PROPERTY MANAGEMENT - CHALLENGES IN THE INSTALLATION OF LARGE-SCALE BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS IN THE SWEDISH COOPERATIVE HOUSING SECTOR

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Muyingo
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Property Management ◽  
Housing Sector ◽  
Building Integrated Photovoltaics ◽  
Cooperative Housing

scholarly journals Design, manufacture and construct procurement model for volumetric offsite manufacturing in the UK housing sector

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Charlson ◽  
Nenpin Dimka
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Housing Association ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Housing Sector ◽  
Manufactured Housing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
The Uk

Purpose The purpose of this study is to gain insight into procurement routes and forms of contract used for volumetric offsite manufacturing (VOSM) in the housing sector of the UK West Midlands. Seminal literature and government reports have established the potential of offsite technologies to improve the supply of quality housing in the UK. However, the lack of a structured procurement route, common to manufacturing approaches in construction, has significantly contributed to delays in large scale adoption. Design/methodology/approach To achieve the research intention, an exploratory study was undertaken. A literature review of seminal literature and government papers was conducted to establish and benchmark current trends in context. Data was collected using focus groups and interviews with a housing association and housing VOSMs. Grounded theory was used to analyse data and inductively generate themes leading to an original procurement model. The issues identified in the delivery of volumetric housing were categorised into three themes. Findings The findings suggest a limited familiarity with offsite manufacturing (OSM) by housing providers. Albeit, a willingness to adopt these technologies to deliver housing were demonstrated by trial attempts. However, due to limited knowledge, the approach to procurement is by adapting existing procurement models, which are not ideal and obstruct the potential benefits of using offsite technologies primarily because of the significant difference in processes. Also, geographical location influenced procurement decisions when comparing cost with conventional procurement and the dearth of specific government incentives to deliver housing using offsite technologies. This study proposes a procurement model for VOSM. Practical implications The results have implications for decisions about procurement routes and contractual terms used by housing providers delivering volumetric offsite manufactured housing at scale. Although this study focussed on the West Midlands region, most of the issues identified were not geographically unique. Originality/value This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge on potential barriers to the adoption of OSM in the housing sector of the UK. The findings will be of value to stakeholders involved in delivering housing and offers a useful contextual basis for future research.

scholarly journals How Landlords of Small Rental Properties Decide Who Gets Housed and Who Gets Evicted

2021 ◽  
pp. 107808742110415
Author(s):  
Nathaniel Decker
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Property Management ◽  
Housing Stability ◽  
Selection Processes

Scholars and policymakers have long been interested in whether large-scale owners of rental properties have different management practices than smaller-scale owners and whether these differences matter for the housing stability of tenants. This is of particular concern among the 1- to 4-unit small rental properties that comprise half the nation’s rental housing stock. I conducted a nationwide survey supplemented with interviews to understand how owners (i) select their tenants and (ii) react to rent delinquencies. I find that larger-scale owners’ highly routinized property management systems make them much more likely to start the eviction process after a delinquency. However the tenant selection processes of professional owners also appear to result in a tenantry that has a somewhat higher delinquency rate, while the selection process for non-professional landlords raises fair housing concerns. I discuss how the link between the tenant selection and rent delinquency practices of landlords has a number of policy implications.

scholarly journals MONETARY POLICY AND HOUSING SECTOR DYNAMICS IN A LARGE-SCALE BAYESIAN VECTOR AUTOREGRESSIVE MODEL / PINIGŲ POLITIKA IR BŪSTO SEKTORIAUS DINAMIKA TAIKANT PLATAUS MASTO BAJESO VEKTORINĮ AUTOREGRESINĮ MODELĮ

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rangan Gupta ◽  
Marius Jurgilas ◽  
Alain Kabundi ◽  
Stephen M. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Autoregressive Model ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Housing Prices ◽  
Housing Sector ◽  
Response Patterns ◽  
Vector Autoregressive Model ◽  
The South ◽  
Vector Autoregressive ◽  
Housing Starts

Our paper considers the channel whereby monetary policy, a federal funds rate shock, affects the dynamics of the US housing sector. The analysis uses impulse response functions obtained from a large-scale Bayesian vector autoregressive model that incorporates 143 monthly macroeconomic variables over the period of 1986:01 to 2003:12, including 21 variables relating to the housing sector at the national and four Census regions. We find at the national level that housing starts, housing permits, and housing sales fall in response to the tightening of monetary policy. Housing sales react more quickly and sharply than starts and permits and exhibit more duration. Housing prices show the weakest response to the monetary policy shock. At the regional level, we conclude that the housing sector in the south drives the national findings in the sense that the response patterns in the South most closely match the response patterns in the nation as a whole. The West's responses differs the most from the other regions, especially for the impulse responses of housing starts and permits. Santrauka Straipsnyje nagrinėjama, kokiais kanalais pinigų politika (sukrėtimai dėl federalinių fondų palūkanų normos) veikia JAV būsto sektoriaus dinamiką. Analizei naudojamos reakcijos į impulsus funkcijos, gautos iš plataus masto Bajeso vektorinio autoregresinio modelio, kuris apima laikotarpį nuo 1986 m. sausio mėn. iki 2003 m. gruodžio mėn. ir 143 mėnesinius makroekonominius kintamuosius, įskaitant 21 su būsto sektoriumi susijusį kintamąjį nacionaliniu mastu pagal keturis statistinius regionus (angl. Census regions). Nustatyta, kad, nacionaliniu lygmeniu griežtėjat pinigų politikai, statoma mažiau naujų būstų, išduodama mažiau leidimų gyvenamajai statybai ir parduodama mažiau būstų. Prekybos būstais sektorius reaguoja sparčiau ir aštriau nei naujų statybų ir leidimų sektorius, o reakcija trunka ilgiau. Nustatyta, kad būstų kainos į pinigų politikos sukrėtimus reaguoja menkiausiai. Daroma išvada, kad regioniniu lygmeniu Pietų regiono būstų sektorius labiausiai prisideda prie nacionalinių išvadų tuo požiūriu, jog reakcijos pobūdis Pietuose panašiausias į bendrą nacionalinį reakcijos pobūdį. Vakarų reakcija nuo kitų regionų skiriasi labiausiai, ypač kalbant apie reakcijas į impulsus, susijusias su statomais būstais ir statybų leidimais.

scholarly journals Controlling Letting Arrangements? Landlords and surveillance in the private rented sector?

2002 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Lister
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Management Technique ◽  
Property Management ◽  
Housing Sector ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Legal Definition ◽  
Surveillance Activity ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Control Behaviour ◽  
Rented Sector

Research into landlord/tenant relationships in the private rented housing sector has rarely focussed upon landlords' surveillance of tenants as a means to control behaviour and use of property, despite it often taking the form, or being on the margins of the legal definition of harassment. Drawing on in-depth qualitative interviews, this article focuses upon day-to-day relationships between landlords and tenants and explores landlords' perceptions of their property and tenants and the types of surveillance activities they adopt to control and manage tenants behaviour. The article reveals the personal and emotional motivations behind landlords' surveillance activity and raises questions about the legal and policy contexts of the private rented sector which enable such conduct to exist. In the light of the findings, the difficulties in combating extreme forms of surveillance as a property management technique are discussed and the article concludes by raising a number of issues about the ways in which current policy and legislation could be used to promote a greater understanding of rights and responsibilities in landlord/tenant relationships.

scholarly journals PUBLISHING PLATFORM FOR AERIAL ORTHOPHOTO MAPS, THE COMPLETE STACK

2016 ◽  
Vol XLI-B4 ◽  
pp. 211-213
Author(s):  
J. Čepický ◽  
L. Čapek
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Property Management ◽  
Raster Data ◽  
Web Mapping ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Data Resolution ◽  
Automated Line ◽  
Standard Presentation ◽  
The Web

When creating set of orthophoto maps from mosaic compositions, using airborne systems, such as popular drones, we need to publish results of the work to users. Several steps need to be performed in order get large scale raster data published. As first step, data have to be shared as service (OGC WMS as view service, OGC WCS as download service). But for some applications, OGC WMTS is handy as well, for faster view of the data. Finally the data have to become a part of web mapping application, so that they can be used and evaluated by non-technical users. <br><br> In this talk, we would like to present automated line of those steps, where user puts in orthophoto image and as a result, OGC Open Web Services are published as well as web mapping application with the data. The web mapping application can be used as standard presentation platform for such type of big raster data to generic user. The publishing platform – Geosense online map information system – can be also used for combination of data from various resources and for creating of unique map compositions and as input for better interpretations of photographed phenomenons. The whole process is successfully tested with eBee drone with raster data resolution 1.5-4 cm/px on many areas and result is also used for creation of derived datasets, usually suited for property management – the records of roads, pavements, traffic signs, public lighting, sewage system, grave locations, and others.

Aid Accountability and Participatory Approaches in Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 508-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Daly ◽  
Patrick Daly ◽  
Caroline Brassard
Keyword(s):  
Community Involvement ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Aid Effectiveness ◽  
Housing Sector ◽  
Reconstruction Process ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Housing Reconstruction ◽  
Post Disaster

Abstract In the last decade, housing has become one of the most prominent and best funded sectors in large-scale post-disaster reconstruction efforts. This has especially been the case in Asian developing countries where both official and private aid helped finance a significant amount of the housing reconstruction. Despite the emphasis upon community involvement, inclusive and participatory processes for housing reconstruction by international non-governmental organizations, recent experiences show that such ideas often do not readily translate in practice on the ground. This paper analyses the necessary conditions for successful involvement by local beneficiaries in rebuilding their homes following natural disasters. The analysis is situated within the context of community recovery, and the trade-off between centralized donor planning, and community driven initiatives, using primary and secondary data collected from post-tsunami Aceh, Indonesia. The paper also discusses how various stakeholders (including recipient government and donors) evaluate and make use of the practical capacities of affected persons and communities to be involved in planning, building and monitoring processes in the housing sector. Our research focused on the level and types of roles played by the aid beneficiaries in the housing reconstruction process in Aceh. In spite of considerable rhetoric about participation and inclusive reconstruction accompanying the post-tsunami reconstruction by various donors, a number of systemic barriers created considerable distance between beneficiaries and NGOs in Aceh in the housing sector. The drive for efficiency and need to produce tangible results quickly, mixed with the sheer number of stakeholders and resources involved, created a largely top-down environment in which decisions were centralized, and arbitrary standards imposed. This was exacerbated by an extensive chain of sub-contractors, a large supply of lower-cost imported labor, and highlighted the importance of local political affiliations, leading to weak accountability and reduced aid effectiveness.

scholarly journals Problems of Patent Protection in Poland

Equilibrium ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-216
Author(s):  
Anna Turczak
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Patent Protection ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Property Management ◽  
Patented Invention ◽  
Modern Economy ◽  
Intellectual Property Management ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Long Time

In modern economy the effective intellectual property management has huge influence on the competitiveness and commercial success of the enterprise. Patents granted favour keeping the competitive advantage, improving reputation of the firm and rising its market value. In Poland the awareness of advantages concerning patent protection of inventions is very low. Polish firms make few applications, while small and medium size enterprises make such applications hardly ever. Therefore the large-scale activities aiming at enlarging the entrepreneurs’ knowledge concerning the possibilities to obtain the legal protection for their innovative solutions are necessary. All significant procedural barriers that occur in the process of gaining and claiming protection rights should be also eliminated, with the most irritating one which is too long time for examining the cases by courts and adjudicating possible disputes. The aim of the article is to highlight the most important problems that one has to face if one wants to grant and enforce the patent protection in Poland. Particularly the arguments for and against patenting inventions are presented, requirements that patented invention has to fulfil, problems to claim already existing protection and reasons to patent inventions abroad.

scholarly journals Financial Market Liberalization, Monetary Policy, And Housing Sector Dynamics

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rangan Gupta ◽  
Marius Jurgilas ◽  
Stephen M. Miller ◽  
Dylan Van Wyk
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Financial Market ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
House Prices ◽  
National Level ◽  
Housing Sector ◽  
Impulse Response Functions ◽  
Market Liberalization ◽  
Federal Funds ◽  
Federal Funds Rate

This paper considers how monetary policy, a Federal funds rate shock, affects the dynamics of the US housing sector and whether the financial market liberalization of the early 1980s influenced those dynamics. The analysis uses impulse response functions obtained from a large-scale Bayesian vector autoregressive model at the national and four census regions. Overall, a 100 basis point Federal funds rate shock produces larger effects on real house prices, both at the regional level and the national level, in the post-liberalization period when compared to the pre-liberalization era. While the precision of the estimates do not imply significant differences, the finding does offer a caution. That is, the housing market appears more sensitive to monetary policy shocks in the post-liberalization period. Thus, the monetary authorities may need to exercise more care in implementing Federal funds rate adjustments going forward. Finally, we find that the reaction of housing sector proves heterogeneous across regions.

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