Hidden Bibliographic Details
| ISBN: | 9783642371752
3642371752
9783642371745
3642371744
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file
PDF
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| 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.
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| Other form: | Print version: Müller, Matthias. Diffusion dynamics of energy-efficient renovations 9783642371745
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| Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-3-642-37175-2
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