Journal
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 641-653Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-013-9245-3
Keywords
Retrofit; Adoption; In-use; Social housing; Tenants
Funding
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/I030832/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/I030832/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Retrofit has been described as one of the major engineering challenges of the twenty-first century (Kelly 2009). However, the industry needs to look beyond regarding the problem as restricted to the physical upgrade of properties. Asset managers, engineers and installers work on and in people's homes and, in many cases, are subsequently changing the way householders use their homes to meet their comfort and wider energy needs. Here we consider how the twin issues of adopting and living with retrofit technologies have affected groups of residents in social housing. We discuss issues of trust, social norms, engagement and concern that have shaped the adoption process, as well as investigating the everyday experience of living with new configurations of energy consumption. The findings have relevance not only for the social housing sector but also raise questions as to how to effectively deliver programmes such as the Green Deal and the Energy Company Obligation within the UK.
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