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041	0		_aeng
100	1		_aLovell, Heather
245	0	0	_aSupply and demand for low energy housing in the UK _binsights from a science and technology studies approach
260	3		_c2005
490		0	_aHousing Studies _v20(5) September 2005, 815-829(16)
520			_aEvidence is emerging in the UK housing market of consumer demand for low energy housing but little has been built to date by private sector house builders and existing low energy housing is largely within the social housing and self-build sectors. Introduces ideas from science and technology studies (STS) to help understand why the housing market is slow to respond to changing consumer preferences. Examines STS concepts and provides a theoretical approach to consumer demand for low energy housing and producers' decision-making about low energy housing. Concludes that greater attention to socio-technical issues highlights some of the reasons why innovation and change are difficult to effect. Table covers low energy housing in the East Midlands and a figure displays initiators of UK low energy housing developments by housing sector. References.
590			_aIKA251005
690			_aENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND CONSULTANCY-ENERGY-ENERGY USE-ENERGY EFFICIENCY
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