A topical network based analysis and visualization of global research trends on green building from 1990 to 2020

Wu, Zezhou; He, Qiufeng; Chen, Qiaohui; Xue, Hong; Li, Shenghan

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128818

Cited by 27 publications

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“…This outcome suggests that the thermal comfort of residents in the indoor environment was affected by regional differences marginally but by the indoor temperature with the air-conditioner operation considerably. This finding helps determine the appropriate air-conditioner temperature and reach two objectives jointly: (1) the vast majority of people reach a relaxed state, and (2) air-conditioner energy consumption can be minimized ( 59 , 60 ). This finding also calls for further studies in rural areas.…”

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Indoor thermal comfort in a rural dwelling in southwest China

Wei

Zhao

Liu

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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Recently, indoor thermal comfort has received more scholarly attention than ever due to the COVID-19 pandemic and global warming. However, most studies on indoor thermal comfort in China concentrated on urban buildings in the east and north. The indoor thermal comfort of rural dwellers in southwest China is insufficiently investigated. Hence, this study assesses residents' indoor thermal comfort in a rural dwelling in Linshui, obtains the thermal neutral temperature of the rural area, and analyzes the thermal adaptation behavior of rural dwellers. The results reveal that the thermal neutral temperature of rural dwellers is 29.33°C (operative temperature), higher than that presented in previous studies based on the same climate region. Indoor thermal conditions in rural dwellings are relatively harsh, but various thermal adaptation behavior of rural dwellers significantly improve their ability to withstand the harsh conditions. When people live in an environment with a (relatively) constant climate parameter (e.g., humidity), their perception of that parameter seems compromised. Most rural dwellers are unwilling to use cooling equipment with high energy consumption. Therefore, more passive cooling measures are recommended in the design and renovation of rural dwellings.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Indoor thermal comfort in a rural dwelling in southwest China

Wei

Zhao

Liu

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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“…Development of prefabricated construction in China has been ongoing for over 70 years (10)(11)(12). However, the development of prefabrication progressed at a slow pace due to some challenges such as quality problems, higher prefabricated component cost (13), and rapid development of in-situ construction (14).…”

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Exploring Key Factors for Contractors in Opening Prefabrication Factories: A Chinese Case Study

Zhang

Xiang

Zhong

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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Adoption of prefabrication is essential for improving the urban built environment. However, the existing prefabrication market in China is far from mature. As the stakeholder who conducts construction activities, the contractor is facing a dilemma of lacking steady prefabricated components supply. In this circumstance, a potential solution is that contractors open their own prefabrication factories to guarantee stable component supply. The aim of this research is exploring the key factors for contractors to open prefabrication factories. Firstly, a total of 28 influencing factors were identified from literature. Then, the identified factors were divided into four categories: policy environment, market environment, technological environment, and enterprise internal environment. Through interviews with experienced professionals, a total of 19 factors were selected for future analysis. Based on the 19 factors, a questionnaire was designed and distributed to the experts to rate the degree of mutual influences. The collected data were analyzed using Ucinet6.0 software, and the adjacency matrix and the visual models were established. Finally, through the analysis of node centrality, betweenness centrality, and closeness centrality, the four key influencing factors were determined including mandatory implementation policy, precast concrete component's price, market demand, and contractor's strategic objectives. The results of this study could assist contractors in making decisions of opening their own prefabrication factories toward more sustainable environment.

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“…Natural resources are being consumed enormously as a result of human uncontrolled exploitation, the resulting series of environmental problems such as greenhouse effect and extreme climate disasters has become increasingly serious [ 1 ]. The construction industry is an important area of final energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.…”

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Evolutionary Game and Simulation of Green Housing Market Subject Behavior in China

Qian

Wang

et al. 2022

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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In China, driven by the national “3060” double carbon targets (i.e., reaching peak carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060), green housing has become one of the major fields to reduce carbon emissions, facilitating the achievement of the double carbon targets. Promoting the growth of green housing is an important way for the real estate industry to achieve low-carbon transformation and improve the quality of housing. Meanwhile, the construction industry also can benefit from green housing to achieve its energy conservation and emission reduction targets. Therefore, it is critical to boost and maintain the sustainable growth of the green housing market in China. However, the literature has not focused attention on the market behavior of the green housing market in China. This study proposes a tripartite evolutionary game model to investigate the subject behavior of the green housing market in China. This model consists of three major subjects in a green housing market: developers, consumers, and governments. Based on this model, this study analyzes the stability of the strategy options for each stakeholder and identifies the stable conditions of strategy portfolios to reach the equilibrium points of the game system. The validity of the proposed tripartite evolutionary game model is tested through the simulation of the impacts from various factors on system evolution. According to the impacts of factors and the stable conditions of strategies, this paper puts forward relevant policy suggestions for the healthy and sustainable growth of China’s green housing market.

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A topical network based analysis and visualization of global research trends on green building from 1990 to 2020

Cited by 27 publications

References 51 publications

Indoor thermal comfort in a rural dwelling in southwest China

Indoor thermal comfort in a rural dwelling in southwest China

Exploring Key Factors for Contractors in Opening Prefabrication Factories: A Chinese Case Study

Evolutionary Game and Simulation of Green Housing Market Subject Behavior in China

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