The building sector is one of the largest energy-consuming sectors in most countries. For instance, 40 to 45% of Europe's energy consumption comes from buildings, with a further 5-10% required to manufacture and transport construction products and components. Moreover, the building sector accounts for 20.1% of the total delivered energy consumed worldwide. Therefore, in total, it contributes to up to one-third of global annual greenhouse gas emissions. In the last decade, the International Energy Agency highlighted that building design and the renovation of existing and ageing dwellings has the highest energy saving potential: about 80% of the achievable economic saving from energy efficiency in buildings remains untapped. This article collection's primary purpose is to amalgamate the high-quality research work on energy efficiency and residential energy consumption.
The focus of this Research Topic will be on the challenges, strategies, and lessons learned in recent years. The specific objective is to obtain a clearer understanding of the role played by energy efficiency implementation in addressing critical energy and environmental issues facing policy and decision-makers. More precisely, it aims at providing an international overview of the many facets of the energy transition, including domestic energy consumption, existing building renovation dynamics, behavioral change, fuel poverty, and energy efficiency deployment. Besides exploring the energy economics theories and empirical evidence, the issue will contain state-of-art econometric advances to explore and document the economic and financial implications of the energy transition process in the residential sector.
Contributions to this Research Topic are expected to cover the following topics:
• The new era of the energy transition in the building sector: residential energy efficiency - challenges and solutions
• Drivers and barriers to energy consumption and energy efficiency
• Economic and social impact of energy efficiency in the residential sector
• Investment and individual preference for energy efficiency purchase decisions
• Exposure and risk to fuel poverty: Examining the extent of the fuel precariousness and its predominant causal factors
• Energy efficiency policies: challenges & financing and delivery mechanisms
The building sector is one of the largest energy-consuming sectors in most countries. For instance, 40 to 45% of Europe's energy consumption comes from buildings, with a further 5-10% required to manufacture and transport construction products and components. Moreover, the building sector accounts for 20.1% of the total delivered energy consumed worldwide. Therefore, in total, it contributes to up to one-third of global annual greenhouse gas emissions. In the last decade, the International Energy Agency highlighted that building design and the renovation of existing and ageing dwellings has the highest energy saving potential: about 80% of the achievable economic saving from energy efficiency in buildings remains untapped. This article collection's primary purpose is to amalgamate the high-quality research work on energy efficiency and residential energy consumption.
The focus of this Research Topic will be on the challenges, strategies, and lessons learned in recent years. The specific objective is to obtain a clearer understanding of the role played by energy efficiency implementation in addressing critical energy and environmental issues facing policy and decision-makers. More precisely, it aims at providing an international overview of the many facets of the energy transition, including domestic energy consumption, existing building renovation dynamics, behavioral change, fuel poverty, and energy efficiency deployment. Besides exploring the energy economics theories and empirical evidence, the issue will contain state-of-art econometric advances to explore and document the economic and financial implications of the energy transition process in the residential sector.
Contributions to this Research Topic are expected to cover the following topics:
• The new era of the energy transition in the building sector: residential energy efficiency - challenges and solutions
• Drivers and barriers to energy consumption and energy efficiency
• Economic and social impact of energy efficiency in the residential sector
• Investment and individual preference for energy efficiency purchase decisions
• Exposure and risk to fuel poverty: Examining the extent of the fuel precariousness and its predominant causal factors
• Energy efficiency policies: challenges & financing and delivery mechanisms
