Jenny Palm
Head of department
Understanding tenants’ responses to energy efficiency renovations in public housing in Sweden : From the resigned to the demanding
Author
Summary, in English
This study focuses on the experiences of tenants in renovation projects of public housing rental apartments in Sweden. Tenants’ perspectives are under-researched in the context of energy efficiency renovation projects, which is a considerable oversight given the many ways in which such projects impact their lives. The aim of the paper is to reveal rare qualitative insights into tenants’ experiences of, and attitudes towards, energy efficiency renovations in a public housing context and the extent to which they feel motivated and able to influence the renovation project. Participatory observations at tenant meetings were conducted as well as semi-structured phone interviews. An empirically driven typology is developed indicating that tenants have different interests and attitudes regarding energy efficiency renovations. Six different types are identified: the satisfied; the demanding, the conservative, the resigned, the sceptical and the resistant.
Department/s
- The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
Publishing year
2020
Language
English
Pages
2619-2626
Publication/Series
Energy Reports
Volume
6
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
- Energy Systems
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Keywords
- Energy efficiency
- Renovations
- Tenants
- Principle–agent
- Multi-family dwellings
- energy use
- Sweden
- lifestyle
- energy behaviour
- landlord
- rented multi-family dwellings
Status
Published
Project
- Walking with Energy: overcoming energy invisibility through research participation
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 2352-4847