The welfare performance of low-carbon city practice: An innovative tool for assessing urban sustainable development
Xiaoyun Du,
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Chenyang Ma,
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Guangyu Cheng
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et al.
Habitat International,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
158, P. 103348 - 103348
Published: Feb. 28, 2025
Language: Английский
Spatio-Temporal Distribution and Spatial Spillover Effects of Net Carbon Emissions: A Case Study of Shaanxi Province, China
Yi-Jie Sun,
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Zong-xiang Guo,
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Changzheng Zhu
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et al.
Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(3), P. 1205 - 1205
Published: Feb. 2, 2025
Scientifically
evaluating
net
carbon
dioxide
(CO2)
emissions
is
the
pivotal
strategy
for
mitigating
global
climate
change
and
fostering
sustainable
urban
development.
Shaanxi
Province
situated
in
central
China,
boasts
robust
energy
resources
north
a
significant
carbon-sink
zone
southern
Qinling
Mountains.
Therefore,
uncovering
spatial
distributions
of
CO2
identifying
its
influencing
factors
across
cities
would
furnish
crucial
theoretical
foundation
advancing
low-carbon
development
strategies.
In
this
research,
from
2005
to
2020
are
calculated
using
carbon-emission-factor
calculation
model,
then
Geodetector
utilized
evaluate
single-factor
explanatory
power
two-factor
interactions
among
fourteen
various
variables,
econometric
model
employed
analyze
spillover
effects
these
key
factors.
The
results
show
following:
(1)
present
regional
differences
ten
Province,
notably
Xi’an
City,
Yulin
Weinan
which
have
recorded
remarkable
contributions
with
respective
totals
reaching
72.2593
million
tons,
76.3031
58.1646
tons.
(2)
Regarding
temporal
trend
changes,
aggregate
whole
province
underwent
marked
expansion
2019.
City
Shangluo
exhibit
surges,
average
annual
growth
rates
soaring
at
7.38%
7.39%.
(3)
From
perspective
factors,
GDP
exhibits
most
pronounced
correlation
spanning
entire
province.
Meanwhile,
foreign
investment
emerges
as
contributor
specifically
City.
Moreover,
interaction
detection
reveals
factor
combinations
bi-enhancement,
while
few
intricate
non-linear
enhancement.
(4)
SDM
regression
fixed-effect
analysis
reveal
that
city
had
positive
effect
on
neighboring
cities’
emission,
scientific
research
technology
services,
along
per
capita
construction
land,
notable
negative
spillovers,
suggesting
potential
emission
reduction
benefits
cities.
Language: Английский
Multi-dimensional building carbon emissions echelon peak target setting in China based on building types, sources, and indicators
Applied Energy,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
386, P. 125532 - 125532
Published: Feb. 21, 2025
Language: Английский
Geospatial clustering as a method to reduce the computational load in Urban Building Energy Simulation
Mohamad Hasan Khajedehi,
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Enrico Prataviera,
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Sara Bordignon
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et al.
Sustainable Cities and Society,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 106247 - 106247
Published: Feb. 1, 2025
Language: Английский
Research on the Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Influencing Mechanisms of Sustainable Plateau Urban Building Carbon Emissions: A Case Study of Qinghai Province
Haifa Jia,
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Bo Su,
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Jianxun Zhang
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et al.
Buildings,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(8), P. 1307 - 1307
Published: April 16, 2025
Buildings
account
for
39%
of
global
carbon
emissions,
making
the
construction
sector
a
pivotal
contributor
to
climate
change.
In
ecologically
fragile
plateau
regions,
tension
between
urban
development
and
environmental
sustainability
poses
significant
challenge.
This
study
examines
spatiotemporal
characteristics
influencing
mechanisms
building
emissions
(BCEs)
in
cities
using
an
empirical
analysis
13-year
panel
data
(2010–2022)
from
two
municipalities
six
prefectures
Qinghai
Province,
China.
By
employing
eXtreme
Gradient
Boosting
(XGBoost)
model,
we
comprehensively
assess
drivers
across
four
dimensions:
socioeconomic
structure,
demographic
factors,
expansion
patterns,
climatic
topographic
attributes.
Key
findings
include:
(1)
The
XGBoost
model
exhibits
robust
predictive
performance
(R2
>
0.9,
MSE
<
0.1,
RMSE
0.3),
validating
its
effectiveness
systems.
(2)
Socioeconomic
structure
significantly
positively
influence
with
GDP,
per
capita
built-up
areas
being
particularly
influential.
(3)
interaction
terrain
increases
buildings.
(4)
While
is
common
factor
affecting
BCEs
different
types
buildings,
other
such
as
population
density,
housing
area,
shape
index,
exhibit
variability.
These
insights
inform
policy
recommendations
cross-regional
flow
balancing
adaptive
low-carbon
planning
strategies
tailored
ecosystems.
Language: Английский
A multi-source data-driven innovative evaluation approach for assessing low-carbon city performance
Sustainable Cities and Society,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 106416 - 106416
Published: April 1, 2025
Language: Английский
Development pathways for low carbon cities in China: A dual perspective of effectiveness and efficiency
Ecological Indicators,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
169, P. 112848 - 112848
Published: Nov. 20, 2024
Language: Английский
Explore the operational performance of phase change radiation terminal heating system in different heating zones of China
Zhen Zhang,
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Xiaoqiang Yu,
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Jie Li
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et al.
Frontiers in Energy Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12
Published: Dec. 9, 2024
Introduction
Heating
is
one
of
the
main
factors
leading
to
high
energy
consumption
and
serious
carbon
emissions
in
buildings.
The
clean
heating
system
formed
by
coupling
phase
change
building
maintenance
structure
solar
can
improve
thermal
storage
density
structure,
while
reducing
winter
maintaining
a
comfortable
room
temperature
through
stable
security.
Methods
Therefore,
radiation
terminal
(PCRTH)
with
module
as
air
heat
source
established
this
study.
Nanjing,
Tianjin
Shenyang
China
were
selected
study
zones
which
correspond
hot
summer
cold
zone,
zone
severe
respectively.
operational
effect
PCRTH
different
climate
was
studied,
parameters
optimized
GenOpt
program
combined
Hooke-Jeeves
optimization
algorithm.
Results
analysis
results
show
that
cascade
terminals
three
reduced
fluctuation,
dioxide
emissions,
but
cost
higher.
After
algorithm
used
optimize
zones,
reduced,
further
reduced.
Discussion
composed
PCM
renewable
has
great
application
advantages
improving
conservation
environmental
protection.
Language: Английский