Attitudes and Practices of Homeowners in the Decision-making Process for Building Energy Renovation

Abreu, María Isabel; Oliveira, Rui; Lopes, Jorge

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2017.02.016

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“…The inadequate adoption of energy efficient measures by the house owners is a subject widely examined in the literature. Several studies identify the factors motivating or preventing house owners from adopting such measures (e.g., [27,[29][30][31][32][33][34][35][37][38][39][40][41]). In general, the decision of house owners regarding energy efficiency related renovations is the outcome of different factors, which can act either as motives or as barriers for those decisions.…”

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Swedish House Owners’ Intentions Towards Renovations: Is there a Market for One-Stop-Shop?

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In this paper, we examine factors affecting owners’ intention for renovation of their detached houses. Furthermore, we analyze their interest in choosing a one-stop-shop (OSS) service for the renovation, even though such a concept is not yet established in Sweden, but emerging in other parts of Europe. Our study is based on responses to an online questionnaire survey of 971 house owners residing in Kronoberg Region in Sweden. About 76% of the respondents intend to renovate in the near future, with approximately 71% of them preferring to renovate individual components of their dwelling and 5% to renovate their whole house in steps. House owners of younger age, higher income, higher education, and those with an interest for environmental issues, were the ones most interested in physical renovations, which improves energy efficiency of the building. For those house owners, one-stop-shop can facilitate the decision-making process, and help them to choose those measures that will improve their quality of life. Approximately 20% of the respondents had a positive view towards an one-stop-shop, which is an indicator that market for such a service exists. Parameters such as quality of work, cost and energy savings and specification of measures to be adopted are the key for the promotion of one-stop-shop. Additionally, house owners want to have a certain level of involvement in the selection of actors performing the renovation. Moreover, financial incentives, e.g., loans, do not play a significant role for the selection of one-stop-shop, but act as complementary motive for house owners.

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“…There exist several studies on house owners' decision-making towards renovations [29][30][31][32][33][34]. Each of these studies apply to specific contexts.…”

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“…A case study in Portugal highlighted that a combination of house owners' personal and contextual reasoning-viz. needs, wishes, and social practices, and how they are negotiated in the family-influence the renovation decisions [38]. The results from a case study in Norway [39] showed that the main motivators for renovation were house owner's need to minimize operational costs, their attraction towards market promotions, and influences from their social environment.…”

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“…The above-mentioned studies use different methodological approaches, which have their own limitations. Some of them are based on small number of interviews [38,39], which has limited statistical validity; while some others conducted statistical analysis of responses from questionnaire surveys [35][36][37]41,[44][45][46]. The used statistical methods multiple regression [41,47], multinomial logistic regression [35,40,45,46], logit models [37], treat the explanatory (independent) variables as independent to each other, which is rarely a reality in decision-making process.…”

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“…This is a structural equation model technique using a partial least square approach, and it allows for more complex causal relationships among the variables. Many of the previous studies on determinants of renovation are based on "intention" to renovate [35,37,38]. However, intentions may not lead to actual behavior, i.e., there is so-called intention-behavior "gap" [50].…”

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Physical vs. Aesthetic Renovations: Learning from Swedish House Owners

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In this paper, we identify the socio-economic attributes and attitudes that have influenced house owners in renovating their homes in the past. Our study is based on responses to an online questionnaire survey of 971 house owners living in Kronoberg County in Sweden. Results showed that the interest and willingness of the house owners to perform a renovation varied depending on their demographic background and the age of the house. The latter positively affected past renovations, only when combined with the residence time. Furthermore, the age of house owners strongly and positively affected the probability of performing aesthetic type of renovations, because of a long time of residence in the house. Younger, town living, and highly educated house owners seem to be more concerned regarding saving energy, which motivated them to perform physical renovations on their house. Our results also suggest that income, level of education, and place of residence have an effect on renovation decisions only through their effect on the energy concern of house owners, and a varied effect on renovation decisions, when combined with the time of residence in the house.

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Mediatised Practices: Renovating Homes with Media and ICTs in Australia

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Mechlenborg

2022

Digitisation and Low-Carbon Energy Transitions

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The extensive use of media and information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the household is building a new normality, where the use of technology is imperceptible to its users. Within this context, home renovation can be examined as a mediatised practice, which suggests the interactive transformation of practices which takes place with and through media. Our chapter is based on an interdisciplinary Australian study of 13 home renovations and their media practices. In this chapter, we argue that home renovation activities have moved into the digital realm. Furthermore, we emphasise that these mediatised home renovation practices contribute to the development of new mediatised domains that could assist in the transition and domestication of low-carbon practices and technologies.

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Attitudes and Practices of Homeowners in the Decision-making Process for Building Energy Renovation

Cited by 33 publications

References 17 publications

Swedish House Owners’ Intentions Towards Renovations: Is there a Market for One-Stop-Shop?

Swedish House Owners’ Intentions Towards Renovations: Is there a Market for One-Stop-Shop?

Physical vs. Aesthetic Renovations: Learning from Swedish House Owners

Mediatised Practices: Renovating Homes with Media and ICTs in Australia

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