Sustainability Assessments of Buildings

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primary energy efficiency; sustainability index; exergy analysis; urban residential buildings; hot summer and cold winter zone; building simulation; operative temperature; CIBSE overheating criteria; future weather; uncertainty and sensitivity analysis; CIBSE TM48; CIBSE TM49; CIBSE TM52; environmental impact assessment; green interior design; green building; socio-technical systems; embeddedness; China; building energy efficiency; indoor environmental quality; rating system; actual performance; in situ measurement; TRNSYS and GenOpt; multi-dimensional optimization; shape parameters; building envelope parameters; energy consumption; scenario analysis; CO₂ reduction; residential buildings; long-range energy alternative planning (LEAP) model; AHP-entropy weight; cloud model; public rental housing community; sustainability assessment; indicator system; life-cycle; building sector; decomposition; delinking analysis; China; natural ventilation; Green Star rating tool; thermal comfort; environmental sustainability; energy transition; green certification; policy; sectoral innovation system; Singapore; green buildings; vacuum glazing; U-value; energy consumption; energy simulation; stochastic model; manual solar shades; building energy performance; co-simulation; occupant behavior; rating systems; building environmental impact; sustainability; BREEAM; CASBEE; DGNB; HQE; LEED; SBTool; multicriteria spatial decision support system (MC-SDSS); criteria definition; criteria ranking; urban energy scenarios; building energy performance; energy performance gap; Soft Landings; BREEAM; EPBD; energy efficiency; green building rating; non-domestic buildings; building retrofit; energy saving; multi-objective optimization model; retrofit planning