Long-term evaluation of the energy consumption of 100 energy-efficient buildings in Austria

In 2019, buildings greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accounted for 21 % of global emissions, therefore regions such as Europe have strong policies to decrease such emissions. The literature shows different examples simulating energy refurbishment of buildings or districts where an important GHG reducti...

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Autores: Rosskopf-Nachbaur, Thomas, Lang, Gunter, Ploss, Martin, Lang, Markus, Peter, Andreas, Hatt, Tobias, Urge-Vorsatz, Diana, Chatterjee, Souran, Cabeza, Luisa F.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/469634
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2026.115107
https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/469634
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
Energy-efficient buildings
Refurbishment
Emissions reduction
Paris agreement
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Sumario:In 2019, buildings greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accounted for 21 % of global emissions, therefore regions such as Europe have strong policies to decrease such emissions. The literature shows different examples simulating energy refurbishment of buildings or districts where an important GHG reduction can be achieved, but there is a clear gap on real measurements of exemplary buildings. This paper shows an assessment of more than 100 energy-efficient buildings in Austria, showing that this GHG emissions reduction is really possible. The paper evaluates residential and non-residential buildings, where the energy consumption was 50 % below the consumption of typical multi-apartment buildings. Moreover, the emissions in such buildings were well below the Paris agreement targets.