Diffusion dynamics of energy-efficient renovations : causalities and policy recommendations /
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| Author / Creator: | Müller, Matthias, author. |
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| Imprint: | Berlin : Springer, 2013. |
| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Lecture notes in energy ; 14 Lecture Notes in Energy ; 14. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9852891 |
Table of 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
- 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
- The 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
- 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
- The Institutional Context, Policies and Instruments
- The 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
- Modeling the Stock of Buildings and its CO₂-Emissions.
- The 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
- The 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)
- 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)
- The 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
- Overview of Model Modules, Sectors and Boundaries
- The 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.
- Theoretical Foundation: Elements of the Transformation of Societal Problem Situations
- Marketing
- The 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.
- The 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.
- The Specific Research Questions Revisited
- Conclusions.
- Contributions of the Study.