2026-09-20T10:40:04Zhttps://dspace.mit.edu/server/oai/requestoai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/1003722022-01-13T07:54:46Zcom_1721.1_7582com_1721.1_7581col_1721.1_131023
Harvey Michaels.
Franklin, James G
System Design and Management Program.
System Design and Management Program.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division
2015-12-16T16:34:57Z
2015-12-16T16:34:57Z
2015
2015
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100372
931703707
Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, System Design and Management Program, 2015̆.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-72).
Exploring a systems-based view of the energy efficiency roadblocks faced by financiers, builders, owners, and tenants. In 1992 Amory Lovins, founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute, wrote a paper entitled "Energy-Efficient Buildings: Institutional Barriers and Opportunities". In it, he detailed roadblocks to constructing energy efficient commercial buildings- from the fear of lenders to finance the unknown, to developers unmotivated to instill efficiency, to mechanical engineers specifying job-securing (and commission-increasing) safety margins when (over)sizing the apparati- every step of a commercial building's genesis is fraught with status quo and timidity. Now, almost 25 years later, we will take a look at what has changed, what hasn't, and what areas still need incentivizing to get on a sustainable track towards efficiency. We model the systems to exhibit the persistent resistance to changes, the extraordinary pace with which some markets have embraced change, and the feedback mechanisms that can make efficiency both possible and profitable.
by James G. Franklin.
S.M. in Engineering and Management
72 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.
http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582
Engineering Systems Division.
System Design and Management Program.
Systemic impediments to constructing energy-efficient commercial buildings
Thesis
application/pdf
false
Publication
unknown
unknown
<Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="1f3bcf45-7445-46e8-9008-a447968b0860">
<Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type>
<Language>eng</Language>
<Title>Systemic impediments to constructing energy-efficient commercial buildings</Title>
<PublishedIn>
<Publication>
</Publication>
</PublishedIn>
<PublicationDate>2015</PublicationDate>
<Authors>
<Author>
<DisplayName>Franklin, James G</DisplayName>
<Affiliation>
<OrgUnit>
</OrgUnit>
</Affiliation>
</Author>
</Authors>
<Editors>
</Editors>
<Publishers>
<Publisher>
<DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName>
<OrgUnit />
</Publisher>
</Publishers>
<License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License>
<Keyword>Engineering Systems Division.</Keyword>
<Keyword>System Design and Management Program.</Keyword>
<Abstract>Exploring a systems-based view of the energy efficiency roadblocks faced by financiers, builders, owners, and tenants. In 1992 Amory Lovins, founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute, wrote a paper entitled "Energy-Efficient Buildings: Institutional Barriers and Opportunities". In it, he detailed roadblocks to constructing energy efficient commercial buildings- from the fear of lenders to finance the unknown, to developers unmotivated to instill efficiency, to mechanical engineers specifying job-securing (and commission-increasing) safety margins when (over)sizing the apparati- every step of a commercial building's genesis is fraught with status quo and timidity. Now, almost 25 years later, we will take a look at what has changed, what hasn't, and what areas still need incentivizing to get on a sustainable track towards efficiency. We model the systems to exhibit the persistent resistance to changes, the extraordinary pace with which some markets have embraced change, and the feedback mechanisms that can make efficiency both possible and profitable.</Abstract>
<Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right"
>
</Access>
</Publication>