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Overcoming barriers to sustainability: an explanation of residential builders' reluctance to adopt clean technologies.
- Source :
- Business Strategy & the Environment (John Wiley & Sons, Inc); Dec2009, Vol. 18 Issue 8, p515-527, 13p, 1 Chart
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- The construction industry has great opportunities to significantly reduce CO<subscript>2</subscript> emissions by improving the energy efficiency of residential buildings. However, in this industry, diffusion of cost-effective clean technologies has been notoriously slow and below potential. This paper sheds light on factors that explain why construction companies have been reluctant to adopt energy-efficient technologies. It questions why some companies have intensified their investments in clean technologies, while others are lagging behind. Based on a multiple case study of four Dutch building contractors, the paper shows that contractors that actively gather information and build internal technical capacity are keener on adopting energy-efficient technologies. Findings also reveal that it will be a major challenge for the construction industry to communicate the advantages of clean technologies to (potential) home buyers and create market demand. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09644733
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Business Strategy & the Environment (John Wiley & Sons, Inc)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 45479332
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.615