| Title |
Retrofitting social housing: reflections by tenants on adopting and living with retrofit technology |
| ID_Doc |
63908 |
| Authors |
Brown, P; Swan, W; Chahal, S |
| Title |
Retrofitting social housing: reflections by tenants on adopting and living with retrofit technology |
| Year |
2014 |
| Published |
Energy Efficiency, 7, 4 |
| DOI |
10.1007/s12053-013-9245-3 |
| Abstract |
Retrofit has been described as one of the major engineering challenges of the twenty-first century (Kelly 2009). However, the industry needs to look beyond regarding the problem as restricted to the physical upgrade of properties. Asset managers, engineers and installers work on and in people's homes and, in many cases, are subsequently changing the way householders use their homes to meet their comfort and wider energy needs. Here we consider how the twin issues of adopting and living with retrofit technologies have affected groups of residents in social housing. We discuss issues of trust, social norms, engagement and concern that have shaped the adoption process, as well as investigating the everyday experience of living with new configurations of energy consumption. The findings have relevance not only for the social housing sector but also raise questions as to how to effectively deliver programmes such as the Green Deal and the Energy Company Obligation within the UK. |
| Author Keywords |
Retrofit; Adoption; In-use; Social housing; Tenants |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000339338500006 |
| WoS Category |
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Energy & Fuels; Environmental Studies |
| Research Area |
Science & Technology - Other Topics; Energy & Fuels; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| PDF |
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12053-013-9245-3.pdf
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