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Swedish House Owners’ Intentions Towards Renovations : Is there a Market for One-Stop-Shop?.

Pardalis, Georgios LU ; Mahapatra, Krushna ; Bravo, Giangiacomo and Mainali, Brijesh (2019) In Buildings 9(7).
Abstract
In this paper, we examine factors affecting owners’ intention for renovation of their detached houses. Furthermore, we analyze their interest in choosing a one-stop-shop (OSS) service for the renovation, even though such a concept is not yet established in Sweden, but emerging in other parts of Europe. Our study is based on responses to an online questionnaire survey of 971 house owners residing in Kronoberg Region in Sweden. About 76% of the respondents intend to renovate in the near future, with approximately 71% of them preferring to renovate individual components of their dwelling and 5% to renovate their whole house in steps. House owners of younger age, higher income, higher education, and those with an interest for environmental... (More)
In this paper, we examine factors affecting owners’ intention for renovation of their detached houses. Furthermore, we analyze their interest in choosing a one-stop-shop (OSS) service for the renovation, even though such a concept is not yet established in Sweden, but emerging in other parts of Europe. Our study is based on responses to an online questionnaire survey of 971 house owners residing in Kronoberg Region in Sweden. About 76% of the respondents intend to renovate in the near future, with approximately 71% of them preferring to renovate individual components of their dwelling and 5% to renovate their whole house in steps. House owners of younger age, higher income, higher education, and those with an interest for environmental issues, were the ones most interested in physical renovations, which improves energy efficiency of the building. For those house owners, one-stop-shop can facilitate the decision-making process, and help them to choose those measures that will improve their quality of life. Approximately 20% of the respondents had a positive view towards an one-stop-shop, which is an indicator that market for such a service exists. Parameters such as quality of work, cost and energy savings and specification of measures to be adopted are the key for the promotion of one-stop-shop. Additionally, house owners want to have a certain level of involvement in the selection of actors performing the renovation. Moreover, financial incentives, e.g., loans, do not play a significant role for the selection of one-stop-shop, but act as complementary motive for house owners. (Less)
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Renovation, Energy efficiency, one-stop shops
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Buildings
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9
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7
article number
164
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MDPI AG
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  • scopus:85070101538
ISSN
2075-5309
DOI
10.3390/buildings9070164
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English
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  author       = {{Pardalis, Georgios and Mahapatra, Krushna and Bravo, Giangiacomo and Mainali, Brijesh}},
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  keywords     = {{Renovation; Energy efficiency; one-stop shops}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{MDPI AG}},
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  title        = {{Swedish House Owners’ Intentions Towards Renovations : Is there a Market for One-Stop-Shop?.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings9070164}},
  doi          = {{10.3390/buildings9070164}},
  volume       = {{9}},
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