How well do policies for energy efficiency and heritage values in the Swedish housing stock work
Paper in proceeding, 2021

This paper investigates how societal goals of heritage conservation and energy efficiency are handled in the management of Swedish multi-residential buildings. Interviews were made with larger owners of multi-residential stocks, and their perspectives are compared to officials at the City Planning Offices in two Swedish municipalities: Göteborg and Gotland. The questions posed are: How is heritage prioritised in relation to increased energy efficiency, climate impact and other objectives such as cost-efficiency? How important are their internal policies in comparison with external policies imposed by society? The companies express that they are proud of the heritage of their building stock, but they have not integrated heritage values in their management plans and strategies. Social issues such as safety and well-being are included, but not heritage. A consequence of this lack of systematic consideration of heritage is that measures for increased energy efficiency may conflict with conservation needs. In order for heritage values to be taken more seriously in relation to energy efficiency they would need to be integrated into such plans. The benefit from integrating heritage values in sustainable housing management is a question that should be further studied. The paper refers to SDGs 3, 11 and 13.

housing companies

energy efficiency

heritage protection

policy

Multi-residential buildings

Author

Paula Femenias

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Design

Mattias Legnér

Uppsala University

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

17551307 (ISSN) 17551315 (eISSN)

Vol. 863 1 012027

SBE21 Sustainable Built Heritage: Renovating Historic Buildings Towards a Low-Carbon Built Heritage
Bolzano-Bozen, Italy,

Energy efficiency and cultural values in housing. How well do the policies function on the local level?

Swedish Energy Agency, 2020-01-01 -- 2023-12-31.

Subject Categories

Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Other Environmental Engineering

Energy Systems

DOI

10.1088/1755-1315/863/1/012027

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12/14/2023