Innovation development for highly energy-efficient housing [[electronic resource] ] : opportunities and challenges related to the adoption of passive houses / / Erwin Mlecnik

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786706103321
• Autore: Mlecnik Erwin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Delft], : Delft University Press, 2013
• ISBN: 1-61499-236-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (440 p.)
• Collana: Sustainable urban areas, , 1574-6410 ; ; 45
• Disciplina: 670.286
• Soggetti: Dwellings - Energy conservation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; The passive house market: an innovation research opportunity; Drivers of high energy efficiency; opportunities for innovation; Combating climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions; Securing energy supply; Combating the economic crisis; European policy development; The development of the policy framework in the Netherlands; The passive house potential in Belgium and the Netherlands; Problem definition; Goal of the research; Main research question and sub-questions; Research method; Theoretical framework; General innovation frameworkKey elements borrowed from Rogers' innovation framework; General limitations of the research; References; Introduction to Part A: Adoption by enterprises; References; Innovations in passive house projects; Abstract; Introduction; Research framework; Research goal; Research question and approach; Limitations of the research; Theoretical framework; Innovations in passive houses; Definitions and technology criteria; Adoption of innovations in demonstration projects; Opportunities and barriers; Supporting factors in the adoption of innovation; Factors impeding the adoption of innovationSolutions identified; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Opportunities for supplier-led systemic innovation in highly energy-efficient housing; Abstract; Introduction; Research strategy; Theoretical framework; The innovation journey of a supplier in the context of highly energy-; efficient housing; Initiating the innovation journey; From incremental to system innovation; From autonomous idea to systemic coordination and cooperation; Further collaboration with the passive house network; Discussion and reflection on theory; Conclusion; AcknowledgementsReferences; Collaboration opportunities in advanced housing renovation; Abstract; Introduction; Research approach; Key concerns on the supply side; Research on web-based portals; Research on actor collaboration; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Development of the passive house market: challenges and opportunities in the transition from innovators to early adopters; Abstract; Introduction; Research strategy; Enterprises involved in the adoption of innovation; Relevance of innovation phases; Relevance of size of enterprises; Collaboration between enterprises; Experiences from a passive house transition to early adoptionEnterprise network data showing transition from innovation to early adoption; Innovator versus early adopter enterprises; Reflection on theory regarding company size and innovation; Opportunities for and barriers to collaboration on the road to early adoption; Conclusion; References; Introduction to Part B: User experiences; References; End-user experiences in nearly zero-energy houses; Abstract; Introduction; Research strategy; End-user experience research in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; The literature on nearly zero-energy housing