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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Building Decarbonization"”.
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Developing frameworks for an equitable future: from building decarbonization to generative modeling.
… to understand equity under two perspectives: building decarbonization policy and generative modeling. Part 1 - Equitable building decarbonization Buildings significantly contribute to global carbon emissions, necessitating urgent decarbonization to meet 2050 climate targets. The U.S. strives …
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Ensuring Equitable Tenant Outcomes: Case Studies of Building Decarbonization Initiatives in Greater Boston, Massachusetts
U.S. cities are ramping up building decarbonization initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings. However, these programs and policies generate complex challenges at the intersection of housing, climate, and environmental justice, especially for cities that face barriers to …
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Building Blocks of a Just Transition: Green Banks and Residential Building Decarbonization in New York
… in climate energy projects such as residential building decarbonization. Given the recent increased investment and policy attention on green banks, we should assess whether the green bank model delivers their professed goals of socially equitable outcomes, market creation, and greenhouse gas …
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Quantifying the Financial Value of Building Decarbonization Technology: Case Studies on New Construction and Retrofitting in the Face of Uncertainty
… to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, building decarbonization requires costly investments that may or may not be recouped over a multi-decade horizon. The quantification of these financial returns is complicated by uncertainty in capital expenses, energy cost savings, emission …
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Decarbonization at the Neighborhood Scale: Challenges, Learnings and Opportunities in an Emerging Model
Decarbonizing residential buildings in the United States is critical for reaching climate goals and has significant public health and energy justice benefits if accessible to all. To date, building electrification has been individual-level and market-driven, with some financial incentives at the …
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Physics and Engineering of Moisture-Capturing Hydrogels for Water and Heat Harvesting
… to mitigate the critical water scarcity and decarbonization challenges. In particular, moisture sorption offers a pathway for decentralized and geography-independent freshwater production from humidity through sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting. Similarly, the large heat released …
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Equity and Affordability Impacts of Building Performance Standards: A Case Study of New York City’s Local Law 97
Building operations account for more than two-thirds of emissions in most U.S. cities. To reduce emissions from the building sector, cities and states are adopting Building Performance Standards. These laws require large buildings to comply with increasingly stringent emissions or energy limits, or …
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Two case studies on indoor air quality in New York City decarbonized affordable housing
To mitigate the effects of climate change, building decarbonization and energy efficiency measures have expanded in scope. At the same time, interest has grown in how these changes affect indoor air quality (IAQ) and thus personal health. This thesis analyzes the concentrations of gas pollutants …
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Design and Lab Implementation of an Air Source Transcritical CO2 Heat Pump
<p>A laboratory-scale air-source transcritical CO2 heat pump (TCHP) was developed to evaluate the performance of low-global-warming-potential (GWP) refrigerants for cold climate applications. A custom climate chamber was also constructed to simulate winter weather conditions typical of the …