7 papers
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…
Tracking enduring urban-rural inequities in residential heating and cooling loads across Chinese provinces
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 the first bottom-up modeling f…
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…
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…
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…
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…