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Unlocking Energy Efficiency with Sustainable Cooling and Heating for Buildings
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100 Good Practices of Sustainable Energy Actions in Cities. An Overview and Recommendations for Replication
Showcases 100 city-level energy-efficiency practices, emphasizing knowledge-sharing, innovative financing models, and replication strategies. Focuses on building institutional capacity, enabling financing mechanisms, and fostering partnerships to scale sustainable energy actions, aligning urban climate goals with cross-sectoral energy strategies.
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2020 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction
Reviews global progress towards a zero-emission, resilient building sector, highlighting materials, nature-based solutions, health, and cooling for resilience as emerging priorities. Introduces the Buildings Climate Tracker to monitor decarbonisation progress, underlining the importance of passive cooling and resilient design in climate action strategies.
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2021 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction
Highlights the sector’s high share of global energy use and CO2 emissions, with a temporary emissions drop in 2020 due to COVID-19 economic slowdowns. Stresses the need for energy-efficient building design, improved materials, and low-carbon construction to meet growing floor space demand, indirectly supporting passive cooling in developing economies.
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2022 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction
Reviews global progress in building decarbonization, tracking building energy codes, energy efficiency investments, and building materials. While passive cooling is not a central theme, improved thermal envelopes, low-carbon materials, and regional focus on Africa indirectly support passive cooling adoption in hot climates.
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4E (Energy Efficient End-use Equipment) technology collaboration programm
The Energy Efficient End-Use Equipment (4E) Technology Collaboration Programme is an international platform under the International Energy Agency (IEA) that supports governments in designing, implementing, and harmonizing policies to improve energy efficiency in appliances, lighting, and equipment. Through research, data sharing, and comparative analysis, 4E helps member countries coordinate minimum energy performance standards (MEPS), labelling schemes, and test procedures across global markets. It focuses on end-use products with significant energy demand such as air conditioners, heat pumps, lighting, and motors.
The programme supports participating countries in developing robust monitoring, verification, and enforcement (MVE) systems and advancing test methods that reflect real-world energy use. It also conducts policy impact assessments and develops guidelines for harmonized performance standards.
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Analysis and Documentation of Experiments on Cool Roofs and Walls in KwaZulu-Natal: Final Report
Documents and analyzes the results of controlled experiments on cool roof and wall technologies conducted in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The core of the document presents the measured efficacy of the technology in reducing indoor temperatures and lowering cooling energy consumption at two distinct experimental sites. The findings highlight the significant potential for cool coatings to improve thermal comfort and reduce peak electricity demand in warm coastal climates.
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Assessing Clean Energy Opportunities Through Demand Aggregation in Bengaluru’s Apartment Buildings
The study focuses on energy efficiency (EE) and rooftop solar (RTS) for apartment complexes. Passive cooling aspects are indirectly relevant through EE measures that reduce internal heat gains and optimize energy use, lowering dependence on active cooling. No direct passive cooling strategies are discussed.
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Assessment of Skills and Knowledge Gap in Energy Efficiency within the Building Sector in Argentina
Focuses on identifying skills and knowledge gaps in Argentina’s building sector to implement energy efficiency measures, including thermal envelopes and efficient heating systems. While not exclusively passive cooling, improving building thermal performance directly supports reduced cooling demand. Recommendations target capacity building for professionals and regulatory support to scale energy-efficient buildings.
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Better Forests, Better Cities
Highlights how conserving, restoring, and sustainably managing forests can serve as low-cost, nature-based infrastructure solutions that provide cooling benefits through shading, evapotranspiration, and reduced urban heat island effects, improving human health and well-being in cities.