TY - JOUR
T1 - The "Warm Houses" program
T2 - Insulating existing buildings through compulsory retrofits
AU - Lo, Kevin
N1 - Funding Information:
I thank Prof. Tong Lianjun and Dr. Li He from the Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology for their help with the project. This project received financial support from the Australian Research Council Grant ( DP1094801 ) [Low-carbon Project] and School of Land and Environment, University of Melbourne.
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - The importance of insulating the existing building stock in the age of climate change and energy scarcity is well recognized, but effective public policies for doing so have not been forthcoming. This paper analyzes a novel approach pioneered by the city of Changchun in northeast China. Since 2010, the municipal authority has implemented a program to refurbish nearly half a million homes with wall and roof insulation and energy-efficient windows and doors. The success of this program is attributed to an assertive approach and an efficient, government-sponsored funding model. However, the program faces several challenges, including a lack of effective supervision, the negative impact on poor households, and ineffective energy-saving due to a lack of progress in heat-metering reform. This paper concludes by discussing the policy implications of this analysis.
AB - The importance of insulating the existing building stock in the age of climate change and energy scarcity is well recognized, but effective public policies for doing so have not been forthcoming. This paper analyzes a novel approach pioneered by the city of Changchun in northeast China. Since 2010, the municipal authority has implemented a program to refurbish nearly half a million homes with wall and roof insulation and energy-efficient windows and doors. The success of this program is attributed to an assertive approach and an efficient, government-sponsored funding model. However, the program faces several challenges, including a lack of effective supervision, the negative impact on poor households, and ineffective energy-saving due to a lack of progress in heat-metering reform. This paper concludes by discussing the policy implications of this analysis.
KW - Building insulation retrofits
KW - China
KW - Policy analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84937153581&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.seta.2014.12.003
DO - 10.1016/j.seta.2014.12.003
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84937153581
SN - 2213-1388
VL - 9
SP - 63
EP - 67
JO - Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
JF - Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
IS - 1
ER -
