Concerns of Owner-Occupants in Realising the Aims of Energy Transition

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ID22018168
AutoresMieke Oostra (University of Applied Sciences Utrecht), Nelleke Nelis
Ano2022
Volume7
Fascículo2
Páginas45-57
Data de publicação2022-04-28
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoUrban Planning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635
EditoraCogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17645/up.v7i2.5043
OpenAlexW4225002708
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas18

Although there is an array of technical solutions available for retrofitting the building stock, the uptake of these by owner-occupants in home improvement activities is lagging. Energy performance improvement is not included in maintenance, redecoration, and/or upgrading activities on a scale necessary to achieve the CO 2 reduction aimed for in the built environment. Owner-occupants usually adapt their homes in response to everyday concerns, such as having enough space available, increasing comfort levels, or adjusting arrangements to future-proof their living conditions. Home energy improvements should be offered accordingly. Retrofit providers typically offer energy efficiency strategies and/or options for renewable energy generation only and tend to gloss over home comfort and homemaking as key considerations in decision-making for home energy improvement. In fact, retrofit providers struggle with the tension between customisation requirements from private homeowners and demand aggregation to streamline their supply chains and upscale their retrofit projects. Customer satisfaction is studied in three different Dutch approaches to retrofit owner-occupied dwellings to increase energy efficiency. For the analysis, a customer satisfaction framework is used that makes a distinction between satisfiers, dissatisfiers, criticals, and neutrals. This framework makes it possible to identify and structure different relevant factors from the perspective of owner-occupants, allows visualising gaps with the professional perspective, and can assist to improve current propositions

Architectural engineering · Built environment · Business · Civil engineering · Efficient energy use · Environmental economics · Lagging · Passive house · Renewable energy · Retrofitting · Engineering · Facilities and Workplace Management · Sustainable Building Design and Assessment · Urban Planning and Valuation