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Aigwi, I E, Egbelakin, T and Ingham, J (2018) Efficacy of adaptive reuse for the redevelopment of underutilised historical buildings. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(04), 385–407.

Baron, N and Cherenet, Z (2018) Perceptions and pathways of resilience in Addis Ababa. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(04), 337–52.

Brown, S and Walker, G (2008) Understanding heat wave vulnerability in nursing and residential homes. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 363–72.

Buyukyoran, F and Gundes, S (2018) Optimized real options-based approach for government guarantees in PPP toll road projects. Construction Management and Economics, 36(04), 203–16.

Cole, R J, Robinson, J, Brown, Z and O'Shea, M (2008) Re-contextualizing the notion of comfort. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 323–36.

Cooper, G (2008) Escaping the house: Comfort and the California garden. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 373–80.

Harris, H J (2008) Conquering winter: US consumers and the cast-iron stove. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 337–50.

Higgins, D and Perera, T (2018) Advancing real estate decision making: understanding known, unknown and unknowable risks. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(04), 373–84.

Huuhka, S and Saarimaa, S (2018) Adaptability of mass housing: size modification of flats as a response to segregation. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(04), 408–26.

Leiringer, R and Dainty, A (2018) Plugging into the big debates of the day. Construction Management and Economics, 36(04), 181.

Parkhurst, G and Parnaby, R (2008) Growth in mobile air-conditioning: A socio-technical research agenda. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 351–62.

Sadikoglu Asan, H and Ozsoy, A (2018) The importance of user memory in understanding housing quality. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(04), 427–46.

Shadid, W K (2018) A framework for managing organizations in complex environments. Construction Management and Economics, 36(04), 182–202.

Type: Journal Article
Keywords: adaptive behaviour; air-conditioning; climate change; comfort; demand management; indoor environmental quality; inhabitants; peak demand; residential energy consumption; smart meters
ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613210802087648
Abstract:
Australia's residential peak electricity demand is escalating rapidly and causing major distribution and generation challenges for the industry. This rise is largely attributed to converging and rising expectations of comfort in the home, which are being satisfied by Australians' increasing reliance on air-conditioning. Residential demand-management strategies seek to address this by either actively managing consumer demand, or encouraging consumers to act as co-managers of their demand, during peak times. Drawing on interviews with demand-management practitioners from electricity distributors and retailers, the impact of several residential demand-management techniques is considered in relation to comfort expectations. It is argued that utilities delivering demand-management trials are shaping, and being shaped by, 'normal' expectations of comfort. Further social research is called for to assess the impact of demand-management techniques on escalating comfort expectations, and to design and implement strategies that address this fundamental issue.

Warren-Myers, G, Judge, M and Paladino, A (2018) Sustainability ratings in residential development: a worthwhile endeavour?. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(04), 353–72.