Long, T, Young, CW, Webber, P et al. (2 more authors) (2015) The Impact of Domestic Energy Efficiency Retrofit Schemes on Householder Attitudes and Behaviours. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 58 (10). 1853 - 1876. ISSN 0964-0568
Abstract
Retrofitting existing housing stock to improve energy efficiency is often required to meet climate mitigation, public health and fuel poverty targets. Increasing uptake and effectiveness of retrofit schemes requires understanding of their impacts on householder attitudes and behaviours. This paper reports results of a survey of 500 Kirklees householders in the UK, where the Kirklees Warm Zone scheme took place. This was a local government led city-scale domestic retrofit programme that installed energy efficiency measures at no charge in over 50,000 houses. The results highlight key design features of the scheme, socio-economic and attitudinal factors that affected take-up of energy efficiency measures and impacts on behaviour and energy use after adoption. The results emphasise the role that positive feedback plays in reinforcing pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours of participants and in addressing concerns of non-participants. Our findings have implications for the design and operation of future domestic energy efficiency retrofit schemes.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2015, Taylor & Francis. This is an author produced version of a paper accepted for publication in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Retrofit; domestic; energy; efficiency; household; attitudes; behaviours |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 Nov 2014 13:15 |
Last Modified: | 10 Mar 2016 06:39 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2014.965299 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09640568.2014.965299 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:80461 |