Smart renovation of residential real estate and neighbourhoods: An exploratory research into the possibilities of open data to support the renovation process in the initiation phase

Smart renovation of residential real estate and neighbourhoods: An exploratory research into the possibilities of open data to support the renovation process in the initiation phase

Kramer, I.

Chen, Y. (mentor)
Zijlstra, S. (mentor)

Architecture and The Built Environment

Real Estate & Housing

Urban Development Management

2016-01-26

In this master thesis an exploratory research into the possibly of the implementation of open data in the renovation process of post-war serial built dwellings is described. A user need analysis has been conducted by means of literature review, expert interviews and case studies. This led to a description of the process, the involved stakeholders and bottlenecks in the process. 22 bottlenecks have been identified in the process, these bottlenecks can be put in the categories ‘stakeholder collaborations’, ‘knowledge level’, ‘funding’ and ‘context’. In the research synthesis a link between these bottlenecks and possible information input from open data is made. This led to an analysis of available open data sets in the Netherlands that might aid the renovation process. 57 data sets were identified to be useful for the process. Since none of the bottlenecks has the lack of data or information as its origin, it is unlikely that the implementation of open data would directly solve the bottlenecks. However, it could facilitate to reduce some of the bottlenecks. In this report a framework is presented which could be used by stakeholders in the process as a guideline to find useful data sets in the open data database of the Dutch government. To make the implementation possible the level of awareness and transparency in the process should be raised. Furthermore, both subjects, the renovation process with the focus on energetic sustainability and the availability of open data, should continue to go through the transition, which they are going through currently, before the implementation of open data in the process could be successful.

renovation
energetic renovation
energetic sustainability
open data
data use
data re-use
post-war serial built dwellings
residential real estate
residential neighbourhoods

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Student theses

master thesis

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