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and can create impacts on The basic minimum occupants. Distributed
our climate and natural required standards energy resources (DERs)
environment as well as can be implemented and distributed resource
preserve natural resources by individuals and aggregators (DRAs) are
and improve quality of life institutions for achieving other ways to mitigate
altogether. Practically green green development.. the decarbonization of
buildings have the features of the electric grid. This
efficient use of energy, water b) Renewable Energy: can help in managing
and other resources. It uses For more rigorous and monitoring the
renewable energy sources reductions in building needs as well as reach
like solar and recycled emissions, few carbon- decarbonised goals.
materials in constructions. It free renewable energy Reliability, security, and
is necessary to decarbonize sources options could affordability are the
buildings and reduce the be Solar photovoltaic parameters that citizens
carbon footprint of buildings panels, Solar water look for if any alteration
to meet global climate goals. heating, Electric of the current electric grid
And carbon-free technologies storage, Geothermal they have. When these
are the medium to achieve cooling, Solar power parameters are fulfilling,
these goals. Some of the plants, Windmills, the transition and
carbon-free technologies can Hydro, Geothermal. acceptance of new green
be segregated into Energy Decarbonization of the technologies become
Efficiency, Renewable Energy electric power grid is positive. The seawater-
and Carbon offset as follows: one of the innovative source natural refrigerant
techniques to reduce heating pump is yet
a) Energy Efficiency: To the carbon emissions in another technology that
regulate and reduce buildings as renewable can make an impact on
the consumption of electricity generation the increased greenhouse
energy, efficiency is good for the gas in the environment
matters. Passive design environment. However, as the development
measures that helps some challenges of the national ocean
buildings to reduce are that it gives rise energy is quite useful.
the consumption of to grid integration The use of seawater heat
energy considering local costs and new grid pump (SWHP) systems is
codes and regulations planning requirements. considered to be a better
of government/ Consequently, the system choice than air-source
municipalities. Some is intermittent and heat pump (ASHP)
examples are wall unpredictable. However, systems as the former is
and ceiling insulation, decarbonisation of the more efficient.
installation of an power electric grid
Efficient HVAC system, is a future end goal. Cities can be the leaders of
double/triple window Once decarbonised, it change to bring about the
pane, window size and can provide needed paradigm shift from high
position, natural lighting flexibility in meeting emission buildings to net zero
and evaporative cooling. the needs of building carbon buildings (ZCBs) and

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