policies for the Building and Construction Sector: Costs and Benefits

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renovation Monetary Benefits employment Energy Secutiry Health Building Policies

Co-benefits and synergies between urban climate change mitigation and adaptation measures: A literature review

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Climate change Adaptation Mitigation Co-benefit Synergy Interaction energy Green infrastructure

Mitigating CO2 emissions from energy use in the world's buildings

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building stock Climate change CO2 reduction design Energy efficiency mitigation policies

Beyond Technology: Demand-Side Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation

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agriculture climate change mitigation demand-side measures end use transportation urban infrastructure structural change

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

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Household Savings
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Buildings Co-Benefits Energy efficiency Greenhouse gas Mitigation energy policy

Measuring the Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation

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adverse side effects social cost-benefit analysis integrated assessment models decision support

The Economic and Social Benefits of Low-Carbon Cities: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

Over half of the population of the world live in urban areas. This means that efforts to meet human development goals and sustain economic growth must be concentrated in cities

Air Quality
Energy Price
Economic Benefits
Emission Saving
Energy Security
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Household Savings
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Health co-benefits Poverty Alleviation Green Economy Congestion Low-Carbon Cities

Untapping multiple benefits: hidden values in environmental and building policies

The untapped / hidden benefits of environmental policies are huge, this piece of research showcases and places a monetary value on the added benefits to our health, society and the

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Poverty Alleviation Health and well being impacts disposable income Macroeconomic effects Microeconomic effects Resource management

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High energy burden and low-income energy affordability: conclusions from a literature review

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Beyond Technology: Demand-Side Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation

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agriculture climate change mitigation demand-side measures end use transportation urban infrastructure structural change

Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort in Hospital Buildings: A Review

This paper aims to review the state of the art technologies for the energy efficiency within the hospitals sector. Hospitals are liable for an unstable amount of energy demand and

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Energy efficiency hospital Thermal comfort

Associations between Green Building Design Strategies and Community Health Resilience to Extreme Heat Events: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

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A Review of the Relation between Household Indoor Temperature and Health Outcomes

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Spreading the Net: The Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency Improvements

Air Quality
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Poverty Alleviation Health and well being impacts disposable income Macroeconomic effects Resource management

Untapping multiple benefits: hidden values in environmental and building policies

The untapped / hidden benefits of environmental policies are huge, this piece of research showcases and places a monetary value on the added benefits to our health, society and the

Air Quality
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Mitigating CO2 emissions from energy use in the world's buildings

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building stock Climate change CO2 reduction design Energy efficiency mitigation policies

A critical review of methods for the performance evaluation of passive thermal retrofits in residential buildings

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Thermal performance evaluation Residential building stock Building modelling Thermal retrofit Energy efficiency

Indoor mould exposure: Characteristics, influences and corresponding associations with built environment—A review

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Indoor environment Mould growth Building feature Design standards Moisture/mould control

Exploring environmental and economic costs and benefits of a circular economy approach to the construction and demolition sector. A literature review

Circular economy (CE) as a new model of economic development promotes the maximum reuse/recycling of materials, goods and components in order to decrease waste generation to the largest possible extent

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C&DW Circular economy Life Cycle Assessment Cleaner production Reuse Recycle

Decoupling Office Energy Efficiency From Employees' Well-Being and Performance: A Systematic Review

Energy efficiency (i.e., the ratio of output of performance to input of energy) in office buildings can reduce energy costs and CO2 emissions, but there are barriers to widespread adoption

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Productivity
Visual Comfort

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energy-efficiency well-being performance office buildings systematic review decoupling

Polyurethane insulation and household products – A systematic review of their impact on indoor environmental quality

Air Quality
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Household Savings

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Insulation Exposure Health Air quality Volatile organic compound Polyurethane

Perspectives of naturally ventilated buildings: A review

Air Quality
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