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Recent Progress in Net-Zero-Energy Buildings in Tropical Climates: A Review of the Challenges and Opportunities
Buildings account for a significant proportion of the total energy consumption in the global energy sector, with a value of about 40% of the total energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and studying building energy can play a crucial role in shaping sustainable development goals (SDGs). Interest in achieving net-zero and positive-energy buildings has been growing in recent years. Recent research publications to this day exhibit a lack of focus on net-zero-energy buildings (NZEBs); a more comprehensive literature would include the challenges and opportunities of such buildings. For this reason, this chapter aims to provide a comprehensive up-to-date review of the recent progress, challenges, and opportunities in constructing net-zero-energy buildings in tropical climates.
The findings show that the opportunities for constructing net-zero-energy buildings in tropical climates include, but are not limited to, the availability of solar energy, government policies and incentives promoting NZEBs, monetary benefits from increasing the demand for energy-efficient buildings, creating employment opportunities in research and development, reducing operational energy costs, and decreasing the carbon emissions of buildings. On the other hand, the challenges to constructing NZEBs in tropical climates are their high initial costs, regulations and policies, technological barriers to developing energy-efficient materials that are both cost-effective and readily available, connecting net-zero-energy buildings to smart grids, environmental and socioeconomic concerns, occupant behavior, and retrofitting existing buildings.
Recent Progress in Net-Zero-Energy Buildings in Tropical Climates: A Review of the Challenges and Opportunities
Buildings account for a significant proportion of the total energy consumption in the global energy sector, with a value of about 40% of the total energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and studying building energy can play a crucial role in shaping sustainable development goals (SDGs). Interest in achieving net-zero and positive-energy buildings has been growing in recent years. Recent research publications to this day exhibit a lack of focus on net-zero-energy buildings (NZEBs); a more comprehensive literature would include the challenges and opportunities of such buildings. For this reason, this chapter aims to provide a comprehensive up-to-date review of the recent progress, challenges, and opportunities in constructing net-zero-energy buildings in tropical climates.
The findings show that the opportunities for constructing net-zero-energy buildings in tropical climates include, but are not limited to, the availability of solar energy, government policies and incentives promoting NZEBs, monetary benefits from increasing the demand for energy-efficient buildings, creating employment opportunities in research and development, reducing operational energy costs, and decreasing the carbon emissions of buildings. On the other hand, the challenges to constructing NZEBs in tropical climates are their high initial costs, regulations and policies, technological barriers to developing energy-efficient materials that are both cost-effective and readily available, connecting net-zero-energy buildings to smart grids, environmental and socioeconomic concerns, occupant behavior, and retrofitting existing buildings.
Recent Progress in Net-Zero-Energy Buildings in Tropical Climates: A Review of the Challenges and Opportunities
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Kioumarsi, Mahdi (editor) / Shafei, Behrouz (editor) / Mengaw, Mengesha Asefie (author) / Mengesha, Wubishet Jekale (author) / Madessa, Habtamu Bayera (author)
The International Conference on Net-Zero Civil Infrastructures: Innovations in Materials, Structures, and Management Practices (NTZR) ; 2024 ; Oslo, Norway
The 1st International Conference on Net-Zero Built Environment ; Chapter: 84 ; 1003-1013
2025-01-09
11 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English