Building Energy Efficiency - Policy, learning and technology change
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Popular Abstract in English
Over thirty years of experience shows that energy efficiency is the easiest, fastest, and cheapest strategy to reduce today’s rampant energy use. To enhance energy efficiency, governmental intervention and business strategies are needed. The question of which governmental policies are the most effective to support energy efficiency remains unanswered. Policy learning and policy evaluations take us closer to the answer. This doctoral thesis provides valuable insights into which policies supported energy efficiency in the building sector. The results show that mandatory energy performance standards of buildings, so-called building codes, and technology procurements are key policies for introducing energy efficient building technologies to the market. In addition, voluntary approaches, such as the passive house standard, testing activities and enhanced networking are essential business strategies for the diffusion of these technologies.
Over thirty years of experience shows that energy efficiency is the easiest, fastest, and cheapest strategy to reduce today’s rampant energy use. To enhance energy efficiency, governmental intervention and business strategies are needed. The question of which governmental policies are the most effective to support energy efficiency remains unanswered. Policy learning and policy evaluations take us closer to the answer. This doctoral thesis provides valuable insights into which policies supported energy efficiency in the building sector. The results show that mandatory energy performance standards of buildings, so-called building codes, and technology procurements are key policies for introducing energy efficient building technologies to the market. In addition, voluntary approaches, such as the passive house standard, testing activities and enhanced networking are essential business strategies for the diffusion of these technologies.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2013
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
IIIEE Dissertations
Volym
2013:1
Fulltext
Dokumenttyp
Doktorsavhandling
Förlag
International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University
Ämne
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Nyckelord
- Policy learning
- technology change
- energy efficiency
- building
Status
Published
Handledare
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1402-3016
- ISBN: 978-91-87357-02-2
Försvarsdatum
14 juni 2013
Försvarstid
13:15
Försvarsplats
Aula, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), Tegnérsplatsen 4, Lund
Opponent
- Per Mickwitz (Professor)