(Not) in my city: An explorative study on social acceptance of photovoltaic installations on buildings

IF 10.1 1区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL ISSUES

Technology in Society Pub Date : 2024-09-29 DOI:10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102725

Angela Zhou , Roland Thomaschke , Andreas Wessels , Stefan Glunz , Thomas Speck , Andrea Kiesel

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Abstract

Existing buildings provide high surface potential for photovoltaic (PV) installations. When deciding whether a building is suitable for solar energy harvesting, social acceptance needs to be considered. While PV is accepted in general, research regarding the acceptance of PV for specific types of buildings is sparse. In two explorative studies, we investigated the building-specific acceptance of PV installations, taking new PV module designs into account.

The aim of the first study (N = 76, passersby in the Botanical Garden, Freiburg i. Br. Germany who volunteered to participate) was to investigate which PV module designs are accepted for different buildings. Six different PV crystalline silicon module prototypes varying in color and surface structure were presented on an exhibition table. Using a paper-pencil-survey, participants rated the modules and combined them with presented buildings. Results show that depending on the building, different modules were favored whereby PV modules were chosen mostly due to color integration.

In a second study (N = 109, recruited from the participant pool of the institute of psychology, University of Freiburg, Germany, mostly students, and in social media), participants indicated their acceptance of a PV installation for 24 different buildings in an online survey. Results revealed that social acceptance for PV installations on buildings was generally high and was even higher if the PV module was aesthetically integrated or invisibly. PV modules on historical buildings (including a church) were less accepted than on modern buildings. Yet for invisible PV modules, there were no acceptance differences between buildings. Building variables were found to be more important to predict building-specific acceptance than person-related variables such as environmental concerns, values or political attitude.

Taken together, the study gives a first insight into the subject of the social acceptance of urban PV installations. Results underline the importance of aesthetic integration and (in)visibility for PV installation on buildings.

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(不）在我的城市：关于建筑物光伏装置社会接受度的探索性研究

现有建筑为光伏（PV）装置提供了很大的表面潜力。在决定建筑物是否适合太阳能收集时，需要考虑社会的接受程度。虽然光伏发电已被普遍接受，但有关特定类型建筑对光伏发电接受程度的研究却很少。在两项探索性研究中，我们考虑到新的光伏组件设计，调查了特定建筑物对光伏装置的接受程度。第一项研究（N = 76，德国弗莱堡植物园的路人，自愿参与）的目的是调查不同建筑物对哪些光伏组件设计的接受程度。六种不同颜色和表面结构的晶体硅光伏组件原型被摆放在展览桌上。参与者通过纸笔调查对组件进行评分，并将其与展示的建筑物相结合。在第二项研究中（N=109，从德国弗莱堡大学心理学研究所的参与者库中招募，其中大部分是学生，并通过社交媒体），参与者在在线调查中表明了他们对 24 座不同建筑的光伏安装的接受程度。调查结果显示，社会对建筑物上安装光伏组件的接受度普遍较高，如果光伏组件是美观的一体化组件或隐形组件，则接受度更高。与现代建筑相比，在历史建筑（包括一座教堂）上安装光伏组件的接受度较低。然而，对于隐形光伏组件，不同建筑之间的接受度没有差异。研究发现，建筑变量比与人相关的变量（如环境问题、价值观或政治态度）更能预测特定建筑的接受度。研究结果表明，美学整合和（不）可见性对于在建筑物上安装光伏设施非常重要。

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17.90

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14.10%

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316

审稿时长

60 days

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