Key Decision-Makers and Persuaders in the Selection of Energy-Efficient Technologies in EU Residential Buildings
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2020

With regard to residential energy use in the European Union (EU), most studies consider potential adopters of the technology (e.g., private owners) as being the sole decision-makers in the technology selection. However, during an integrated decision-making process (e.g., a construction project) multiple stakeholders will interact, influencing each other's judgement, thereby making it difficult to discern who is affecting the final decision, and to what extent. The goal of this study is to outline the full network of stakeholders involved in the decision-making process, along with their degree of power and interaction in the technology choice. For this purpose, empirical evidence from a multi-country survey is examined using social network analysis (SNA). The information is compared across building typologies, project types and countries (i.e., Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium and the Netherlands). The results demonstrate that, in EU residential buildings, potential adopters of the technology are not the only stakeholders involved in the technology selection. They are in all instances in communication with multiple stakeholders, some of whom also hold a high level of power in the decision (i.e., key persuaders). Furthermore, their level of power and communication varies substantially across building typologies, project types and countries.

social network analysis

residential building stock

energy efficiency

technology diffusion

technology selection

Författare

Clara Camarasa

Chalmers, Arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik, Byggnadsteknologi

Raphael Heiberger

Universität Stuttgart

Lena Hennes

Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie

Martin Jakob

TEP Energy

York Ostermeyer

Chalmers, Arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik, Byggnadsteknologi

Leonardo Rosado

Chalmers, Arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik, Vatten Miljö Teknik

Buildings

20755309 (eISSN)

Vol. 10 4 70

Ämneskategorier

Byggproduktion

Husbyggnad

DOI

10.3390/buildings10040070

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