Print Email Facebook Twitter Energy policy instruments and technical change in the residential building sector Title Energy policy instruments and technical change in the residential building sector Author Beerepoot, W.M.C. Contributor Priemus, H. (promotor) Faculty OTB Date 2007-12-19 Abstract The passing by the European Parliament of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) in 2003 obliges all European member states to implement energy regulations for buildings based on the concept of energy performance by the year 2009 ultimately. 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 thesis contributes to knowledge about the content of energy performance policy and concludes that the effect of Dutch energy performance policy in encouraging innovation is limited. Energy efficiency improvements, by energy performance policy, seem to have come from the overall optimisation of all the energy related features of residential buildings. Insulation levels improved, although not spectacularly. Efficiencies of heating technology improved, although this seems partly to be as a result of the ongoing development that started in the 1980s. The efficiency of fans used for ventilation improved, as did the efficiency of all sorts of auxiliary devices needed in heating technology, as well as the efficiency of heat recovery in balanced ventilation systems. Although energy performance policy seems to have contributed to the optimisation of all energy related features of residential buildings, it did not cause a breakthrough of innovative technology such as solar thermal systems or heat pumps. 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. Subject energypolicyepbdhousinginnovation To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f14bcd85-34a3-40d2-927b-c8820362f985 Publisher IOS Press ISBN 978-1-58603-811-3 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights (c) 2007 W.M.C. Beerepoot Files PDF otb_beerepoot_20071219.pdf 2.33 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:f14bcd85-34a3-40d2-927b-c8820362f985/datastream/OBJ/view