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Brown, N, Malmqvist, T and Wintzell, H (2016) Owner organizations' value-creation strategies through environmental certification of buildings. Building Research & Information, 44(08), 863-74.
Chand, A M and Loosemore, M (2016) Hospital learning from extreme weather events: Using causal loop diagrams. Building Research & Information, 44(08), 875-88.
Fennell, P, Ruyssevelt, P and Smith, A Z P (2016) Financial viability of school retrofit projects for clients and ESCOs. Building Research & Information, 44(08), 889-11.
Garretón, J Y, Rodriguez, R and Pattini, A (2016) Effects of perceived indoor temperature on daylight glare perception. Building Research & Information, 44(08), 907-19.
Huuhka, S (2016) Vacant residential buildings as potential reserves: A geographical and statistical study. Building Research & Information, 44(08), 816-39.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: value conservation; resource efficiency; obsolescence; resilient housing; building stock; finland; vacant buildings; vacancy rates; redundancy; housing stock; shrinking cities; energy efficiency; residential buildings; vacancies
- ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2016.1107316
- Abstract:
Vacant housing has been associated with a variety of interests from economic implications and consequences for the urban structure to the possibility of providing housing for the homeless. In addition to these social and financial aspects, unused buildings have resources embedded in them. They take land from other activities and contain refined natural resources in the form of building components and materials. Therefore, empty buildings can be regarded as reserves for housing and repositories for urban mining, i.e. material extraction. In doing so, these buildings contribute to the resilience of cities. This geographical and statistical study on residential vacancies is situated in Finland, where empty homes may also keep using energy and producing emissions. The research material consists of a vast dataset of all residential buildings with vacancies in Finland in mid-2014, a total of 275 486 buildings with 1 100 267 occupied and 378 802 unoccupied dwellings (52% of the Finnish housing stock). The paper shows several characteristics that increase the understanding of vacancies and their role in the dynamics of the building stock. Public policy should address the issue of vacancy, not only because of social and economic implications but also because of its environmental impacts and opportunities.;Vacant housing has been associated with a variety of interests from economic implications and consequences for the urban structure to the possibility of providing housing for the homeless. In addition to these social and financial aspects, unused buildings have resources embedded in them. They take land from other activities and contain refined natural resources in the form of building components and materials. Therefore, empty buildings can be regarded as reserves for housing and repositories for urban mining, i.e. material extraction. In doing so, these buildings contribute to the resilience of cities. This geographical and statistical study on residential vacancies is situated in Finland, where empty homes may also keep using energy and producing emissions. The research material consists of a vast dataset of all residential buildings with vacancies in Finland in mid-2014, a total of 275 486 buildings with 1 100 267 occupied and 378 802 unoccupied dwellings (52% of the Finnish housing stock). The paper shows several characteristics that increase the understanding of vacancies and their role in the dynamics of the building stock. Public policy should address the issue of vacancy, not only because of social and economic implications but also because of its environmental impacts and opportunities.;
Kuusk, K and Kalamees, T (2016) Retrofit cost-effectiveness: Estonian apartment buildings. Building Research & Information, 44(08), 920-34.
Ortlepp, R, Gruhler, K and Schiller, G (2016) Material stocks in Germany's non-domestic buildings: A new quantification method. Building Research & Information, 44(08), 840-62.