The People's Republic of China (PRC) has taken bold actions since 2016 to utilize low-grade industrial excess heat to improve the energy efficiency of district heating systems. This study aims to draw policy insights into the PRC's field experience of overcoming barriers to energy efficiency...

A more sustainable heat supply of the built environment is needed to reach the policy goal of a climate-neutral economy in the Netherlands by 2050. This paper presents a method using a spatial energy model to calculate the most cost-effective CO2- reduction potential of a sustainable heat supply...

District heating can help to integrate renewable generation within the electricity domain and thus reach climate and energy goals by providing flexibility services and stabilizing the electricity grid. To determine the economic viability of such flexibility services, this work presents a...

Despite a common EU directive on energy efficiency in residential buildings, levels of energy efficiency differ vastly across European countries. This article analyses these differences and investigates the effectiveness of different energy efficiency policies in place in those countries. We...

Residential heating accounts for almost one-fifth of Germany’s final energy consumption. This report evaluates an extensive database of heating bills for buildings with two or more apartments, representing more than two-thirds of the total housing stock in Germany. Despite commitments to...

This paper explores the impact of retrofitting single-family residential buildings in historic districts with energy efficiency measures that are compliant with the 2012 version of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). This study focuses on Sears's kit homes that were built in the...