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Advances Toward a Net-Zero Global Building Sector

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Ürge-Vorsatz, Diana, Khosla, Radhika, Bernhardt, Rob, Chan, Yi Chieh, Vérez, David, Hu, Shan, Cabeza, Luisa F.·2020·Annual Review of Environment and Resources
DOI 10.1146/annurev-environ-012420-045843
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The building sector is responsible for 39% of process-related greenhouse gas emissions globally, making net- or nearly-zero energy buildings pivotal for reaching climate neutrality. This article reviews recent advances in key options and strategies for converting the building sector to be climate neutral. The evidence from the literature shows it is possible to achieve net- or nearly-zero energy building outcomes across the world in most building types and climates with systems, technologies, and skills that already exist, and at costs that are in the range of conventional buildings. Maximizing energy efficiency for all building energy uses is found as central to net-zero targets. Jurisdictions all over the world, including Brussels, New York, Vancouver, and Tyrol, have innovated visionary policies to catalyze themarket success of such buildings, with more than 7 million square meters of nearly-zero energy buildings erected in China alone in the past few years. Since embodied carbon in building materials can consume up to a half of the remaining 1.5°C carbon budget, this article reviews recent advances to minimize embodied energy and store carbon in building materials.

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Authors
Ürge-Vorsatz, D., Khosla, R., Bernhardt, R., Chan, Y. C., Vérez, D., Hu, S., & Cabeza, L. F.
Affiliations
  • Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University (CEU), 1051 Budapest, Hungary;
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Passive House Canada, Victoria, British Columbia V9A 3S1, Canada;
  • Delta Electronics Foundation (TW)
  • Universitat de Lleida (ES)
  • Tsinghua University (CN)
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Venue
Annual Review of Environment and Resources
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Published
2020-10-17
Volume
45
Issue
1
Pages
227-269
ISSN
  • 1543-5938 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-2050
DOI
10.1146/annurev-environ-012420-045843
OpenAlex
W3082341199
Semantic Scholar
247f27148efb3ec0fec2a593c574650338c4666d
Cited by
250
References
146
Citations by year
2026: 56 · 2025: 51 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 40 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 5
FWCI
2.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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Locations
  • Annual Review of Environment and Resources (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • RECERCAT (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Repositori ObertUDL (University of Lleida) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Open Research (Auckland University of Technology) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Open Research (Auckland University of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Building energy efficiency and sustainability
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
Keywords
zero energy buildings, nearly zero energy buildings, climate neutrality, building energy efficiency, embodied carbon, building energy policy, low-carbon construction

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