Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Buildings: A Systematic Review with Taxonomy, Challenges, Motivations, Methodological Aspects, Recommendations, and Pathways for Future Research
In recent years, increasing interest has been shown in targeting energy efficiency as a roadmap for carbon mitigation, limiting energy use, improving buildings’ energy performance, and reducing energy consumption for achieving sustainable buildings. This article presents a systematic review to provi...
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| author | Fatma S. Hafez Bahaaeddin Sa'di M. Safa-Gamal Y.H. Taufiq-Yap Moath Alrifaey Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian Alex Stojcevski Ben Horan Saad Mekhilef |
| author_facet | Fatma S. Hafez Bahaaeddin Sa'di M. Safa-Gamal Y.H. Taufiq-Yap Moath Alrifaey Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian Alex Stojcevski Ben Horan Saad Mekhilef |
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| description | In recent years, increasing interest has been shown in targeting energy efficiency as a roadmap for carbon mitigation, limiting energy use, improving buildings’ energy performance, and reducing energy consumption for achieving sustainable buildings. This article presents a systematic review to provide the best practices in this area and identify the challenges, motivations, recommendations, and pathways for future work. Discussing the methodological aspects gives insights for future researchers. This research used papers published on three scientific and reliable databases—Web of Science, ScienceDirect, and IEEE Xplore-from 2014 to May 23, 2021. The selected papers reached N = 134 based on inclusion and exclusion criteria and divided into review papers, proceeding conference, and articles. The review articles (N = 16/134) give an overall view on improving energy efficiency to achieve sustainability in buildings by using green building rating systems, developing and implementing policies, technology utilization, adopting techniques, and applying strategies. The conferences (N = 33/134) and articles (N = 85/134) focus more on details of different aspects of improving energy efficiency by reducing environmental, economic, social, and other impacts. A few articles proposed multiple-criteria decision-making methods to solve energy efficiency gaps for promoting sustainability in buildings. Achieving energy efficiency toward sustainable buildings is a hot topic in the sustainable development area. The outcomes from this paper will provide a valuable reference to stakeholders, governments, and decision-makers and give suggestions from the selected past studies. This review will provide motivation and attract future research endeavors in the field. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-be365576ba3a4da0ac6ab63f17bcd0c32023-01-18T04:30:55ZengElsevierEnergy Strategy Reviews2211-467X2023-01-0145101013Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Buildings: A Systematic Review with Taxonomy, Challenges, Motivations, Methodological Aspects, Recommendations, and Pathways for Future ResearchFatma S. Hafez0Bahaaeddin Sa'di1M. Safa-Gamal2Y.H. Taufiq-Yap3Moath Alrifaey4Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian5Alex Stojcevski6Ben Horan7Saad Mekhilef8Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, International Islamic University Malaysia, Jalan Gombak, 53100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Corresponding author. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, International Islamic University Malaysia, Jalan Gombak, 53100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaCatalysis Science and Technology Research Centre (PutraCat), Faculty of Science, University Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaCatalysis Science and Technology Research Centre (PutraCat), Faculty of Science, University Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, University Malaysia Sabah, 88400, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MalaysiaFaculty of Engineering, Technology and Built Environment, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, 56000, MalaysiaSchool of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, AustraliaSchool of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, AustraliaSchool of Engineering, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, 3216, AustraliaSchool of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia; Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Selangor, Malaysia; Corresponding author. School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia.In recent years, increasing interest has been shown in targeting energy efficiency as a roadmap for carbon mitigation, limiting energy use, improving buildings’ energy performance, and reducing energy consumption for achieving sustainable buildings. This article presents a systematic review to provide the best practices in this area and identify the challenges, motivations, recommendations, and pathways for future work. Discussing the methodological aspects gives insights for future researchers. This research used papers published on three scientific and reliable databases—Web of Science, ScienceDirect, and IEEE Xplore-from 2014 to May 23, 2021. The selected papers reached N = 134 based on inclusion and exclusion criteria and divided into review papers, proceeding conference, and articles. The review articles (N = 16/134) give an overall view on improving energy efficiency to achieve sustainability in buildings by using green building rating systems, developing and implementing policies, technology utilization, adopting techniques, and applying strategies. The conferences (N = 33/134) and articles (N = 85/134) focus more on details of different aspects of improving energy efficiency by reducing environmental, economic, social, and other impacts. A few articles proposed multiple-criteria decision-making methods to solve energy efficiency gaps for promoting sustainability in buildings. Achieving energy efficiency toward sustainable buildings is a hot topic in the sustainable development area. The outcomes from this paper will provide a valuable reference to stakeholders, governments, and decision-makers and give suggestions from the selected past studies. This review will provide motivation and attract future research endeavors in the field.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X22002073Sustainable buildingsEnergy efficiencyEnvironmental impactsEconomic impactsSocial impactsSystematic review |
| spellingShingle | Fatma S. Hafez Bahaaeddin Sa'di M. Safa-Gamal Y.H. Taufiq-Yap Moath Alrifaey Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian Alex Stojcevski Ben Horan Saad Mekhilef Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Buildings: A Systematic Review with Taxonomy, Challenges, Motivations, Methodological Aspects, Recommendations, and Pathways for Future Research Energy Strategy Reviews Sustainable buildings Energy efficiency Environmental impacts Economic impacts Social impacts Systematic review |
| title | Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Buildings: A Systematic Review with Taxonomy, Challenges, Motivations, Methodological Aspects, Recommendations, and Pathways for Future Research |
| title_full | Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Buildings: A Systematic Review with Taxonomy, Challenges, Motivations, Methodological Aspects, Recommendations, and Pathways for Future Research |
| title_fullStr | Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Buildings: A Systematic Review with Taxonomy, Challenges, Motivations, Methodological Aspects, Recommendations, and Pathways for Future Research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Buildings: A Systematic Review with Taxonomy, Challenges, Motivations, Methodological Aspects, Recommendations, and Pathways for Future Research |
| title_short | Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Buildings: A Systematic Review with Taxonomy, Challenges, Motivations, Methodological Aspects, Recommendations, and Pathways for Future Research |
| title_sort | energy efficiency in sustainable buildings a systematic review with taxonomy challenges motivations methodological aspects recommendations and pathways for future research |
| topic | Sustainable buildings Energy efficiency Environmental impacts Economic impacts Social impacts Systematic review |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X22002073 |
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