Energy Efficient Housing through Organized Interactions? Conceptualizing the Roles of Householders and Providers in Housing Retrofitting in the Netherlands and China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12633383 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank J de Feijter (Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands, corresponding author), B J M van Vliet (0000-0002-7065-0733, Wageningen University & Research), Gert Spaargaren (0000-0001-5688-144X, Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 21-41 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Housing Theory and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1403-6096 • E-ISSN: 1651-2278 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14036096.2019.1658623 |
| OpenAlex | W2970713476 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 37 |
Energy saving is an explicit goal of housing retrofitting in both the Netherlands and China. Retrofit providers expect to achieve this goal by applying insulation to apartment buildings and improvements in heating, cooling and ventilation. The aim of this paper is to explore both conceptually and empirically the interactions between householders and retrofit providers. Interaction activities are conceptualized in a framework of overlapping practices of retrofitting and everyday life. Empirical material is derived from interviews with retrofit providers and householders in the Netherlands and China. This paper shows that full energy saving potential in housing retrofitting fails to be accomplished, due to a limited involvement of householders at the consumption junctions in retrofit processes. Central to this failure are the limited options for residents to share pre-retrofit living experiences, to test future housing equipment beforehand and to customize retrofit packages. Also post-retrofit educational support, evaluation and monitoring is falling short to engage householders in their appropriation of their retrofitted apartment
Apartment · Appropriation · Architectural engineering · Business · China · Civil engineering · Economics · Energy consumption · Environmental economics · Environmental planning · Political science · Retrofitting · Collaborative and Sustainable Housing Initiatives · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Engineering · Environmental Science · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
The World of Consumption
The Design of Everyday Life
Introducing the prebound effect
Cities and Climate Change
Standby Consumption in Households Analyzed With a Practice Theory Approach
Household inclusion in the governance of housing retrofitting
Low-carbon retrofits in social housing
Understanding energy efficiency in Swedish residential building renovation
Greening heritage housing
The Comfortable Home and Energy Consumption
Green Renovations
From Modern Housing to Sustainable Suburbia
Sustainable Consumption
Retrofitting cities
Subprime catalyst
Toward a Theory of Social Practices
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |