renovation of social housing, and to analyse the advantages and disadvantages of their application for energy renovations in … social housing organizations from eight EU countries, and a series of 14 interviews with energy renovation experts from ten … to indicate the main characteristics of the current energy renovations carried out by European social housing …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of energy consumption on the financial performance of … German residential buildings in a large panel framework. The authors provide evidence that energy efficiency in the … authors create portfolios of buildings across several energy consumption levels in order to describe the energy pricing …

Declarations are a first step in raising homebuyer awareness of the importance of sustainability in housing. Further monitoring of …Purpose – Sustainability Declarations were introduced by the Queensland State Government on 1 January 2010 as a … Sustainability Declaration has had on home buyer decision making and how effective the legislative mechanisms have been in achieving …

accommodation costs for space in energy efficient office property. Design/methodology/approach – The authors obtain lease contracts … are combined with building characteristics and measured energy performance at the time of lease. Hedonic regression … isolates the effect of energy performance on gross face rent. Findings – No significant price differentials emerged as a …

inadequate performance of BMS vendors were highlighted as barriers when adopting a BMS. Energy efficiency, reduction of operation …, environment and social sustainability pillars. Practical implications – This study increases the awareness on functionality of a … ties between BMS contribution and sustainability where built environment professionals could use the developed decision …

sustainability. Social implications – Understanding the relationship between energy and SCM will help managers to address … important conditions for the production, accessibility and use of energy, from the point of origin to the point of consumption …. Design/methodology/approach – The paper identifies three distinct trajectories in which the interplay between energy and SCM …

This paper addresses opportunities available for meeting sustainability objectives in building construction by using …−and their systems−as they seek to assure the sustainability of what they design, build, and use.  …

in order to decrease energy use in the buildings and to increase thermal and users’ comfort. The city of Erbil is … the energy use in residential buildings have become vital for Erbil. The use of passive techniques in architectural design … will help to reduce energy dependency. Research limitations/implications This study is limited to residential function in …

Purpose The COVID-19 global health crisis is undeniably a global housing crisis. Our study focuses on quality of life … in urban mid- and high-rise apartment housing, the fastest growing housing types in many cities around the world. This … housing typology presents unique challenges relating to connection to nature, daylight and fresh air. Design …

area index of 2–5) having a potential to lower indoor temperature by 1.5 °C and its associated reduction in energy use. The …/value Empirical data that point to the significant reduction of indoor temperature values and a subsequent reduction in energy use …