TY - JOUR
T1 - Scientometric mapping of global research on green retrofitting of existing buildings (GREB)
T2 - Pathway towards a holistic GREB framework
AU - Tetteh, Mershack O.
AU - Darko, Amos
AU - Chan, Albert P.C.
AU - Jafari, Amirhosein
AU - Brilakis, Ioannis
AU - Chen, Weiwei
AU - Nani, Gabriel
AU - Kwame Yevu, Sitsofe
N1 - Funding Information:
The work described in this paper forms part of a major research project entitled “Developing an intelligent decision support system for green retrofitting of aged existing buildings in Hong Kong”, fully funded by the Postdoc Matching Fund Scheme of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Project ID: P0038800). Papers sharing similar background, but with different scope, objectives and findings, may be published elsewhere. Acknowledgment is due to the editors and anonymous reviewers who provided constructive comments and suggestions that helped to improve this paper.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2022/12/15
Y1 - 2022/12/15
N2 - Green retrofitting of existing buildings (GREB) represents one of the best opportunities to reduce global energy consumption and carbon emissions, as well as improve people's health, well-being, and quality of life. It has thus received significant attention from researchers and practitioners over the years, with the proliferation of research works and publications. However, no study has attempted to comprehensively investigate the cumulative theoretical and practical value of this body of knowledge. This study aims to analyze the existing global research on GREB through the lens of a scientometric review technique and to provide pathways for future research. The scientometric mapping technique was utilized to systematically and quantitatively analyze 5,288 related bibliographic records retrieved from Scopus. Results showed that “energy efficiency” retrofitting has become the utmost research priority, while “occupant behaviour” and “indoor environmental quality” (comfort, satisfaction, air quality, etc.) are declining in importance in the current framework of GREB. Moreover, other concepts such as intelligent buildings, circular economy, and nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) are infusing into GREB. Based on the status-quo of practice, a holistic GREB framework involving two potential pathways – technology/approach-centred and human/physical-centred pathways – was proposed. The findings of this study not only contribute to the knowledge domain, but also act as a catalyst to spur the practice by revealing the research needs in this field.
AB - Green retrofitting of existing buildings (GREB) represents one of the best opportunities to reduce global energy consumption and carbon emissions, as well as improve people's health, well-being, and quality of life. It has thus received significant attention from researchers and practitioners over the years, with the proliferation of research works and publications. However, no study has attempted to comprehensively investigate the cumulative theoretical and practical value of this body of knowledge. This study aims to analyze the existing global research on GREB through the lens of a scientometric review technique and to provide pathways for future research. The scientometric mapping technique was utilized to systematically and quantitatively analyze 5,288 related bibliographic records retrieved from Scopus. Results showed that “energy efficiency” retrofitting has become the utmost research priority, while “occupant behaviour” and “indoor environmental quality” (comfort, satisfaction, air quality, etc.) are declining in importance in the current framework of GREB. Moreover, other concepts such as intelligent buildings, circular economy, and nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) are infusing into GREB. Based on the status-quo of practice, a holistic GREB framework involving two potential pathways – technology/approach-centred and human/physical-centred pathways – was proposed. The findings of this study not only contribute to the knowledge domain, but also act as a catalyst to spur the practice by revealing the research needs in this field.
KW - Building refurbishment
KW - Existing buildings
KW - Green retrofitting
KW - Scientometric review
KW - Sustainable building renovation
KW - Sustainable building upgrade
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85139596229&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112532
DO - 10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112532
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85139596229
SN - 0378-7788
VL - 277
JO - Energy and Buildings
JF - Energy and Buildings
M1 - 112532
ER -