Co-creative spaces for energy transition in communities | The Netherlands
July 2022. In collaboration with a municipality, a public housing provider and an energy collective.
Energy transition in buildings is faster and cheaper if communities (blocks or neighbourhoods) can invest collectively.
But how to find optimal energy solutions when community members differ in their preferences for environment, comfort,
cost? At TU Eindhoven we develop co-creative behavioural web tools for energy transition in communities.
Video's:
- See a 3min FILM about a game-of-choice for community members. The game gives insight into which renovation options are most valuable and which compromises people are willing to make. For example, insulation through a second wall inside is unacceptable for many residents because of esthetical and nuisance reasons. However, if this insulation yields a high enough environmental and comfort performance, people accept it.
- See a 4min FILM about a digital behavioural twin.
This web platform can predict community support for different energy renovation measures, using data from the game-of-choice.
Learnings from using the co-creation spaces:
- When communicating to communities (through webtools or otherwise), it is useful to describe energy-saving technologies in terms of user experiences instead of technical characteristics. Examples of user experiences are: energy bill reduction, house warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer, street noise reduction, etc.
- For housing associations, talking in terms of user experiences allows to reach out to tenant communities in a very early stage of the renovation planning, when no renovation details are known yet.
- Comfort effects of energy-saving home technologies play a crucial role for the acceptance of these technologies. It is
worthwhile to put effort in correct and complete reporting of these effects when communicating to communities.
Publications:
- Ossokina IV, Kerperien S, Arentze TA (2021) Does information encourage or discourage tenants to accept energy retrofitting of homes?, Article in Energy Economics
- Ossokina IV, Kerperien S, Arentze TA (2019) Verduurzaming van de huurwoningen: rol van motivatie en communicatie, Article in Real Estate Research Quarterly
- Kaltenegger J, Ossokina IV, Röck M & Pauwels P (2022). ROTUNDORO: A web-based decision support prototype for housing refurbishments considering consumer preferences. Conference paper in SBE22DELFT IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science.
- Karigar MT (2022). Energy Transition in the Built Environment: Participation and Preferences of Social Housing Tenants. EngD thesis TU Eindhoven.
- Tiellemans NHM, Kemperman ADAM, Maussen SJE & Arentze TA (2022). The influence of group decision making on residents’ preferences for sustainable energy measures of dwellings. Article in Building Research & Information.