A Study on Decarbonization of Housing Estates under the Collaboration of neighboring area

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Abstract

The government of Japan has declared that Japan would be zero carbon by 2050. To tackle this target, it is important to promote energy efficiency in all the sectors including housing. According to the research of CO₂ emissions from households, about a quarter of emissions are discharged from automobiles. Not only the transport sector, but combination with the housing sector should work to reduce carbon. The government of Japan promotes to do electricity integration for decarbonization. A rate of zero carbon units of the single housing is much higher than the one of multiple housing. The purpose of this study is to clarify how housing estates can achieve decarbonization under the collaboration of neighboring areas. From the analysis, energy efficiency of buildings and electricity integration with neighboring areas are effective for decarbonization of housing estates.