Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Buildings: A Systematic Review with Taxonomy, Challenges, Motivations, Methodological Aspects, Recommendations, and Pathways for Future Research

In recent years, increasing interest has been shown in targeting energy efficiency as a roadmap for carbon mitigation, limiting energy use, improving buildings� energy performance, and reducing energy consumption for achieving sustainable buildings. This article presents a systematic review to provi...

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Main Authors: Hafez F.S., Sa'di B., Safa-Gamal M., Taufiq-Yap Y.H., Alrifaey M., Seyedmahmoudian M., Stojcevski A., Horan B., Mekhilef S.
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-347182024-10-14T11:22:01Z Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Buildings: A Systematic Review with Taxonomy, Challenges, Motivations, Methodological Aspects, Recommendations, and Pathways for Future Research Hafez F.S. Sa'di B. Safa-Gamal M. Taufiq-Yap Y.H. Alrifaey M. Seyedmahmoudian M. Stojcevski A. Horan B. Mekhilef S. 57298845400 58002794900 57217834275 57194506693 57206778104 55575761400 55884935900 57202873469 57928298500 Economic impacts Energy efficiency Environmental impacts Social impacts Sustainable buildings Systematic review Decision making Economic and social effects Energy utilization Environmental impact Intelligent buildings Motivation Sustainable development Building energy performance Carbon mitigation Economic impacts Energy use In-buildings Methodological aspects Roadmap Social impact Sustainable building Systematic Review Energy efficiency In recent years, increasing interest has been shown in targeting energy efficiency as a roadmap for carbon mitigation, limiting energy use, improving buildings� energy performance, and reducing energy consumption for achieving sustainable buildings. This article presents a systematic review to provide the best practices in this area and identify the challenges, motivations, recommendations, and pathways for future work. Discussing the methodological aspects gives insights for future researchers. This research used papers published on three scientific and reliable databases�Web of Science, ScienceDirect, and IEEE Xplore-from 2014 to May 23, 2021. The selected papers reached N = 134 based on inclusion and exclusion criteria and divided into review papers, proceeding conference, and articles. The review articles (N = 16/134) give an overall view on improving energy efficiency to achieve sustainability in buildings by using green building rating systems, developing and implementing policies, technology utilization, adopting techniques, and applying strategies. The conferences (N = 33/134) and articles (N = 85/134) focus more on details of different aspects of improving energy efficiency by reducing environmental, economic, social, and other impacts. A few articles proposed multiple-criteria decision-making methods to solve energy efficiency gaps for promoting sustainability in buildings. Achieving energy efficiency toward sustainable buildings is a hot topic in the sustainable development area. The outcomes from this paper will provide a valuable reference to stakeholders, governments, and decision-makers and give suggestions from the selected past studies. This review will provide motivation and attract future research endeavors in the field. � 2022 The Authors Final 2024-10-14T03:22:01Z 2024-10-14T03:22:01Z 2023 Review 10.1016/j.esr.2022.101013 2-s2.0-85143865730 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85143865730&doi=10.1016%2fj.esr.2022.101013&partnerID=40&md5=22a2a3c245f63edfc8f838418976ce9a https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/34718 45 101013 All Open Access Gold Open Access Elsevier Ltd Scopus
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topic Economic impacts
Energy efficiency
Environmental impacts
Social impacts
Sustainable buildings
Systematic review
Decision making
Economic and social effects
Energy utilization
Environmental impact
Intelligent buildings
Motivation
Sustainable development
Building energy performance
Carbon mitigation
Economic impacts
Energy use
In-buildings
Methodological aspects
Roadmap
Social impact
Sustainable building
Systematic Review
Energy efficiency
spellingShingle Economic impacts
Energy efficiency
Environmental impacts
Social impacts
Sustainable buildings
Systematic review
Decision making
Economic and social effects
Energy utilization
Environmental impact
Intelligent buildings
Motivation
Sustainable development
Building energy performance
Carbon mitigation
Economic impacts
Energy use
In-buildings
Methodological aspects
Roadmap
Social impact
Sustainable building
Systematic Review
Energy efficiency
Hafez F.S.
Sa'di B.
Safa-Gamal M.
Taufiq-Yap Y.H.
Alrifaey M.
Seyedmahmoudian M.
Stojcevski A.
Horan B.
Mekhilef S.
Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Buildings: A Systematic Review with Taxonomy, Challenges, Motivations, Methodological Aspects, Recommendations, and Pathways for Future Research
description In recent years, increasing interest has been shown in targeting energy efficiency as a roadmap for carbon mitigation, limiting energy use, improving buildings� energy performance, and reducing energy consumption for achieving sustainable buildings. This article presents a systematic review to provide the best practices in this area and identify the challenges, motivations, recommendations, and pathways for future work. Discussing the methodological aspects gives insights for future researchers. This research used papers published on three scientific and reliable databases�Web of Science, ScienceDirect, and IEEE Xplore-from 2014 to May 23, 2021. The selected papers reached N = 134 based on inclusion and exclusion criteria and divided into review papers, proceeding conference, and articles. The review articles (N = 16/134) give an overall view on improving energy efficiency to achieve sustainability in buildings by using green building rating systems, developing and implementing policies, technology utilization, adopting techniques, and applying strategies. The conferences (N = 33/134) and articles (N = 85/134) focus more on details of different aspects of improving energy efficiency by reducing environmental, economic, social, and other impacts. A few articles proposed multiple-criteria decision-making methods to solve energy efficiency gaps for promoting sustainability in buildings. Achieving energy efficiency toward sustainable buildings is a hot topic in the sustainable development area. The outcomes from this paper will provide a valuable reference to stakeholders, governments, and decision-makers and give suggestions from the selected past studies. This review will provide motivation and attract future research endeavors in the field. � 2022 The Authors
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Hafez F.S.
Sa'di B.
Safa-Gamal M.
Taufiq-Yap Y.H.
Alrifaey M.
Seyedmahmoudian M.
Stojcevski A.
Horan B.
Mekhilef S.
format Review
author Hafez F.S.
Sa'di B.
Safa-Gamal M.
Taufiq-Yap Y.H.
Alrifaey M.
Seyedmahmoudian M.
Stojcevski A.
Horan B.
Mekhilef S.
author_sort Hafez F.S.
title Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Buildings: A Systematic Review with Taxonomy, Challenges, Motivations, Methodological Aspects, Recommendations, and Pathways for Future Research
title_short Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Buildings: A Systematic Review with Taxonomy, Challenges, Motivations, Methodological Aspects, Recommendations, and Pathways for Future Research
title_full Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Buildings: A Systematic Review with Taxonomy, Challenges, Motivations, Methodological Aspects, Recommendations, and Pathways for Future Research
title_fullStr Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Buildings: A Systematic Review with Taxonomy, Challenges, Motivations, Methodological Aspects, Recommendations, and Pathways for Future Research
title_full_unstemmed Energy Efficiency in Sustainable Buildings: A Systematic Review with Taxonomy, Challenges, Motivations, Methodological Aspects, Recommendations, and Pathways for Future Research
title_sort energy efficiency in sustainable buildings: a systematic review with taxonomy, challenges, motivations, methodological aspects, recommendations, and pathways for future research
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