Commercial Building Partnerships Replication and Diffusion

Antonopoulos, Chrissi A. ; Dillon, Heather E. ; Baechler, Michael C.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Commercial Building Partnerships;    Diffusion;    Commercial Buildings;    Replication;    Eem;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1097934
RP-ID  :  PNNL-22833
RP-ID  :  AC05-76RL01830
RP-ID  :  1097934

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This study presents findings from survey and interview data investigating replication efforts of Commercial Building Partnership (CBP) partners that worked directly with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). PNNL partnered directly with 12 organizations on new and retrofit construction projects, which represented approximately 28 percent of the entire U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) CBP program. Through a feedback survey mechanism, along with personal interviews, PNNL gathered quantitative and qualitative data relating to replication efforts by each organization. These data were analyzed to provide insight into two primary research areas: 1) CBP partners’ replication efforts of technologies and approaches used in the CBP project to the rest of the organization’s building portfolio (including replication verification), and, 2) the market potential for technology diffusion into the total U.S. commercial building stock, as a direct result of the CBP program. The first area of this research focused specifically on replication efforts underway or planned by each CBP program participant. Factors that impact replication include motivation, organizational structure and objectives firms have for implementation of energy efficient technologies. Comparing these factors between different CBP partners revealed patterns in motivation for constructing energy efficient buildings, along with better insight into market trends for green building practices. The second area of this research develops a diffusion of innovations model to analyze potential broad market impacts of the CBP program on the commercial building industry in the United States.