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SUMMARY: Domesticating pre-installed low and zero carbon energy technologi
 es - Dr. Lise Andreassen
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CONTACT:Dr. Eugene Mohareb
DESCRIPTION:Recent and forthcoming amendments to the Building Regulations 
 in England and Wales will necessitate an increasing reliance on low and ze
 ro carbon (LZC) energy technologies in new homes to meet tougher	carbon di
 oxide (CO2) emission standards\; this	will impact on those that design\, b
 uild\, regulate and live in new homes. Given the shifts in domestic energy
  technology configurations that will be encountered\, it is prudent to con
 sider how interactions between households and LZC technology develop\, as 
 this will influence the success of this shift in terms of CO2 reductions a
 chieved. This is the objective of my research and the topic for this	prese
 ntation. An early test-bed for the accelerated introduction of LZC technol
 ogy into new homes is provided by certain local authorities that have adop
 ted innovative planning policies. One such local authority was selected as
  the study area for this research\,	in which a borough-wide survey of new 
 home occupants was undertaken\, followed by semi-structured householder in
 terviews. Using methodological and theoretical perspectives from science a
 nd technology studies\, the research finds that LZC technology-householder
  associations are influenced by a myriad of factors (including structural\
 , technological\, experiential\, social and institutional ones) and that t
 heir development should be viewed as an on-going process open to influence
  and change. The range of interactions observed between households and the
 ir LZC technologies\, together with the high prevalence of faulty installa
 tions\, signifies that the change envisaged and driven by local policy-mak
 ers (in terms of projected CO2 reductions) is only partially underway.
LOCATION:Room SG1\, CRASSH Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambrid
 ge\, CB3 9DT
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