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- Eden, Michael, 1945, et al.
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Demonstration projects as an arena for implementation and development or sustainable building
- 2005
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Ingår i: Sustainable building 05, Tokyo.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This project aims at mainstreaming sustainable building through demonstration projects. Demonstration projects are important but, at present, successful examples tend to be isolated from the "normal" practice. The approach is to develop the demonstration project as an arena for implementation of sustainable building through mutual learning between actors in the building sector and between researchers and practitioners. The core is six Swedish cases representing housing, offices and small industrial buildings. They cover both new building and renewal and the whole process, from programming to occupancy. A group of practitioners meet in workshops in order to exchange experience. A network of experts is available for support and evaluation. The dissemination will be carried out via change agencies in different networks. The project is in its initial phase. The tendencies so far are that demonstration projects about sustainable building needs: 1) A vision. 2) Commitment. 3) Common goals accepted by all participators in the design and building team. 4) Tools for continuous evaluation. 5) Time for learning, in which an environmental program is a useful tool. 6) Incentives, both hard and soft. 7) Demand-pull structures. 8) Continuous evaluations. 9) Investments. Finally, experience and knowledge are found to be primary prerequisites.
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- Eden, Michael, 1945, et al.
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Supporting development towards more sustainable building: perspectives on the demonstration project as a strategy for change
- 2008
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 2008 International Scientific Committee World Sustainable Building Conference, Melbourne Vic. Australia, eds. G. Foliente, T. Luetzkendorf, P Newton, and L. Paevere. - 9780646503721 ; , s. 1909-1916
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper explores the mechanism for development towards more sustainable building in Sweden. The proposed mechanism is based on a retrospective study of the evolution of more sustainable building practices during the last decades, with focus on the west of Sweden and using elements from theories on ecological modernisation as a way to understand change. The retrospective study presents actors, networks and important break-points. Three conceptual pairs have been used to discuss factors that make sustainable building practices progress: governance and learning, exemplifying and legitimising, and symbol and performance. It is argued that we might experience a shift towards governance and voluntary action developed through practical experiences. Catalysing successful demonstration projects lead the way, set up visions and goals and influence development of policy and regulation. The focus on energy efficiency has led to a broad acceptance with a rebound synergistic effect back to other building qualities. However, it is important to look beyond current achievements and to reconsider other important aspects of sustainable building: water and material issues, renewable energy and social issues.
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- Femenias, Paula, 1966, et al.
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Byggherremodell för demonstrationsprojekt: Implementeringsguide.
- 2009
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Rapporten beskriver en hypotetisk ’Byggherremodell’ som inspiration och manage-mentstöd för byggherrar att driva demonstrationsprojekt i rollen som förändrings-agent. Ett syfte med rapporten är att lyfta fram byggherrens avgörande roll för att leda och motivera utveckling och innovation i bygg- och anläggningssektorn. Samhäl-let behöver kompetenta byggherrar för att driva utvecklingen. Genom att ställa krav stödjer byggherren en läroprocess också bland övriga aktörer i byggprocessen. Vi använder oss av begreppet demonstrationsprojekt för att beskriva ett lärande- och utvecklingsprojekt. Det är ett projekt där en organisation på ett systematiskt sätt och under ordnande former utvecklar, prövar, utvärderar och implementerar nya lösningar och innovationer i praktiskt tillämpning. Den föreslagna byggherremodel-len har en generell användning inom både teknisk och organisatorisk förändring. Den kan användas i hela byggprocessen eller i delar av den, i hela projekt eller i delar av projekt. Demonstrationsprojektet är en internt driven process och en strävan att hela tiden bli bättre. Ambitionsnivån bestäms utifrån den egna organisationens möjligheter och önskemål. Demonstrationsprojektet är ett kontrollerat sätt att hantera osäkerheter och förbereda organisationen på kommande förändringar. Genom att ägna sig åt utveckling stärker organisationen sin konkurrenskraft och bygger ett varumärke. Demonstrationsprojekt som det beskrivs i den här rapporten har två syften:1.Demonstrationsprojektet ses som ett managementstöd i ett systematiskt ut-vecklingsarbete för byggherreorganisationer att uppnå mål som sätts av or-ganisationen själv och av omvärlden. 2.Demonstrationsprojektet ses som en arena för möten och samverkan mellan byggherrar och forskare, för dialog och erfarenhetsutbyte och för implemen-tering av resultat.Inspiration för Byggherremodellen kommer från det utvecklingsarbete som ett antal svenska byggherrar driver på ett systematiskt sätt genom demonstrationsprojekt och med stöd av praktiskt inriktad forskning på våra högskolor. Rapporten ger exempel där byggherrar genom sitt arbete nått höga mål och där man fått stora vinster utan större kostnader.Huvudingredienserna i ett demonstrationsprojekt är:•Engagemang och förankring •Samverkan och dialog, även med forskning•Behov och tydliga mål•Planering, organisation och genomförande•Dokumentation, uppföljning av mål och utvärdering•Implementering och spridning Engagemang är starten för allt utvecklingsarbete liksom förankringen i den egna or-ganisationen. Samverkan och dialog mellan de inblandade parterna behövs under hela processen. Samverkan och utbyte med forskning har visat sig betydelsefull både på kort och på lång sikt för byggherreorganisationer, både vid planering och uppfölj-ning av projekt.En noggrann planering av uppföljning och utvärdering är avgörande för om organisationen skall kunna använda och implementera erfarenheterna. Det krävs organisation av den interna spridningen av erfarenheter. Värdet av en extern spridning i rollen som förändringsagent skall understrykas även som en del i arbetet med det egna varumärket och dess konkurrensfördelar. Avslutningsvis i rapporten presenteras en rad områden inom arbetet med Byggher-remodellen för demonstrationsprojekt där fortsatt forskning behövs. Byggherremo-dellen är generell och fortsatta studier krävas för att förstå hur den fungerar i praktiken, för olika organisationer inom bygg- och anläggningssektorerna och för ett bredare spektrum av projektområden.
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- Femenias, Paula, 1966
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Demonstration Projects for Sustainable Building – What’s in them for utility?
- 2005
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Ingår i: In Proceedings from Sustainable Built Environments: SBE2005, Pretoria June 22 – 24, 2005. ; , s. 73-83
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Demonstration projects have a key role in promoting and developing sustainable buildingpractices. Demonstration projects show what sustainable building is and how this can beachieved. Furthermore, they are attributed the role of preparing the ground for up-scalingand mainstreaming towards more sustainable building. However, recent and also olderdemonstration projects for sustainable building in Sweden have despite good results so farnot had any large influence on mainstream building practices. This can on the one hand beattributed to the organization of demonstration projects. Many demonstration projects lackof documentation, evaluation and dissemination of results and thus fail to provide reliableand useful information. Actors engaged in demonstration projects can lack of incentives tospread results. This is observed especially in case of negative results but in some cases actorsalso lack of incentives to spread good results. On the other hand the lack of influence can beattributed to institutional, social and economical factors impeding learning and developmentin the building sector. The influence is in some cases limited as demonstration projects do notalways address actors in the building sector or the public due to cultural and estheticalpreferences. In addition, the adoption process is hindered as demonstration projects are oftenconnected to extra input from involved actors such as finance, time and expert support thatare not part of the ‘normal’ building and design processes.The aim for this paper is to contribute to the definition of the concept demonstration projectand to discuss factors that will influence, hinder or support, the continued replication oftechnique and concepts used in successful demonstration projects among involved actors butalso the external influence outside the involved project organisation. The paper will provideguidance for the enhanced outcome and usability of future demonstration projects The paperis based on findings from a research project studying demonstration projects for sustainablehousing in Sweden and the Netherlands, carried out 1998 – 2003 and on tentative findingsfrom an on-going research project in Sweden called ‘Demonstration projects as an arena forimplementing and developing sustainable building’. The discussions also reflect findings fromearlier research on demonstration projects found in the literature. The methods used arequalitative case studies and a theoretical framework has been created from mainly designand innovation research. The paper addresses decision-makers at all levels in the buildingand design processes, mainly clients, architects and other consultants but also decisionmakersin other kinds of organisations interested in promoting sustainable building throughdemonstration projects.
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- Femenias, Paula, 1966
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Les habitants des maisons solaires français de les année 1970 et 1980 revisitées – Une enquête du rapport à long terme entre systèmes techniques et l'utilisateurs
- 2005
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim for the project has been to make a brief post-occupancy survey of solar-homes built in the 1970s and the 1980s in four southern French regions in the neighbourhood of Toulouse: Midi-Pyrénées, Aquitaine, Limousin, and Languedoc-Roussillon. The documentation ‘Habitants de Maison Solaire’, made in 1982 by GRECO and in which data was collected from 172 solar houses at the time, was the staring point for this study. The focus for the survey has not been to make a technical evaluation but to study the occupants of the solar houses and their long-term relation to and experience of a solar energy system. The study is motivated as long-term post-occupancy evaluations and surveys of solar energy systems and the user relation to the system are seldom conducted. In total 51 telephone interviews have been carried through with the actual inhabitants of solar houses from the 1970s and 1980s, a majority of the cases were at the time new built individual villas. The rest of the 172 originally documented cases has been cut out from the study as the owners have not been possible to reach, the projects was never realized or as the owners did not want to co-operate in the study. As a complement to the survey, three solar homes and their inhabitants have been visited. In addition a supplementary interview survey has been made with nine French architects involved in solar homes design in the 1970s and 1980s. Two of these nine architects were visited in their architectural studios. Out of 51 interviews, 35 respondents report that their system is still working and 30 of these respondents find that their system gives a contribution to the energy system. 25 respondents have the impression that they pay less energy bills than comparative households. Of the 34 respondents with systems that still work 28 are satisfied with their system and 25 are still positive to solar energy systems and they would also invest in a solar system today if they would build a new house. Some respondents also report other synergetic effects of the solar house concept such as interesting and original architectural design, a greenhouse that provides a nice living space, and better day lightning due to . 25 of the respondents initiated the idea of a solar house themselves or in co-operation with an architect, one was inspired by a neighbour, and 9 of the respondents say that the idea of a solar house was proposed to them by an architect. 7 of the respondents have systems that only partly work today. Systems that do not function are mainly active systems like solar panels and in one case a solar cell panel. 4 of 7 respondents with non-functioning systems are still positive to solar energy and would make investments in solar energy today. 9 respondents report that their system does not work at all. 7 of these say that the system was proposed to them by the architect. 2 respondents are at least partly satisfied with their investment in a solar system. However, 5 of these respondents are still positive to solar energy and 3 of them would invest in solar energy today. It is interesting to note that 15 respondents did not first want to recognize that they live in a solar house. Of these 15 respondents 9 replied that the system has been removed, only partly works today or was never realised. The remaining 6 respondents say that the system still works but they would not really consider their home a solar house as in many cases the systems consists of passive solar gain. The findings indicates a correlation between functioning systems, an owner initiated solar house and a positive attitude towards solar energy. In the interviews it was noted that inhabitants with a positive attitude towards solar energy and that recognize the importance to invest in renewable energy resources are more likely to make efforts to make their system work (the older solar houses often have rather demanding system that needs daily manoeuvres). The respondents that have a positive attitude to solar energy and have chosen to keep their solar system also seem prepared to accept a less comfortable indoor climate. A surprisingly large number of the solar houses are still working today. It is not that surprising that low-tech systems such as green houses and direct solar gain still work also due to the fact that these ‘systems’ give other living qualities like extra green rooms and day lightning. An interesting finding from this study is that a larger number than expected of solar panels are still working today, with minor or larger changes, (16 out of originally 25). Also the majority of the Trombe walls are still in use today (10 out of 17). The fact that a large number of the studied solar houses still function today despite that many systems are in-efficient and demand regular maintenance can probably also to some extent be explained by the fact that these houses are privately owned. To change the original design and heating systems involves large costs for the owner.
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- Femenias, Paula, 1966, et al.
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Rusta med miljön i fokus!
- 2007
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Ingår i: Invandrare & Minoriteter. ; 34:4-5, s. 42-46
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