Innovation Development For Highly Energy Efficient Housing

Author : E. Mlecnik,IOS Press
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781614992363

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Innovation Development for Highly Energy-Efficient Housing by E. Mlecnik,IOS Press Pdf

In previous years we have seen a recognition of the significant potential that exists for reducing energy use through innovation in residential buildings. This study investigates innovation challenges and identifies opportunities that could lead to a rapid increase in the adoption of highly energy-efficient housing concepts, particularly that of the passive house. To this end, it exemplifies, interprets and develops the innovation adoption theory through an investigation of views and experiences on the supply side, the demand side and the policy side. It highlights successful innovation trajectories and barriers experienced by businesses. It addresses both problems and positive experiences from the perspective of the end user and investigates different policy approaches. As such, the research reveals important features of innovation-adoption strategies in the building sector. It shows how multi-player enterprise collaboration plays a key role, and the study also recommends the development of quality assurance schemes. It makes a valuable contribution to discussions about how active the role of government policymakers and enterprise networks should be.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment,Committee for Review and Assessment of the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003-05-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309088893

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Promoting Innovation by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment,Committee for Review and Assessment of the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing Pdf

The application of technology to housing design, construction, and operation offers opportunities for improving affordability, energy efficiency, comfort, safety, and convenience for consumers. New technologies and production processes could help resolve serious problems facing housing producers, including labor shortages, interruptions due to inclement weather, quality control, and theft and vandalism losses. However, it is generally believed that realizing these benefits on a broad scale is considerably hindered by characteristics of the housing industry that inhibit the development and diffusion of innovations. The Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) supports activities to address issues that are perceived by the industry to be the primary causes of the problems, i.e., barriers to innovation, lack of accessible information, and insufficient research and development (R&D) (NAHBRC, 1998). PATH was initiated in 1998 when Congress appropriated funds for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to begin implementing the concept, which was created by the National Science and Technology Council Construction and Building Subcommittee (NSTC C&B). At the request of HUD, the National Research Council (NRC) assembled a panel of experts as the Committee for Review and Assessment of the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing under the NRC Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment. The committee was asked to assess how well PATH is achieving its many program objectives to expand the development and utilization of new technologies in the U.S. housing industry. The committee has approached evaluation of the program as an exercise that also provides direction for PATH's future improvement.

Author : Franca Trubiano
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780415615280

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Design and Construction of High-performance Homes by Franca Trubiano Pdf

Both professionals and students are increasingly committed to achieving high-performance metrics in the design, construction and operation of residential buildings. This book responds to this demand by offering a comprehensive guide which features: architectural innovations in building skin technologies which make lighter more transparent buildings high performing energy-free architectural design principles and advances in building-integrated photovoltaics essential engineering principles, controls and approaches to simulation for achieving net zero the advantages of integrated design in residential construction and the challenges and opportunities it engenders detailed case studies of innovative homes which have incorporated low-energy design solutions, new materials, alternative building assemblies, digital fabrication, integrated engineering systems and operational controls. Divided into four parts, the book discusses the requisite AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) knowledge needed when building a high-performance home. It also communicates this information across four case studies, which provide the reader with a thorough overview of all aspects to be considered in the design and construction of sustainable homes. With contributions from experts in the field, the book provides a well-rounded and multi-faceted approach. This book is essential reading for students and professionals in design, architecture, engineering (civil, mechanical and electrical), construction and energy management.

Author : Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation,Marc Denhez,Clayton Research Associates,Scanada Consultants Limited
Publisher : The Corporation
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 0660179474

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Three Decades of Innovation in Housing Technology : 1966-1996 by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation,Marc Denhez,Clayton Research Associates,Scanada Consultants Limited Pdf

Author : Michaela Benson,Iqbal Hamiduddin
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781911576884

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Self-Build Homes by Michaela Benson,Iqbal Hamiduddin Pdf

Self-Build Homes connects the burgeoning interdisciplinary research on self-build with commentary from leading international figures in the self-build and wider housing sector. Through their focus on community, dwelling, home and identity, the chapters explore the various meanings of self-build housing, encouraging new directions for discussions about self-building and calling for the recognition of the social dimensions of this process, from consideration of the structures, policies and practices that shape it, through to the lived experience of individuals and households.Divided into four parts – Discourse, Rationale, Meaning; Values, Lifestyles, Imaginaries; Community and Identity; and Perspectives from Practice – the volume comes at a time of renewed focus from policy managers and practitioners, as well as prospective builders themselves, on self-build as a means for producing homes that are more stylised, affordable and appropriate for the specific needs of households. It responds to recent advances in housing and planning policy, while also bringing this into conversation with interdisciplinary perspectives from across the social sciences on housing, home and homemaking. In this way, the book seeks to update understandings of self-build and to account for housing as a distinctly social process.

Author : Bernan
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789289317238

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The Challenges of Energy Efficiency Innovations in the Nordic Building Sector by Bernan Pdf

The development and diffusion of environmental technologies, which is considered to be one way of achieving the dual goals of maintaining competitiveness in a dynamic and knowledge-based economy while integrating environmental consideration in this process, may be influenced by a number of sector-specific conditions. In light of this, case studies of energy efficiency innovations in the Nordic building sector were carried out as a part of two-year research project on Green Market and Cleaner Technologies - Leading Nordic Innovation and Technological Potential for Future Markets. The studies looked into the characteristics of the industry as well as other issues influencing the three key activities of an innovation system - access to knowledge, access to resources and market formation. This report highlights some features of the building industry as well as their products which tend to pose constraints to the three innovation activities in the sector. It elucidates several strategies deployed by innovating companies to overcome some of the constraints and points to specific areas for policy interventions needed to effectively enhance innovation activities in the sector.

Author : Saadi Lahlou
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351279307

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System Innovation for Sustainability 4 by Saadi Lahlou Pdf

Buildings have a long lifetime, and so they are a major target for any structural changes in consumption patterns. Conversely, long lifetimes come with associated strong inertia. This book examines the opportunities to influence energy consumption in housing and buildings, and provides options for implementation at a macro, meso and micro level.

Author : Umberto Berardi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9788376560113

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Moving to Sustainable Buildings: by Umberto Berardi Pdf

In his Moving to Sustainable Buildings. Paths to Adopt Green Innovations in Developed Countries, Umberto Berardi explores the transition of the construction sector to sustainable building through the adoption of green innovations. Applying methods ranging from theoretical discussions to interviews and field studies, Berardi describes how organisational models among stakeholders are changing as the sector moves towards a green economy. Berardi’s book should prove valuable to engineers, architects, environment researchers and policy makers alike, as it successfully weaves together different aspects of green building to create a multidimensional matrix through which sustainable architecture can be understood. Umberto Berardi, an assistant professor at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA, USA), teaches courses on sustainable construction, architectural engineering systems and building physics. He was awarded an MSc from the Politecnico di Bari, an MSc from the University of Southampton (UK) and a PhD from the Scuola Interpolitecnica in Italy. His research areas are related to building acoustics, sustainable constructions and energy saving technologies for buildings. Berardi is also a passionate pianist and a strong proponent of interdisciplinary cooperation between the arts and engineering.

Author : M. Beerepoot
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781607502913

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Energy Policy Instruments and Technical Change in the Residential Building Sector by M. Beerepoot Pdf

Energy performance policy in the building sector - such as is described by EU Directive known as EPBD - has the aim of reducing energy consumption in buildings. Given the importance of the development of innovations in energy technology, and a transition to a sustainable energy supply system, it is necessary that policy instruments for energy conservation in the building sector stimulate the development and diffusion of innovations. This publication contributes to knowledge about the content of energy performance policy and concludes that the effect of energy performance policy in encouraging innovation is limited. The study of the innovation system of the Dutch construction industry identifies how the project-based nature of the construction industry is an obstacle to ‘learning-rich’ collaboration between the various stakeholders. The study contributes to the discussion about the impact of government policy for energy conservation in the building sector, in the context of climate change policy.

Author : Sven Leonhardt, Tobias Nusser, Jürgen Görres, Sven Rosinger, Gerhard Stryi-Hipp, Martin Eckhard
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783110777635

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Innovations and challenges of the energy transition in smart city districts by Sven Leonhardt, Tobias Nusser, Jürgen Görres, Sven Rosinger, Gerhard Stryi-Hipp, Martin Eckhard Pdf

Author : Sheri Koones
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 944 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781613125922

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Prefabulous World by Sheri Koones Pdf

A stunning look at how people around the world are using prefabrication to create energy-efficient, sustainable, and stylish homes. Prefabulous World is the fourth book in Sheri Konnes’s revolutionary Prefabulous series. Presenting an international look at sustainable home design, it explores a compelling range of design styles and cutting-edge green technologies. The rising cost of fuel and the growing commitment to protect the environment have sparked exciting innovations in prefab home construction around the world. Showcasing many of the unlimited possibilities offered by prefabrication to build increasingly energy-efficient homes, Prefabulous World features fifty sophisticated examples of eco-friendly home design in Australia, New Zealand;Japan, Canada, the United States, England, Germany, South Africa, and beyond. “As we look into the future, it is clear the more and more intelligent materials and energies will be brought to hand as preassembled optimized components and systems, and they will be beautiful—just witness the homes we enjoy discovering in this lovely book.” —William McDonough, designer, advisor, thought leader, and co-author of Cradle to Cradle and The Upcycle

Author : Scott Hassell
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003-02-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780833034090

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Building Better Homes by Scott Hassell Pdf

This report examines the structure, characteristics, and motivations of major participants in the housing industry to explore how innovation might be accelerated. It identifies options and strategies for the federal government to consider as it attempts to further advance innovation in housing to make homes more affordable, durable, and safe. Innovation in housing would provide benefits to a broad range of participants, including homebuilders, manufacturers, insurers, regulators, and homeowners.

Author : Mardiana Idayu Ahmad,Saffa Riffat
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030500061

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Energy Recovery Technology for Building Applications by Mardiana Idayu Ahmad,Saffa Riffat Pdf

This book discusses energy recovery technology, a green innovation that can be used in buildings. This technology reduces energy consumption in buildings and provides energy savings to conventional mechanical ventilation systems. Divided into eight chapters, the book provides in-depth technical information, state-of-the-art research, and latest developments in the energy recovery technology field. Case-studies describe worldwide applications of energy recovery technology and its integrated system for building services. This book will be used as a general and technical reference book for students, engineers, professionals, practitioners, scientists, and researchers seeking to reduce energy consumption of buildings in various climatic conditions. Presents an overview of energy consumption scenarios in buildings and the needs for energy-efficient technologies at regional and global levels; Explains models and methods of energy recovery technology performance evaluation; Inspires further research into energy recovery technology for building applications.

Author : Peter Newton,Keith Hampson,Robin Drogemuller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781134041824

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Technology, Design and Process Innovation in the Built Environment by Peter Newton,Keith Hampson,Robin Drogemuller Pdf

Buildings and infrastructure represent principal assets of any national economy as well as prime sources of environmental degradation. Making them more sustainable represents a key challenge for the construction, planning and design industries and governments at all levels; and the rapid urbanisation of the 21st century has turned this into a global challenge. This book embodies the results of a major research programme by members of the Australia Co-operative Research Centre for Construction Innovation and its global partners, presented for an international audience of construction researchers, senior professionals and advanced students. It covers four themes, applied to regeneration as well as to new build, and within the overall theme of Innovation: Sustainable Materials and Manufactures, focusing on building material products, their manufacture and assembly – and the reduction of their ecological ‘fingerprints’, the extension of their service lives, and their re-use and recyclability. It also explores the prospects for applying the principles of the assembly line. Virtual Design, Construction and Management, viewed as increasing sustainable development through automation, enhanced collaboration (such as virtual design teams), real time BL performance assessment during design, simulation of the construction process, life-cycle management of project information (zero information loss) risk minimisation, and increased potential for innovation and value adding. Integrating Design, Construction and Facility Management over the Project Life Cycle, by converging ICT, design science engineering and sustainability science. Integration across spatial scales, enabling building–infrastructure synergies (such as water and energy efficiency). Convergences between IT and design and operational processes are also viewed as a key platform increased sustainability.

Author : Angèle H. Reinders,Jan Carel Diehl,Han Brezet
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118361153

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The Power of Design by Angèle H. Reinders,Jan Carel Diehl,Han Brezet Pdf

The Power of Design offers an introduction and a practical guide to product innovation, integrating the key topics that are necessary for the design of sustainable and energy-efficient products using sustainable energy technologies. Product innovation in sustainable energy technologies is an interdisciplinary field. In response to its growing importance and the need for an integrated view on the development of solutions, this text addresses the functional principles of various energy technologies next to the latest design processes and innovation methods. From the perspective of product applications, the book provides clear explanations of technologies that are significant for product integration, such as batteries, photovoltaic solar energy, fuel cells, small wind turbines, human power, energy saving lighting, thermal energy technologies in buildings, and piezoelectric energy conversions. The design processes and innovation methods presented in this book include various approaches ranging from technical, societal and creative methods that can be applied in different stages of the design process. Other features include: a methodological approach, enabling readers to easily apply the theory to their research projects and to the actual design of sustainable products with energy technologies discussion on interaction design and smart grid interventions colour photographs that illustrate the final products numerous case studies of product development projects and concepts in practice, enabling readers to understand and design energy-efficient products in several different markets a companion website containing useful information about the cases and an additional design cases with sustainable energy technologies The Power of Design provides a comprehensive and visually-appealing opening into the subject for third and fourth year students, postgraduates, and professionals in the areas of energy, environment, product design and engineering