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physics.soc-ph2025

Decarbonizing China's private passenger vehicles: A dynamic material flow assessment of metal demands and embodied emissions

Junhong Liu, Nan Zhou, Minda Ma +1

The continuous growth of China's private passenger vehicle fleet has intensified material demand and embodied carbon emissions, underscoring the need for effective decarbonization…

physics.soc-ph2025

Unraveling persistent urban-rural gaps: A long-term provincial analysis of residential heating and cooling loads

Qinwen Tang, Ran Yan, Nan Zhou +1

Climate change and rising thermal comfort demand make residential heating and cooling central to building-sector decarbonization. This study presents a bottom-up modeling framework…

physics.soc-ph2025

Paving the way to carbon neutrality: Evaluating the decarbonization of residential building electrification worldwide

Yuanyuan Wang, Minda Ma, Nan Zhou +1

In the context of increasing global climate change, decarbonizing the residential building sector is crucial for sustainable development. This study aims to analyze the role of var…

physics.soc-ph2025

Building floorspace and stock measurement: A review of global efforts, knowledge gaps, and research priorities

Minda Ma, Shufan Zhang, Junhong Liu +4

Despite a substantial body of research-evidenced by our analysis of 2,628 peer-reviewed papers-global building floorspace data remain fragmented, inconsistent, and methodologically…

physics.soc-ph2025

Assessing provincial carbon budgets for residential buildings to advance net-zero ambitions

Hong Yuan, Minda Ma, Nan Zhou +2

Assessing provincial carbon budgets for residential building operations is a crucial strategy for advancing China's net-zero ambitions. This study develops an advanced assessment f…

econ.GN2025

Provincial allocation of China's commercial building operational carbon towards carbon neutrality

Yanqiao Deng, Minda Ma, Nan Zhou +4

National carbon peak track and optimized provincial carbon allocations are crucial for mitigating regional inequality within the commercial building sector during China's transitio…

econ.GN2024

India's residential space cooling transition: Decarbonization ambitions since the turn of millennium

Ran Yan, Nan Zhou, Minda Ma +1

As an emerging emitter poised for significant growth in space cooling demand, India requires comprehensive insights into historical emission trends and decarbonization performance…

econ.GN2024

Decarbonization analysis on residential end uses in the emerging economies

Ran Yan, Minda Ma

This study explores the historical emission patterns and decarbonization efforts of China and India, the largest emerging emitters in residential building operations. Using a novel…

econ.EM2024★ 2 cited

GLOBUS: Global building renovation potential by 2070

Shufan Zhang, Minda Ma, Nan Zhou +1

Surpassing the two large emission sectors of transportation and industry, the building sector accounted for 34% and 37% of global energy consumption and carbon emissions in 2021, r…

econ.GN2024

Estimation of Global Building Stocks by 2070: Unlocking Renovation Potential

Shufan Zhang, Minda Ma, Nan Zhou +6

Buildings produce one-third of carbon emissions globally, however, data absence regarding global floorspace poses challenges in advancing building carbon neutrality. We compile the…