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In the light of Sustainable Development Goals acknowledged by the United Nations, homes today need to be socially, economically, environmentally and humanly sustainable. This diverse sustainable housing production challenge necessitates multidisciplinary stakeholders’ effective collaboration on the R&D actions. To form the global collaboration platform, the ZEMCH Network was established in 2010. ZEMCH is an acronym of Zero Energy Mass Custom Home which was conceptualised with the aim to function as a new domain for sustainable housing development in global contexts. For the purpose of ZEMCH design, production and marketing knowledge generation, collection and dissemination, the global network initiated and operated the academic conferences, industry-focused technical study tours and the design training workshop. In consequence, several housebuilders and housing manufacturers, who participated in the knowledge transfer activities, embarked on ZEMCH delivery in their local contexts. This chapter crystallised ZEMCH strategic framework for low carbon solutions in sustainable housing delivery through reviewing the design, production and marketing innovations applied to ZEMCH practices selected in Japan, Canada and Scotland.
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Noguchi, M. (2020). ZEMCH Strategic Framework for Low Carbon Solutions in Sustainable Housing Delivery. In: Qudrat-Ullah, H., Asif, M. (eds) Dynamics of Energy, Environment and Economy. Lecture Notes in Energy, vol 77. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43578-3_5
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