A systematic review of strategies for overcoming the barriers to energy-efficient technologies in buildings

Yeatts, Dale; Auden, Dana; Cooksey, Christy; Chen, Chien

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2017.03.010

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“…Meeus et al, 2012). Buildings as a whole, in construction, use, and demolition, consume 40% of energy globally (Yeatts et al, 2016). The residential housing sector is the third largest energy consumer, accounting for 27% of the world's total energy consumption (Nejat et al, 2015).…”

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“…Improving the conditions of existing housing and ensuring that new houses are near zero-energy are important for mitigating emissions and adapting to future climate trends. Without urgent measures, building related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions could rise by 21% by 2020 (Yeatts et al, 2016).…”

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“…While many technologies and tools already exist to build new low-energy houses and retrofit existing houses, the uptake of such measures in many countries is not widespread (Yeatts et al, 2016; see Section 2), the United Kingdom (UK) being a case in point. We thus examine successful low-energy housing case studies in a country that has not been advancing rapidly in this front, identifying drivers that could be amplified to support the diffusion of low-energy housing in the UK.…”

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Since the energy crisis in the 1960s, crucial research and activities were spurred to improve energy efficiency and decrease environmental pollution. To deal with the various problems the construction industry are facing, the concept of green buildings (GBs) has been gradually shaped and put forward all over the world, and green building rating systems (GBRSs) have been developed. The concept of GBs covers a wide range of elements, and its definition is constantly updated as the construction industry develops. This paper compares the development of backgrounds and statuses of green building development in various countries. It also presents an overview of the green building development situation within these countries, summarizing two influences for GB development: one external and the other internal. External factors include GB development policy support, economic benefits, and certification schemes. Internal factors are the development and application of GB technology, the level of building management, and how users interact with the GB technology. Currently, 49 worldwide green building standards and application have been sorted out, including 18 standard expert appraisal systems. Moreover, it discusses the research results and lessons learned from green building projects in different countries and summarizes their achievements and challenges. To correctly understand and use green building technology, it is essential to improve the policy and incentive system, improve the professional quality and technical ability of employees and accredited consultants, constantly develop and update the evaluation system, strengthen technological innovation, and integrate design and management. This paper aims to draw a clear roadmap for national standard development, policy formulation, and construction design companies, provide solutions to remove the obstacles, and suggest research direction for future studies.

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“…Initially RCT and UT (economic benefit oriented) and then behavioral economical approaches (including psychological and sociological concerns) provided some insights regarding the user preferences and archetypes (Section 2.1) [22]. Some intervention tools like smart submetering and energy efficiency labels (e.g., Energy Star) have been developed for the marketing of those by taking advantage of behavioral economics [81,108]. However, a better understanding of market penetration and dissemination of innovative products and services requires more specific considerations.…”

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With ever-increasing population and urbanization, it is crucial to decrease energy density in the built environment without sacrificing occupants’ comfort and well-being. This requires consideration of technological developments along with the human factor in order to achieve environmental and social sustainability. Two major contributors to the development of conceptualizations for human-centric technologies are behavior and innovation (B&I) studies. Behavior studies aims to explain individualistic or society-based dynamics of human behavior whereas the innovation studies focuses on social, economic, organizational, and regulatory dimensions and processes of inventive activity. If these studies are incorporated into the hardcore architecture and engineering disciplines with a transdisciplinary approach, the orchestration of occupant behavior and the innovative technologies would be possible, which in turn significantly enhance the comfort and energy efficiency in built environments. This paper aims to provide an overview of interdisciplinary dialog between B&I studies and underlines the role of their collaboration to leverage transdisciplinary research on human-building interaction for energy efficiency. The approach presented here is structured as a conceptual framework and named the ‘socio-technical core’ (STC). STC is to lead to more organic articulation of energy efficiency innovations with real life and pave the way for higher level of acceptance. In order to have a ‘big-picture’ for the well-accepted conceptualizations and the current status of interdisciplinary dialog, we provide a review of (B&I) theories and models along with network analysis of key concepts. Then we investigate the potential directions of future transdisciplinary efforts by discussing the influences of B&I studies to each other for application to energy efficiency studies. In order to put the analysis in a firm background, we provide a case study for thermostat, which can be considered as a product improved with B&I approaches during last decades. We also discuss the benefits of B&I based transdisciplinary research perspective by referring to few examples in literature and the points emerged in this study.

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A systematic review of strategies for overcoming the barriers to energy-efficient technologies in buildings

Cited by 67 publications

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Role of knowledge and policies as drivers for low-energy housing: Case studies from the United Kingdom

Role of knowledge and policies as drivers for low-energy housing: Case studies from the United Kingdom

A Survey of the Status and Challenges of Green Building Development in Various Countries

On Occupant Behavior and Innovation Studies Towards High Performance Buildings: A Transdisciplinary Approach

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