Renovation as a catalyst for social and environmental value creation: Towards holistic strategies for sustainable housing transformation

TY - GEN

T1 - Renovation as a catalyst for social and environmental value creation:

T2 - BEYOND 2020 – World Sustainable Built Environment online conference

AU - Jensen, Stina Rask

AU - Mose Entwistle, Johanne

AU - Hansen, Hanne Tine Ring

AU - Strange, Anders

AU - Kirkegaard, Poul Henning

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - Renovation of the existing building mass represents an important potential for energy savings in the building sector. In Denmark, this is especially relevant within the domain of social housing. Energy motivated renovations are, however, only a long-term sustainable solution if they also support the wellbeing of the residents. Failure to do so may result in homes lying idle and in need of re-renovation or demolition. On the positive side, focusing on potentials for catalyzing social value creation as part of a holistic approach to sustainability may help justify more costly energy renovation measures. The paper presents a tentative framework for articulating the relationships between material transformations and their joint environmental and social impact. The framework is based on a literature review and a synthesis of effect studies of social value creation in multifamily housing renovation. As part of the concluding perspectives, the paper discusses potentials for further development of the tentative framework into a support tool for use in early design processes, as well as potentials for visualizing financial benefits associated with the social value creation.

AB - Renovation of the existing building mass represents an important potential for energy savings in the building sector. In Denmark, this is especially relevant within the domain of social housing. Energy motivated renovations are, however, only a long-term sustainable solution if they also support the wellbeing of the residents. Failure to do so may result in homes lying idle and in need of re-renovation or demolition. On the positive side, focusing on potentials for catalyzing social value creation as part of a holistic approach to sustainability may help justify more costly energy renovation measures. The paper presents a tentative framework for articulating the relationships between material transformations and their joint environmental and social impact. The framework is based on a literature review and a synthesis of effect studies of social value creation in multifamily housing renovation. As part of the concluding perspectives, the paper discusses potentials for further development of the tentative framework into a support tool for use in early design processes, as well as potentials for visualizing financial benefits associated with the social value creation.

KW - Social value creation

KW - Environmental value creation

KW - Architecture

KW - Energy renovation

KW - SDG goals

KW - Sustainability

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097203545&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1088/1755-1315/588/2/022065

DO - 10.1088/1755-1315/588/2/022065

M3 - Conference article

SN - 1755-1307

VL - 588

JO - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

JF - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

IS - 2

M1 - 022065

Y2 - 2 November 2020 through 4 November 2020

ER -