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The Comfort Tool: Assessment and Promotion of Energy Efficiency and Universal Design in Home Renovations
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Abstract This article introduces a method for advancing environmental and social sustainability objectives in relation to home renovations laid out in European and Belgian policies. The comfort tool is an instrument that simultaneously addresses the energy efficiency and universal design aspects of a sustain... mehr
This article introduces a method for advancing environmental and social sustainability objectives in relation to home renovations laid out in European and Belgian policies. The comfort tool is an instrument that simultaneously addresses the energy efficiency and universal design aspects of a sustainable home renovation while being usable and meaningful to laymen homeowners and improving their communication with building professionals. It is based on recent research exploring a synergetic merging of energy efficiency and universal design in housing through the concept of indoor environmental comfort. It employs comfort as a way of intervening in the decision-making process for energy efficiency and universal design measures in home renovations. The comfort tool takes a user-centered approach and rests on an interdisciplinary set of theoretical constructs bringing together knowledge from psychology, nursing, design, and building sciences. Besides describing the method itself, the article lays out the theoretical underpinnings and motivations behind its development and discusses relevant future considerations for sustainable home renovations research and practice.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Wohnhaus; Gebäude; Renovierung; Nachhaltigkeit; Energieeinsparung; Energieverbrauch; Design
Klassifikation
Raumplanung und Regionalforschung
Ökologie und Umwelt
Freie Schlagwörter
comfort; comfort tool; energy efficiency; home renovation; universal design
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 33-44
Zeitschriftentitel
Urban Planning, 7 (2022) 2
Heftthema
Zero Energy Renovation: How to Get Users Involved?
ISSN
2183-7635
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)