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Conference Paper: The life and death of a sustainable housing concept? The trajectory of passive houses in Denmark as part of the zero carbon transition
Title | The life and death of a sustainable housing concept? The trajectory of passive houses in Denmark as part of the zero carbon transition |
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Issue Date | 2012 |
Publisher | Birmingham School of the Built Environment, Birmingham City University. |
Citation | The Joint CIB International Symposium of W055, W065, W089, W118, TG76, TG78, TG81 AND TG84, Montreal, Canada, 26 – 29 June 2012. In Management of Construction: Research to Practice (MCRP) Conference Proceedings, 2012, v. 2, p. 977-988 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This paper makes an exploratory analysis of the diffusion of passive houses in Denmark using
transition theory. Strategic niche management and technological innovation system approaches are
combined to provide a framework that allows for multiple dynamics i.e. social forces enabling or
constraining changes, especially niche developments and the role of legitimacy. The passive house
niche analysis shows a slow process, barriers of cost and technology and limited adoption in
Denmark; roughly 18 projects over the last six years, and a slow descent over 2011-2012. The
concept has early moral legitimacy, but the further development of legitimacy fails as costs and
indoor climate makes the cognitive legitimacy contested. The passive house concept competes with
other sustainable building niches, they are all small and they appear to have been introduced
successively over time. Finally there are a tendency of segmentation of villas, small buildings and
office buildings respectively. Sustainable building exhibits a particularly active role for government
policymaking, or in transition theory terms “regime internal” dynamics. These combined dynamics
between sustainable housing niches, the regime internal dynamic and globalisation as well as EUregulation
are counter to transition theory assumptions dominated by the EU- initiatives. The
analysis moreover leads to the view that sustainable housing concepts are only viable in time
windows, and that the contribution of the passive house trajectory was a stepping stone towards low
carbon housing. |
Description | Conference Theme: Research to Practice Session: Design and Innovation for Sustainability The Conference Proceedings can be viewed at: http://mcrp2012.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/60797844/MCRP%20Proceedings%20Volume%202.pdf |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/185211 |
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dc.contributor.author | Koch, C | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Buser, M | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Leiringer, R | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-15T10:43:22Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-07-15T10:43:22Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | The Joint CIB International Symposium of W055, W065, W089, W118, TG76, TG78, TG81 AND TG84, Montreal, Canada, 26 – 29 June 2012. In Management of Construction: Research to Practice (MCRP) Conference Proceedings, 2012, v. 2, p. 977-988 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9782981335517 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/185211 | - |
dc.description | Conference Theme: Research to Practice | - |
dc.description | Session: Design and Innovation for Sustainability | - |
dc.description | The Conference Proceedings can be viewed at: http://mcrp2012.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/60797844/MCRP%20Proceedings%20Volume%202.pdf | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper makes an exploratory analysis of the diffusion of passive houses in Denmark using transition theory. Strategic niche management and technological innovation system approaches are combined to provide a framework that allows for multiple dynamics i.e. social forces enabling or constraining changes, especially niche developments and the role of legitimacy. The passive house niche analysis shows a slow process, barriers of cost and technology and limited adoption in Denmark; roughly 18 projects over the last six years, and a slow descent over 2011-2012. The concept has early moral legitimacy, but the further development of legitimacy fails as costs and indoor climate makes the cognitive legitimacy contested. The passive house concept competes with other sustainable building niches, they are all small and they appear to have been introduced successively over time. Finally there are a tendency of segmentation of villas, small buildings and office buildings respectively. Sustainable building exhibits a particularly active role for government policymaking, or in transition theory terms “regime internal” dynamics. These combined dynamics between sustainable housing niches, the regime internal dynamic and globalisation as well as EUregulation are counter to transition theory assumptions dominated by the EU- initiatives. The analysis moreover leads to the view that sustainable housing concepts are only viable in time windows, and that the contribution of the passive house trajectory was a stepping stone towards low carbon housing. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Birmingham School of the Built Environment, Birmingham City University. | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Management of Construction: Research to Practice (MCRP) Conference Proceedings | en_US |
dc.title | The life and death of a sustainable housing concept? The trajectory of passive houses in Denmark as part of the zero carbon transition | en_US |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Leiringer, RTF: roine.leiringer@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Leiringer, RTF=rp01592 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 215253 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 977 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 988 | en_US |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |