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Chapter 10: Energy End-Use - Buildings
Lead Authors (LA)
Nick Eyre (Oxford University, UK)
Peter Graham (United Nations Environment Programme)
Danny Harvey (University of Toronto, Canada)
Edgar Hertwich (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Yi JIANG (Tsinghua University, China)
Christian Kornevall (World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Switzerland)
Mili Majumdar (The Energy and Resources Institute, India)
James E. McMahon (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
Sevastianos Mirasgedis (National Observatory of Athens, Greece)
Shuzo Murakami (Keio University, Japan)
Aleksandra Novikova (Central European University, Hungary)
Contributing Authors (CA)
Kathryn Janda (Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University, UK)
Omar Masera (National Autonomous University of Mexico)
Michael McNeil (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
Ksenia Petrichenko (Central European University, Hungary)
Sergio Tirado Herrero (Central European University, Hungary)
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Eberhard Jochem (Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Germany)
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Please use the following reference for this chapter:
Ürge-Vorsatz, D., N. Eyre, P. Graham, D. Harvey, E. Hertwich, Y. Jiang, C. Kornevall, M. Majumdar, J. E. McMahon, S. Mirasgedis, S. Murakami and A. Novikova, 2012: Chapter 10 - Energy End-Use: Building. In Global Energy Assessment - Toward a Sustainable Future, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, pp. 649-760.
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10.1 Setting The Scene: Energy Use In Buildings
10.1.1 Key Messages
10.1.2 The Role Of Buildings In Global And National Energy Use
10.1.3 The Demand For Different Energy Services In Buildings And Their Drivers
10.1.4 Indirect Energy Use From Activities In Buildings In Detail Using The Life Cycle Assessment Approach
10.1.5 The Impact Of A Changing Climate On Building Energy Service Demand
10.2 Specific Sustainability Challenges Related To Energy Services In Buildings
10.2.1 Key Messages
10.2.2 Indoor Air Quality And Health Impacts Of Air Tightness
10.2.3 Household Fuels Vs. Environmental Health
10.2.4 Fuel And Energy Poverty
10.2.5 Health Problems Caused By Intermittent Local Heating
10.2.6 Urban Heat Islands Vs. Resilient Buildings
10.3 Strategies Toward Energy-Sustainable Buildings
10.4 Options To Reduce Energy Use In Buildings
10.4.1 Key Messages
10.4.2 Urban-Scale Energy Systems, Urban Design, And Building Form, Orientation, And Size
10.4.3 Options Related To Building-Scale Energy Systems And To Energy Using Devices
10.4.4 Incorporation Of Active Solar Energy Into Buildings
10.4.5 Worldwide Examples Of Exemplary High-Efficiency And Zero-Energy Buildings
10.4.6 Cost Of New High Performance And Zero-Energy Buildings
10.4.7 Renovations And Retrofits Of Existing Buildings
10.4.8 Professional And Behavioral Opportunities And Challenges
10.5 Barriers Toward Improved Energy Efficiency And Distributed Generation In Buildings
10.5.1 Key Messages
10.5.2 Introduction
10.5.3 Financial Costs And Benefits
10.5.4 Market Failures
10.5.5 Behavioral And Organizational Non-Optimalities
10.5.6 Barriers Related To Energy Efficiency Options In Buildings In Developing Countries
10.6 Pathways For The Transition: Scenario Analyses On The Role Of Buildings In A Sustainable Energy Transition
10.6.1 Key Messages
10.6.2 Description Of The GEA Building Thermal Energy Use Model
10.6.3 Description Of Appliance Energy Scenarios
10.7 Co-Benefits Related To Energy Use Reduction In Buildings
10.7.1 Key Messages
10.7.2 The Importance Of Non-Energy Benefits As Entry Points To Policymaking And Decision Making
10.7.3 Typology Of Benefits Of Energy Efficiency And Building-Integrated Renewable Energy
10.7.4 Health Effects
10.7.5 Ecological Effects
10.7.6 Economic Effects
10.7.7 Service Provision Benefits
10.7.8 Social Effects
10.7.9 Worldwide Review Of Studies Quantifying The Impact Of Benefits Related To Energy Savings In The Built Environment
10.8 Sector-Specific Policies To Foster Sustainable Energy Solutions In Buildings
10.8.1 Key Messages
10.8.2 Overall Presentation And Comparison Of The Policy Instruments
10.8.3 Combinations Or Packages Of Policy Instruments
10.8.4 Policy Instruments Addressing Selected Barriers And Aspects Toward Improved Energy Efficiency In Buildings
10.8.5 Energy Conservation Versus The Rebound Effect
10.8.6 Focus On Developing Countries
10.8.7 Implications Of Broader Policies On Energy Efficiency In Buildings
10.9 Gaps In Knowledge
10.10 Novelties In GEA’s Global Building Energy Assessment
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