- Link:
- http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35172
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- Creator:
- Nutt-Powell, Thomas E.
- Format
- 1636597 bytes
- Format
- application/pdf
- Language
- en_US
- Publisher
- MIT Energy Laboratory
- Relation
- MIT-EL
- Relation
- 79-044
- Type
- Technical Report
- Description
- This paper is one of a series resulting from
institutional analysis of photovoltaic (PV) acceptance. It is the
summary report on a study of several residential projects which are
part of the DOE-HUD Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration
Program. Other papers in this series look in detail at aspects of
the residential institutional arena, and more fully present the
cases. The study of solar thermal applications in housing provides
useful guidance in structuring programs for PV acceptance in the
residential sector. The five cases illustrate one or more
institutional forces which influence the acceptance of solar energy
in housing. The cases involve residential developments of various
sorts, located in Massachusetts, Maryland, Indiana, New Mexico and
California. It is determined that each actor in the residential
sector has different, and complex motivations for considering,
using and continuing to use an innovation such as solar energy. The
choices of any given actor are a function of the type, source,
density and continuity of information exchanges found within the
institutional arena in which he/she operates. Finally, the
probability of rate and extent of innovation acceptance will be
increased to the degree that the innovation is made
comprehensible.
- Description
- Photovoltaics Project
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