Building Professionals Facing the Energy Efficiency Challenge.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Title -- Copyright -- Contributions and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 A Look at "Performance" Buildings: An Interdisciplinary Survey of Professionals -- 1.1. Stakeholders for understanding the challenges of energy, the climate and the environment -- 1.2. The survey of building professionals in France -- 2 Uneasiness Among Professionals: Multiple Obstacles -- 2.1. A host of constraints -- 2.2. Prometheus syndrome: The belief in new techniques as a silver bullet -- 2.3. The "Exquisite Corpse" syndrome: segmentation and the challenges and actors -- 2.4. From experimentation to standardization... and its adverse effects -- 2.5. Multi-criteria testing: The "trajectory" of problems and solutions -- 2.6. From a crisis of obstacles, to the devices and the resources needed for a transition -- 3 The Characteristics of the Pioneers: Trajectories, Construction, and the Advancement of Their Skills -- 3.1. Adherence to ecological values and the broad array of systems for engagement -- 3.2. Construction, distribution and adaptation of knowledge, expertise and skills -- Appendix: Selection of First-Hand Accounts from Building Area Participants -- Alain Bornarel -- Alexandre da Silva -- Frank Dimitropoulos -- Michaël Fournier -- Jean-Marc Gary -- Françoise-Hélène Jourda -- Milena Karanesheva and Mischa Witzmann -- Yves Lion -- Bertrand Montarou -- Marine Morain -- Vincent Pierré -- Laurent Vacher-Bruel -- Jean-Luc Vallade -- Delphine Saint-Quentin -- Marika Frenette -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- End User License Agreement.

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