Collaboration Opportunities in Advanced Housing Renovation

Mlecnik, E.; Kondratenko, I.; Cré, J.; Aleksander, Joeri; Haavik, Trond; Grøn, Matilde; Hansen, Sanne; Svendsen, Svend; Stenlund, Olli

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2012.11.152

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“…Supply chain integration (where multiple measures and design services are provided by a single organisation) is shown as critical for the delivery of comprehensive residential retrofit, particularly for single-family houses. This supports previous literature on one-stop-shop retrofit BMs (Mahapatra et al 2013;Mlecnik et al 2012). Through this more integrated approach, performance gaps (Dowson et al 2012) and negative unintended consequences, such as mould and poor air quality, can also be minimized (Hansford 2015).…”

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Business models for residential retrofit in the UK: a critical assessment of five key archetypes

Brown

2018

Energy Efficiency

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The comprehensive retrofit of residential buildings has significant potential to reduce carbon emissions and provide additional heath and economic benefits. However, in countries such as the UK, much of this potential is yet to be realised. This paper shows how the concept of 'business models' (BMs) can be a powerful tool for understanding the challenge of improving energy performance and reducing carbon emissions in residential buildings. Through a review of contemporary literature and 18 semi-structured interviews, the paper describes and compares five distinct BM archetypes: the atomised market model, market intermediation model, one-stop-shop, energy services agreement and managed energy services agreement. These models range from the traditional approach to highly innovative energy service contracts. The paper further illustrates how the UK and EU market for retrofitting residential buildings is beginning to trial the more innovative BMs. These emerging BMs are characterised by increasingly industrialised processes and integrated supply chains, a holistic customer offering and single point of sale, longterm energy-saving performance contracts (ESPC) and integral project finance. It is argued that whilst the traditional BM is suitable for the implementation of single or piecemeal energy-saving measures, BM innovation will be required to meet the UK's ambitious climate change targets. Keywords Energy efficiency. Retrofit. Housing. Business models. ESCO. ESPC. Value proposition. Supply chain. Customer interface. Financial model. Governance 1 SAP quantifies a dwelling's performance in terms of energy use per unit floor area, a fuel-cost-based energy efficiency rating (the SAP Rating) and emissions of CO2 (the Environmental Impact Rating) (GOV.UK 2017).

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Business models for residential retrofit in the UK: a critical assessment of five key archetypes

Brown

2018

Energy Efficiency

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“…The Energiesprong initiative radically overhauls this approach, through an integrated business model. Thus, our findings support recent research on the potential for supply chain integration (Mahapatra et al, 2013;Mlecnik et al, 2018Mlecnik et al, , 2012 and energy performance contracts for promoting whole-house retrofit (Brown, 2018;Winther and Gurigard, 2017). Therefore, these findings emphasise how the 'integrative technologies' -which characterise whole-house retrofit are best suited to hierarchical or integrated modes of governance (Hoetker, 2006;Sanchez and Mahoney, 1996).…”

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How Can Intermediaries Promote Business Model Innovation: The Case of ‘Energiesprong’ Whole-House Retrofits in the United Kingdom (UK) and the Netherlands

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“…All groups considered introducing one main contact point as a key value proposition that might appeal to the homeowner, which might suggest the validity of the appeal of this customer value as suggested by various authors (Vanhoutteghem et al 2011;Haavik et al 2012aHaavik et al , 2012bHaavik et al , 2012cMlecnik et al 2012;Mahapatra et al 2013;Mlecnik et al 2013;Galiotto et al 2016;Grøn Bjørneboe et al 2017). However, the results also show that only a few consortia implemented this in practice.…”

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“…The engagement of intermediaries-which can include both public and private stakeholders-can also be important for facilitating individual building projects, creating niche markets, implementing new practices, supporting the creation of new business models and facilitating building use post-construction (Kivimaa and Martiskainen 2017). Various researchers (Haavik et al 2012a(Haavik et al , 2012b(Haavik et al , 2012cMlecnik et al 2012;Mahapatra et al 2013;Mlecnik et al 2013) suggest that supply-side activation should aim for innovative and cooperative business models, where various professionals collaborate to reduce fragmentation and to lessen the burden on the homeowner.…”

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Collaborative business model development for home energy renovations

2018

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In the EU, housing retrofit rates have to increase to about 2.5-3% of the housing stock per year to achieve policy goals. The development of new business models and collaboration of SMEs in a fragmented market is expected to result in an increase in home renovations. This study presents a way to better understand the usefulness of the business model as a market device for collaborating firms for realising home energy renovations, by analysing literature and action research observations. Joint innovation decisions during business model development were traced back for 24 groups emerging from the supply side in five European countries. Commonalities for all groups were analysed to understand the usefulness of the business model. The business model development experiences show that effort is still required to support SME collaboration and to introduce basic marketing knowledge within SMEs, particularly to identify the customer segment and its values and to clarify the effectiveness of existing communication channels. Business models appear to be very useful for collaborative vision formation and networking and for clarifying the need of customer-oriented approaches that include project management and structured guidance of homeowners. However, they do not readily lead to the introduction of collaborative businesses, for which action plan are needed. Collaborating companies are advised to pay specific attention to identifying quality assurance and independent advice for home energy renovations. The research acknowledges the success of action-based research approaches to support collaborative business development and recommends its future use to speed up market development.

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Collaboration Opportunities in Advanced Housing Renovation

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Business models for residential retrofit in the UK: a critical assessment of five key archetypes

Business models for residential retrofit in the UK: a critical assessment of five key archetypes

How Can Intermediaries Promote Business Model Innovation: The Case of ‘Energiesprong’ Whole-House Retrofits in the United Kingdom (UK) and the Netherlands

Collaborative business model development for home energy renovations

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