Energy Efficiency and Socio-Cultural Values in Public Policy in the City of Stockholm

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Název: Energy Efficiency and Socio-Cultural Values in Public Policy in the City of Stockholm
Autoři: Hagelqvist, Stina, Legnér, Mattias, Femenias, Maria Paula, 1966
Zdroj: Historic Environment: Policy and Practice. 15(4):540-563
Témata: climate, cultural values, renovation, built heritage, public housing, sustainability, conservation, legislation, public policy instruments, Energy efficiency
Popis: Cities face increasing challenges in reducing their impact on climate change while also preserving their cultural heritage, both older and more modern. This paper investigates the articulations of energy efficiency and cultural values in local public policies of the City of Stockholm. The municipality is particularly interesting in its self-imposed role as being world-leading in the climate transition. However, we argue that the city fails in undertaking a holistic approach to sustainability by not providing sufficient guidance on how energy efficiency and cultural values can be reconciled. Cross-sectorial and sectorial policy documents as well as the implementation of local directives and objectives in a large municipally owned housing company are studied. Two cases of renovation serve to demonstrate how policy is turned into practice and how energy efficiency aims and cultural values are assessed. One significant finding is the clear asymmetry between the steering ability of policy relative to energy efficiency and cultural values respectively. A major drawback is the lack of directives and guidelines concerning the built heritage, particularly at a building level, supporting decision-making when implementing necessary energy efficiency measures in buildings with cultural values. A recommendation made is to introduce cross-sectorial guidance in implementing energy efficiency measures in buildings with cultural values.
Popis souboru: electronic
Přístupová URL adresa: https://research.chalmers.se/publication/544298
https://research.chalmers.se/publication/544298/file/544298_Fulltext.pdf
Databáze: SwePub
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Abstrakt:Cities face increasing challenges in reducing their impact on climate change while also preserving their cultural heritage, both older and more modern. This paper investigates the articulations of energy efficiency and cultural values in local public policies of the City of Stockholm. The municipality is particularly interesting in its self-imposed role as being world-leading in the climate transition. However, we argue that the city fails in undertaking a holistic approach to sustainability by not providing sufficient guidance on how energy efficiency and cultural values can be reconciled. Cross-sectorial and sectorial policy documents as well as the implementation of local directives and objectives in a large municipally owned housing company are studied. Two cases of renovation serve to demonstrate how policy is turned into practice and how energy efficiency aims and cultural values are assessed. One significant finding is the clear asymmetry between the steering ability of policy relative to energy efficiency and cultural values respectively. A major drawback is the lack of directives and guidelines concerning the built heritage, particularly at a building level, supporting decision-making when implementing necessary energy efficiency measures in buildings with cultural values. A recommendation made is to introduce cross-sectorial guidance in implementing energy efficiency measures in buildings with cultural values.
ISSN:17567513
17567505
DOI:10.1080/17567505.2024.2436044