Copyright page -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Energy use in houses and buildings and sustainable consumption -- 3. An innovative approach to designing zero-energy residential buildings in Boston: enhancing and monitoring learning -- 4. S-House: sustainable building utilising renewable resources-Factor 10 building with innovative solutions -- 5. Rolf Disch's Solarsiedlung am Schlierberg: a solar housing estate in Freiburg -- from architectural vision to entrepreneurial reality -- 6. Delivering affordable and sustainable energy: the results of innovative approaches by Woking Borough Council, UK -- 7. Energy-saving performance contracting for federally owned public buildings: success factors from the Austrian perspective -- 8. Building Investment Decision Support (BIDS™) for green building technologies -- 9. Consumer feedback: a helpful tool for stimulating electricity conservation? A review of experience -- 10. Lifestyle dynamics as a means toward the sustainability transition -- 11. Conclusions: steps towards more sustainable energy use in housing -- About the contributors -- Index.