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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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Lecture notes in energy ; 14
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Lecture notes in energy ; 14.
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| Contents |
Part I: Introduction: Questions and Approach of the Study. 1. Introduction -- Motivation and General Research Question -- Relevant Streams of Research -- Main Contributors to the Research Field -- Major Contributions -- Conclusion: The Research Gap -- Research Questions, Scope of the Study and Excluded Aspects. -- Conceptualization, Structure and Conventions -- Conceptualization. -- Structure -- Conventions -- Theories and Definitions -- Background of the Study -- 2. Research Design and Methods -- Research Design -- Systems Thinking and Theory Building -- Related Methodologies -- Description of the Research Process -- Methods -- Literature Review -- Selection of Interviewees -- Expert Interviews -- Transcription and Analysis of Interviews -- Causal Loop Diagrams -- Quantitative Modeling with System Dynamics. -- Model Testing and Validation -- Discussion and Conclusions. |
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Part II: Analytical Perspectives: Toward a Systemic Model of the Societal Problem Situation. 3. Climate Change, Energy Use Patterns and the Stock of Buildings: Outline of a Societal Problem Situation -- Theoretical Foundation: Defining Societal Problem Situations -- Climate Change -- Scientific Perspectives on Climate Change -- Climate Change as a Field of Contest. -- Public Policies in Response to Climate Change -- Energy Use -- Patterns in Energy Supply, Demand and Use. -- Energy Policy as a Field of Contest -- Public Policies in Response to Problematic Energy-Use Patterns -- Stock of Buildings -- Physical Aspects of Switzerland's Stock of Buildings -- Energy Use in Buildings -- Emissions from Buildings -- Housing and the Rental Market -- Elements of the Diffusion of Energy-Efficient Renovations. -- Theoretical Foundation: Explaining the Diffusion of Innovations -- Construction -- Renovation Practices. |
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Energy-Efficient Building Designs -- Technological and Economical Progress in Energy-Efficient Building Designs -- Economics of Energy-Efficient Building Designs. -- Drivers of and Barriers to the Diffusion of Energy Efficient Renovations -- Institutional Context, Policies and Instruments -- Institutional Context. -- Theoretical Foundation: Typology of Tools for Sustainable Development -- Command and Control Instruments -- Economic Instruments -- Service and Infrastructure Instruments -- Collaborative Agreements -- Communication and Diffusion Instruments -- Impacts and Implications -- Conclusions -- 4. A Small Model for the Analysis of the Transformation of the Stock of Buildings -- Review of Current Knowledge in the Dynamic Behavior of the Stock of Buildings -- Setup of the Small Simulation Model. |
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Modeling the Stock of Buildings and its CO₂-Emissions. -- Building Sector -- Energy Coefficients of EE and NEE Floor Space. -- CO₂ Emission Sector -- Scenario Analysis. -- Scenarios -- Simulation Results -- Discussion. -- Implications for Policy-Making -- Conclusions -- 5. Actors in the Societal Problem Situation -- Renovation Process -- List of Actors -- Actors in the Market -- Civil Society Actors -- Actors in the State -- Actors in the Simulation Model -- Building Owners -- Tenants -- Architects -- Advocacy Coalitions -- Conclusions: Actors' Effect on the Diffusion Process -- 6. A Feedback Perspective on the Diffusion of Energy-Efficient Renovations -- Energy-Efficient Renovations Transform the Stock of Buildings (Loop A, Balancing). |
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Supply of Energy-Efficient Housing (Loop C, Balancing) -- Market-Driven Technology Improvement and its Perception by Building Owners -- Market-Driven Technology Improvement and its Perception by Tenants -- Public Policy Accelerates the Improvement of Technology (Loop F, Balancing) -- Availability of Adequate Technology Creates Further Pressure for Public Policy Interventions (Loop G, Reinforcing) -- Public Policy Accelerates the Diffusion of Energy-Efficient Building Designs (Loop H, Balancing). -- Public Policy Tightens Mandatory Standards (Loop I, Reinforcing) -- Public Policy Increases the Cost of Heating (Loop J, Balancing) -- Discussion and Conclusions -- Part III: Results: A Synthetic Model for Policy Analysis. 7. A Rich Model of the Diffusion Dynamics of Energy-Efficient Renovations -- Setup. |
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Overview of Model Modules, Sectors and Boundaries -- Stock of Buildings (Module 1) -- Supply and Demand on the Housing Market (Module 2) -- Setup of the Module. -- Building Owners' Decision Making and the Supply of Housings -- Tenants' Decision Making and the Demand for Housings -- Rental Prices and Costs of Renting Technology (Module 3) -- Technological Quality of the Two Renovation Strategies -- Construction Costs of the Renovation Strategies -- Architects' Reactions to Technological Change -- Civil Society and State Interventions (Module 4) -- Civil Society -- Reactions of the State. -- Selected Insights from Model Analysis -- Effect of Energy Price -- Start-Up Difficulties of Technology -- Importance of Exogenous Drivers -- Model Testing Procedures -- 8. Transformation of the Societal Problem Situation -- Introduction. |
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Theoretical Foundation: Elements of the Transformation of Societal Problem Situations -- Marketing -- Contribution of System Dynamics -- Analysis of Single Intervention Levers -- Approach -- Results -- Analysis of Packages of Intervention Levers -- Increase the Supply of and the Demand for Energy-Efficient Housing. -- Legal Energy Coefficient and Subsidies -- Broad Series of Interventions -- Discussion: Transformation of the Societal Problem Situation -- Review of Results -- Regulations for the Transformation of the Stock of Buildings -- Immobility: An Innovation in Support of Building Owners -- Interventions into the Renovation Process -- Instruments for Intervention Levers -- Conclusions -- Part IV: Discussion and Conclusions -- 9. Discussion and Conclusions -- Introduction. -- Specific Research Questions Revisited -- Conclusions. -- Contributions of the Study. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Accelerating the diffusion of energy-efficient renovations is a key policy lever in order to reduce theenvironmental impact of buildings. This book provides a broad, systemic perspective on the causes of thediffusion of energy-efficient renovations in Switzerland and policy recommendations for accelerating thediffusion process. Specifically, the book provides a description of the societal problem situation within whichthe diffusion process takes place and an analysis of the actors involved. It provides a detailed explanationof the causes of the diffusion process that synthesizes insights from the engineering, economics, marketing, sociology, communication studies and political science literature. It employs the SystemDynamics methodology to simulate the diffusion process and analyze policy levers. The book proposes tworegulations and a sketch of a business model as particularly promising public policy interventions. It concludes with an outline of a generic theory of the diffusion of sustainable technologies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
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Architecture and energy conservation.
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Architecture and energy conservation. |
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Buildings -- Energy consumption.
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Buildings -- Energy consumption. |
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energy efficient buildings. |
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Buildings. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. |
| Indexed Term |
energiebehoud |
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energy conservation |
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bouwconstructie |
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building construction |
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energie |
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energy |
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duurzame ontwikkeling |
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sustainable development |
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Energy |
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Energie |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Müller, Matthias. Diffusion dynamics of energy-efficient renovations 9783642371745 (OCoLC)832611141 |
| ISBN |
9783642371752 (electronic book) |
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3642371752 (electronic book) |
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9783642371745 |
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3642371744 |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-3-642-37175-2 |
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