INFLUENCES OF POLICIES

ON HOUSING

SUSTAINABILITY: CASE

OF A

DEVELOPED COUNTRYRenuka Thakore, Jack Goulding and Mark Toogood

University of Central Lancashire

UK

GRAND RENEWABLE ENERGY 2014

27 July - 1 August, 2014

Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo Japan

Content Introduction

Methodology

Discussion

Conclusion

Case of UK

Housing

• Challenges

• Energy efficiency

• Housing sustainability

Intr

oduction

Decision making

process

Economic Social

Commer-

cialisation

Entrepreneur

ship

Low carbon

strategies

Low carbon practices

• Range of implicit

challenges

• Understanding of the

interplay of housing

policies, governance and

organisation strategies

• Sustainability criteria

Independent multi-dimensional housing

stakeholders

Stakeholder’s engagement

Transdisciplinarityfor housing

sustainability

Aim of the study

To explores influences of housing policies on housing

sustainability and decision making for housing stakeholder,

including multi-level transition process for housing energy

efficiency.

Mixed methods

The Delphi

technique

Onlinesurvey

Literature

Review

• Extant literature review

• Online survey

• The Delphi technique

Meth

odolo

gy

5-INs approach

• The United Nations Economic

Commission for Europe

(UNECE)

• A comprehensive and

integrated action plan that

structured at three

dimensions:

• Governance & Finance

• Technological advances

and

• Access and affordability.

Investment

Information

Incentive

Initiative

Innovation

Dis

cussio

n

40 common barriersInvestment High upfront costs; lack of incentive; lack of innovation; high energy

prices; inability to visualise financial returns; lack of time or effort; lack

of information; Lack of regulatory capacity

Information Information asymmetries; lack of information; lack of awareness; lack

of knowledge; lack of expertise; lack of effective communication; lack

of time; lack of transparency

Innovation Lack of funds; lack of support from intermediary agencies; Use of

exclusively “high technology”; lack of skills; lack of availability in local

proximity; lack of market for efficient technology; lack of culture to

embrace innovation; lack of policy support

Incentive Lack of subsidies; lack of tax exemptions; lack of strict enforcement or

regulatory capacity; lack of information; lack of higher energy prices

on financial incentives; lack of responsibilities to reduce environmental

impacts; lack of reward; lack of priority for energy efficiency

Initiative Lack of management; lack of leadership; fragmentation of the housing

sector; lack of coordination; lack of communication; lack of capacities;

lack of accountability; lack of priority for energy efficiency

108

responses

Regulators

Consultants

Providers

Occupiers

Cronbach’s Alpha

= .938

KMO Test = .807

Principal

Component Analysis

identified 2

components

Online survey

SPSS

Component analysisPrincipal Components

Lack of strategic

governance

Lack of strategic

policies

Initiative Lack of priority 0.86

Initiative Lack of leadership 0.824

Initiative Lack of management 0.754

Incentive Lack of priority 0.752

Investment Lack of innovation 0.669

Initiative Lack of capacities 0.616

Initiative Lack of accountability 0.593

Incentive Lack of responsibilities 0.55

Innovation Lack of culture 0.504

Incentive Lack of subsidies 0.82

Innovation Lack of funds 0.712

Incentive Lack of tax exemptions 0.643

Innovation Lack of support 0.595

Investment High upfront costs 0.581

Innovation high technology 0.579

Strategic capabilitiesInitiative Ownership

Initiative Leadership

Initiative Management

Initiative Accountability

Innovation Culture

Incentive Intermediate energy policies

Innovation Targeted energy policies

Innovation Technology specific policies

Investment Building specific policies

Innovation Policies supporting supply chain

The Delphi Study

Invitation

• 25 panel

Round 1

• 18 responses

Round 2

• 18 responses

Results

Ownership Leadership Management AccountabilityCultural

Awareness

8 9 8 8 8

Intermediate

Energy

Policies

Targeted

Energy

Policies

Technology

Specific

Policies

Building

Specific

policies

Policies

supporting

Supply

Chains

8 7 7 9 6

State of 5-INs

in English

Housing• Information very strong

• Innovation was strong

• Inventive and

Investment were less

strong

• Initiative very weak

Investment

Information

Incentive

Initiative

Innovation

Conclusion

Ownership

Leadership

Management

Accountability

Cultural Awareness

Intermediate

energy

policies

Building

specific

policies

Sustainable Housing

ありがとう

Renuka Thakore: rthakore@uclan.ac.uk