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dc.contributorDepartment of Building Services Engineeringen_US
dc.creatorLu, Men_US
dc.creatorLai, Jen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-18T08:20:36Z-
dc.date.available2021-05-18T08:20:36Z-
dc.identifier.issn1364-0321en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10397/90062-
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPergamon Pressen_US
dc.subjectBuildingen_US
dc.subjectCarbonen_US
dc.subjectEnergyen_US
dc.subjectGreenhouse gasen_US
dc.subjectPolicyen_US
dc.subjectReviewen_US
dc.subjectStandarden_US
dc.titleReview on carbon emissions of commercial buildingsen_US
dc.typeJournal/Magazine Articleen_US
dc.identifier.volume119en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.rser.2019.109545en_US
dcterms.abstractThe building sector accounts for one-third of energy-related carbon emissions. For commercial buildings, their energy use has been widely studied but research on their carbon emissions has not been common. To provide a state-of-the-art portrait of carbon emissions of commercial buildings, a study was conducted. Through an extensive review of official datasets, government statistics, authoritative website information and 101 journal articles that are germane to the study, it was found that the global carbon emission has continued to rise although many places have introduced incentive or subsidy schemes for carbon mitigation. Carbon emission has become a major evaluation aspect of the renowned building environmental rating methods such as BREEAM and Green Star, but it remains merely an evaluation criterion under the energy analysis category of both LEED and BEAM Plus. Whereas the first international standard (ISO 16745) on carbon emission calculation and carbon metrics for existing buildings was not referenced in any of the studies reviewed, following this standard to pursue carbon studies in future can enable comparisons of study results on the same basis. Rather than simulation studies, more empirical research using operational data of existing buildings should be carried out in order to obtain real and definite findings. Despite the wide range of efforts made, the growth of carbon emission remains a live issue. How this issue could be resolved should be the focus of future research in this area.en_US
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dcterms.bibliographicCitationRenewable and sustainable energy reviews, Mar. 2020, v. 119, 109545en_US
dcterms.isPartOfRenewable and sustainable energy reviewsen_US
dcterms.issued2020-03-
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85074440128-
dc.identifier.eissn1879-0690en_US
dc.identifier.artn109545en_US
dc.description.validate202105 bchyen_US
dc.description.oaNot applicableen_US
dc.identifier.FolderNumbera0674-n02-
dc.description.fundingSourceRGCen_US
dc.description.fundingTextResearch Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. PolyU 152095/15E).en_US
dc.description.pubStatusPublisheden_US
dc.date.embargo2022.03.31en_US
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