Net Zero Transition in Buildings

Emerging Concepts and Technologies

Xiaojun Luo, Francisco Sierra

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443341656
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

of solutions to achieve zero carbon in the field of building and construction. This book provides an update on new technologies and emerging approaches that can support and promote the energy transition and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment, both in individual buildings and groups of buildings. This book presents real-world case studies and expert insights on how to apply a wide range of cutting-edge digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, genetic algorithms, and computer vision, as well as energy-efficient devices like heat pumps, energy storage systems, adsorption chillers and dehumidification systems, liquid-flow windows, solar and wind power systems, green roofs, cogeneration systems, and internet of things. It also explores emerging concepts such as plus energy building, positive energy block, integrated building information systems and life cycle assessment, integrated demand and supply side management, peer-to-peer energy sharing and embodied carbon reduction, which are already beginning to emerge as solutions for achieving a zero-carbon built environment in the near future. - Offers thorough guidelines for the use of new technologies in designing net zero buildings and retrofitting older buildings to meet zero-carbon emissions standards. - Reviews the state of the art as well as emerging solutions to encourage their adoption at scale, supporting the need for the construction sector to achieve challenging climate change-offsetting goals. - Features real-world case studies and implementation insights (motivations, limitations, challenges) in each chapter, providing valuable, actionable recommendations for different types of building. - Presents future research pathways into other cost-effective and economically productive decarbonization efforts for buildings.

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• 1. Introduction to net-zero transition within the built environment
• Part I. Physical solutions
• Part II. Digital technologies
• Part III. Emerging concepts and approaches
• Index