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Bridging the Diffusion of Innovation Chasm for Green Housing

Abstract

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Limited transaction and unit attribute information curtail the diffusion potential of green homes and create significant valuation and underwriting problems for the housing debt capital markets, more specifically mortgage originators (lenders) and appraisers. Put into the context of the technology adoption life cycle this missing information prevents green homes from crossing the chasm into the mainstream market. As lenders and appraisers are the gatekeepers of the mainstream mortgage markets, they will be key stakeholders in any strategy for green homes to cross this chasm. The missing transaction and attribute data creates two opportunities for scholarship. The first opportunity is to create and provide preliminary evidence of the chasm in the green housing market place. The second opportunity is to analyze, in the context of this chasm, what information and tools appraisers are using, at present, to estimate the value of high performance homes.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph. D.
Level thesis:degree_level
doctoral
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Planning, Governance, and Globalization
Department dc:contributor.department
School of Public and International Affairs
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2013

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Sanderford, Andrew R.
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Koebel, C. Theodore
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Richardson, Jesse J.
  • McCoy, Andrew P.
  • Pearce, Annie R.
  • Overstreet, George A.

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
vt_gsexam:1573
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/51843

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citation

Sanderford, Andrew R.. Bridging the Diffusion of Innovation Chasm for Green Housing. doctoral thesis, Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51843