Home energy renovation: UK owner-occupied householder uncertainties, information and data needs
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Author(s)
Simpson, Kate
Cockbill, Stuart
Childs, Peter
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Homes must become low energy, resilient to climate change and provide comfort for households, as part of the European renovation wave. Renovation involves millions of decisions and actions. Owner-occupied households are a key group of decision-makers, but with conflicting demands on their time and finances. Householders collect information from multiple sources. However, previous research has found that the detail of available information and data on renovation is difficult to find. Therefore, this paper aims to identify householder uncertainties and related information and data needs, to support early-stage energy renovation decision-making. Co-design has been found to be beneficial in designing energy demand reduction strategies, leading to meaningful outcomes for householders, however, it was found to lead to further information requirements. The open virtual information exchange reported here, inspired by co-design and virtual workshop approaches, was effective in identifying uncertainties and gathering feedback on information types and data to address them. Householders' require trusted specialists to visit the home in-person. The information identified could be shared via trials at renovation information hubs, potentially using digital apps to connect renovation opportunity, householders' and trusted practitioners. There is much householder uncertainty around housing renovation and more work is needed to move able-to-pay householders from renovation planning to renovation in practice.
Date Issued
2022-09-01
Date Acceptance
2022-06-17
Citation
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2022, 1085 (1), pp.1-8
ISSN
1755-1307
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Start Page
1
End Page
8
Journal / Book Title
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Volume
1085
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2022 The Author(s). Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.
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Identifier
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/1085/1/012046
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 012046
Date Publish Online
2022-09-29