Using a One-Stop-Shop Concept to Guide Decisions When Single-Family Houses Are Renovated
Publication: Journal of Architectural Engineering
Volume 23, Issue 2
Abstract
One way of reducing the use of fossil fuels in Denmark is to explore possible energy savings in the building stock, especially the large number of single-family houses built from 1960 through 1980. Energy renovation in this housing segment is progressing slowly. The aim of this project was to determine how a one-stop-shop (OSS) or full-service concept could be used to guide the extensive energy renovation of single-family houses. The purpose was partly to identify the benefits and disadvantages of using the concept and partly to evaluate the potential of the OSS concept for increasing the degree of renovation. The scope of the project was to carry out renovations on up to three houses. The project revealed that the concept on its own was not enough to motivate the house owners to engage in extensive renovation. However, interviews with the house owners indicated that the renovations that took place had probably been expanded and improved with the use of the concept and that the renovations in general benefitted from an independent adviser.
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Acknowledgments
This research was supported by the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP) through the project EUDP 2009-II, aimed at the development and demonstration of system solutions for renovating the building envelope of existing single-family houses. The authors thank all the project partners who participated in this project and contributed with their knowledge and the craftsmen and advisers who participated in this project. A special thank you goes to the owners of the houses who chose to participate in this project. Without their collaboration, it would not have been possible.
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Volume 23 • Issue 2 • June 2017
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Received: Apr 4, 2016
Accepted: Oct 20, 2016
Published online: Feb 6, 2017
Published in print: Jun 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Jul 6, 2017
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