Zhengxuan Liu
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Advancing zero-carbon community in China
Policy analysis, implementation challenges, and strategic recommendations
Zero-carbon community (ZCC) is essential in addressing critical social and environmental challenges, particularly in reducing energy consumption, lowering carbon emissions, and decreasing reliance on fossil fuels. However, several issues are still unclear, including inconsistent
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Analyzing the impact of design factors on external walls in lightweight modular construction based on life-cycle analysis
Energy, economic, and environmental trade-offs
One significant challenge in lightweight modular integrated construction (MIC) is to determine the optimal performance of external wall to minimize life-cycle energy consumption, economic costs, and environmental impact (3E). This study compares 3E-objective and single-objective
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Climate change and extreme weather events are imposing threats to city power systems with regional power shortages. To enhance urban power system's resilience amid climate change, photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage systems (BESS) are crucial for maintaining self-suffici
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Proton exchange membrane fuel cells offer promising clean energy solutions for various applications. However, their performance relies heavily on the properties of the microporous layer, which plays a crucial role in transporting and distributing the components in the fuel cell.
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Advancements and insights in thermal and water management of proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Challenges and prospects
In response to the growing global demand for clean and sustainable energy solutions, proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have emerged as vital components in diverse decarbonization strategies. Despite their increasing importance, a comprehensive synthesis of recent advan
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Rooftop photovoltaic (PV) with battery storage offers a promising avenue for enhancing renewable energy integration in buildings. Creating microgrids with backup power from closely spaced solar buildings is widely recognized as an effective strategy. Nevertheless, a notable gap e
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Influence of cell temperature on water removal mechanism during shutdown purge in proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Experimental and simulation analysis
The internal temperature of proton exchange membrane fuel cells significantly influences their shutdown purge process a key factor for ensuring operational stability and longevity. This study explores how cell temperature impacts water removal mechanisms during shutdown purge, em
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Investigating the Role of Executive Intrafirm Alumni Networks in Top Management Fraud
Multilevel Study in China's Construction Industry
To explore factors that influence the likelihood of committing fraud in the construction industry, this study concentrated on senior executives and tested whether some characteristics at the individual and firm levels have impacts on the likelihood of fraud committed by top manag
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Energy piles, a technology integrating the heat exchange component within building pile foundations for shallow geothermal energy utilization, have proven economically efficient. They outperform conventional ground source heat pumps by mitigating additional borehole costs and spa
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Research on shutdown purge characteristics of proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Purge parameters conspicuity and residual water
This paper comprehensively investigates the purge mechanism of proton exchange membrane fuel cells during the shutdown process, which qualitatively examines the effect of purge parameters (including current density, stoichiometric ratio, and relative humidity) on water content va
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Editorial
Sustainable transition for urban housing and community
Urban sustainability is a pressing challenge that intertwines energy efficiency, social equity, technological innovation, and community involvement. With the growing global emphasis on reducing carbon footprints and addressing climate change, the need for sustainable urban housin
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The increasing greenhouse gas (CO2) emissions constitute one of the most significant global environmental issues. CO2 emissions from buildings and transportation are responsible for the largest proportion of total global carbon emissions from various sectors. Therefore it is nece
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Advancing the local climate zones framework
A critical review of methodological progress, persisting challenges, and future research prospects
The local climate zones (LCZs) classification system has emerged as a more refined method for assessing the urban heat island (UHI) effect. However, few researchers have conducted systematic critical reviews and summaries of the research on LCZs, particularly regarding significan
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Ventilative cooling is an energy-saving technology to diminish thermal discomfort and overheating risk of buildings, meanwhile achieving high indoor air quality (IAQ). However, there is still no optimal control strategy in practice, which considerably limits its application. This
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The CO2 emission mitigation of the commercial and public building sector (P&C) is critical for achieving China's carbon peak and carbon neutrality. Analyzing changes in CO2 emissions and their driving factors from temporal and spatial perspective provide
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Transition towards a carbon-neutral district energy community calls for carbon elimination and offsetting strategies, and phase change materials (PCMs) with substantial potential latent energy density can contribute significantly to carbon neutrality through both carbon-positive
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Energy, water, and the environment have remarkably complex interrelationships, with these linkages being both direct and indirect. The innovative development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies brings significant opportunities for investigating renewable energy (RE), wat
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Evolution of residents' cooperative behavior in neighborhood renewal
An agent-based computational approach
The cooperative behavior of residents is complex and influenced by their complicated social relationships. This complexity is especially noticeable in neighborhood renewal, so the government does not know how to promote residents' cooperative behavior. Therefore, this study propo
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Policy-based initiatives on promoting China's affordable housing
Challenges and opportunities
The construction industry's commitment to achieving carbon neutrality has underscored the urgency of promoting green and low-carbon sustainable affordable housing. However, the development process has encountered several challenges, including conflicts between the central and loc
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Incentive initiatives on energy-efficient renovation of existing buildings towards carbon–neutral blueprints in China
Advancements, challenges and prospects
Under China's national strategy of carbon neutrality by 2060, it is urgently necessary and challenging for the governments to proactively explore policy tools to facilitate energy-efficient renovation of existing buildings. Currently, a considerable number of studies have been co
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