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Carbon Dioxide Reduction in Housing: Experiences in Urban Renewal Projects in the Netherlands

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  • Jochem F M van der Waals

    (Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, PO Box 30945, 2500 GX, The Hague, The Netherlands)

  • Walter J V Vermeulen
  • Pieter Glasbergen

Abstract

It is increasingly being recognised that the housing sector can contribute to reductions in the levels of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). The renewal of existing residential areas offers opportunities to reduce CO 2 emissions. However, technical options for CO 2 -reduction, such as insulation, solar energy, and combined heat and power, often fail to materialise. For a better understanding of why options for CO 2 -reduction are applied or rejected, it is insufficient to consider only the economic and technical features of these options themselves: factors related to planning processes play an important role as well. Experiences in urban renewal projects suggest that a combination of local process management and national top-down strategies is needed to go beyond conventional building practices.

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  • Jochem F M van der Waals & Walter J V Vermeulen & Pieter Glasbergen, 2003. "Carbon Dioxide Reduction in Housing: Experiences in Urban Renewal Projects in the Netherlands," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 21(3), pages 411-427, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:21:y:2003:i:3:p:411-427
    DOI: 10.1068/c0037j
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    1. Imke Lammers & Thomas Hoppe, 2018. "Analysing the Institutional Setting of Local Renewable Energy Planning and Implementation in the EU: A Systematic Literature Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-22, September.

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