The housing standard is very high in Sweden and there is a strong legislative framework protecting tenants. It therefore came as a surprise when a number of rundown and badly maintained estates were given attention in the media. In this article we try to explain how this could happen in the...

Energy-efficiency has received much attention from policy makers and the issue of reducing energy consumption in buildings has faced a true challenge in balancing incitements, restrictions and cost-effectiveness for required changes. The literature shows that technological change and technology...