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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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
DocumentEnergy 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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Productivity
- Visual 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 lanterns) or solar home systems (SHS) on rural HHs and directly related economic activities
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Access
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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 Change.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
Built and natural environment planning principles for promoting health: an umbrella review
Background
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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. However, the pursuit
of more prosperous, inclusive and sustainable urban
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Biodiversity
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 articles are selected for further study (1900–2019).
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
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 economy that environmental investments and policy linked to energy efficiency can bring.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
- Biodiversity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Visual Comfort
- Biodiversity
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 reduce the construction sector's impacts on the environment.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Visual Comfort
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 36 studies described in 44 papers plus two reports.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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 context.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Productivity
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 of kerosene subsidies.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Energy Access
- Health and wellbeing
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 well understood.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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 of energy efficient solutions in offices because they are often perceived as a potential threat to perceived
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Productivity
- Visual Comfort
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Economic Benefits
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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 toward enhancing climate resilience.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Biodiversity
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 serious challenge to keeping global warming to 1.5oC.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
Asset values
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
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 economy that environmental investments and policy linked to energy efficiency can bring.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
- Biodiversity
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 serious challenge to keeping global warming to 1.5oC.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
Biodiversity
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 toward enhancing climate resilience.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Biodiversity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Emission Saving
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Biodiversity
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 economy that environmental investments and policy linked to energy efficiency can bring.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
- Biodiversity
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. However, the pursuit
of more prosperous, inclusive and sustainable urban
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Biodiversity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Visual Comfort
- Biodiversity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Health and wellbeing
- Biodiversity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Health and wellbeing
- Biodiversity
Economic Benefits
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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. However, the pursuit
of more prosperous, inclusive and sustainable urban
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Biodiversity
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 economy that environmental investments and policy linked to energy efficiency can bring.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
- Biodiversity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Economic Benefits
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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 serious challenge to keeping global warming to 1.5oC.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
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 well understood.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
Emission Saving
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Visual Comfort
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 reduce the construction sector's impacts on the environment.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Visual Comfort
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. However, the pursuit
of more prosperous, inclusive and sustainable urban
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Biodiversity
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 serious challenge to keeping global warming to 1.5oC.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Emission Saving
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Biodiversity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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 well understood.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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 technology.
- Policy Group(s):
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
Energy Access
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 economy that environmental investments and policy linked to energy efficiency can bring.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
- Biodiversity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Emission Saving
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Biodiversity
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 of kerosene subsidies.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Energy Access
- Health and wellbeing
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 lanterns) or solar home systems (SHS) on rural HHs and directly related economic activities
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Access
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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 serious challenge to keeping global warming to 1.5oC.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
Energy Price
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 context.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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 economy that environmental investments and policy linked to energy efficiency can bring.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
- Biodiversity
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 well understood.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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 of kerosene subsidies.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Energy Access
- Health and wellbeing
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. However, the pursuit
of more prosperous, inclusive and sustainable urban
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Biodiversity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
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 serious challenge to keeping global warming to 1.5oC.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Visual Comfort
- Biodiversity
Energy Security
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 toward enhancing climate resilience.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Biodiversity
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 Change.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Emission Saving
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Biodiversity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Visual Comfort
- Biodiversity
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. However, the pursuit
of more prosperous, inclusive and sustainable urban
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Biodiversity
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 economy that environmental investments and policy linked to energy efficiency can bring.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
- Biodiversity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
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 serious challenge to keeping global warming to 1.5oC.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
Health and wellbeing
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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 technology.
- Policy Group(s):
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Health and wellbeing
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 of energy efficient solutions in offices because they are often perceived as a potential threat to perceived
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Productivity
- Visual Comfort
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Economic Benefits
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Productivity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Visual Comfort
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Visual Comfort
- Biodiversity
Built and natural environment planning principles for promoting health: an umbrella review
Background
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
Relationships between lean and sustainable construction: Positive impacts of lean practices over sustainability during construction phase
Academicians and professionals in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) field have expressed an increasing interest in sustainability and its application in the development of construction projects, especially with its deemed relationship with lean construction, for the purpose of
- Policy Group(s):
- Health and wellbeing
- Productivity
- Visual Comfort
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 36 studies described in 44 papers plus two reports.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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. However, the pursuit
of more prosperous, inclusive and sustainable urban
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Biodiversity
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 lanterns) or solar home systems (SHS) on rural HHs and directly related economic activities
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Access
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
Is atrium an ideal form for daylight in buildings?
This paper aims to review the achievements of previous studies addressing the capability of atriums for providing adequate levels of daylight and visual comfort.
- Policy Group(s):
- Health and wellbeing
- Visual Comfort
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 toward enhancing climate resilience.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Biodiversity
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 of kerosene subsidies.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Energy Access
- Health and wellbeing
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 well understood.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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 reduce the construction sector's impacts on the environment.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Visual Comfort
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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 articles are selected for further study (1900–2019).
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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 serious challenge to keeping global warming to 1.5oC.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Health and wellbeing
- Biodiversity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Emission Saving
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Biodiversity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Productivity
- Visual Comfort
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Health and wellbeing
- Biodiversity
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 context.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
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 economy that environmental investments and policy linked to energy efficiency can bring.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
- Biodiversity
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 Change.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Emission Saving
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Biodiversity
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. However, the pursuit
of more prosperous, inclusive and sustainable urban
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Biodiversity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Economic Benefits
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Visual Comfort
- Biodiversity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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 technology.
- Policy Group(s):
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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 economy that environmental investments and policy linked to energy efficiency can bring.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
- Biodiversity
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 well understood.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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 36 studies described in 44 papers plus two reports.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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 lanterns) or solar home systems (SHS) on rural HHs and directly related economic activities
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Access
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
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 serious challenge to keeping global warming to 1.5oC.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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 context.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
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 toward enhancing climate resilience.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Biodiversity
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 Change.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
Productivity
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. However, the pursuit
of more prosperous, inclusive and sustainable urban
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Biodiversity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
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 economy that environmental investments and policy linked to energy efficiency can bring.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
- Biodiversity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Productivity
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 serious challenge to keeping global warming to 1.5oC.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
Relationships between lean and sustainable construction: Positive impacts of lean practices over sustainability during construction phase
Academicians and professionals in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) field have expressed an increasing interest in sustainability and its application in the development of construction projects, especially with its deemed relationship with lean construction, for the purpose of
- Policy Group(s):
- Health and wellbeing
- Productivity
- Visual Comfort
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 of energy efficient solutions in offices because they are often perceived as a potential threat to perceived
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Productivity
- Visual Comfort
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 toward enhancing climate resilience.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Biodiversity
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 Change.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Productivity
- Visual 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 lanterns) or solar home systems (SHS) on rural HHs and directly related economic activities
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Access
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Visual Comfort
- Biodiversity
Public Budgets
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
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 economy that environmental investments and policy linked to energy efficiency can bring.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
- Biodiversity
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 serious challenge to keeping global warming to 1.5oC.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Asset values
- Energy Price
- Economic Benefits
- Emission Saving
- Energy Access
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Public Budgets
Visual Comfort
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 of energy efficient solutions in offices because they are often perceived as a potential threat to perceived
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Productivity
- Visual Comfort
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 reduce the construction sector's impacts on the environment.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Visual Comfort
Is atrium an ideal form for daylight in buildings?
This paper aims to review the achievements of previous studies addressing the capability of atriums for providing adequate levels of daylight and visual comfort.
- Policy Group(s):
- Health and wellbeing
- Visual Comfort
Relationships between lean and sustainable construction: Positive impacts of lean practices over sustainability during construction phase
Academicians and professionals in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) field have expressed an increasing interest in sustainability and its application in the development of construction projects, especially with its deemed relationship with lean construction, for the purpose of
- Policy Group(s):
- Health and wellbeing
- Productivity
- Visual Comfort
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Emission Saving
- Health and wellbeing
- Visual Comfort
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Health and wellbeing
- Productivity
- Visual Comfort
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.
- Policy Group(s):
- Air Quality
- Energy Price
- Energy Security
- Health and wellbeing
- Household Savings
- Productivity
- Visual Comfort
- Biodiversity
