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Table 2 The assessment categories in which GDHs have collected information

From: Assessing the societal impacts of green demonstration homes: a Canadian case study

Name of house

Technology performance

Educational programme performance

Visitors’ numbers and other demographic information

Attitude and value change

Behaviour change

ACTEW Energy Efficient Demonstration Home (Canberra, Australia) [29]

Yes

    

Afresh Home (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada) [30]

Yes

Yes

Yes

  

Archetype Sustainable House (Vaughan, Ontario, Canada) [31]

     

Cherokee Mainstream Greenhome (Raleigh, NC, USA) [32]

     

Christchurch Energy Efficiency Show Home (Christchurch, New Zealand) [24]

  

Yes

 

Yes

CMHC - EQuilibrium Homes (15 total, various provinces, Canada) [33]

Yes

 

Yes

  

Desert House (Phoenix, AZ, USA) [2]

Yes

 

Yes

  

Durham Eco-House (Durham Region, Ontario, Canada) [34]

Yes

 

Yes

  

Environmental Showcase Home (Phoenix, AZ, USA) [35]

  

Yes

  

Florida House Learning Center (Sarasota, FL, USA) [23, 36]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Seabird Island First Nation Sustainable Housing Demonstration Project (Upper Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada) [37]

     

Sharland Oasis (Hamlyn Heights, Australia) [38]

Yes

    

Subiaco Sustainable Demonstration Home (Subiaco, Western Australia) [39]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

The Utah House (Kaysville, UT, USA) [7, 40]

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Waitakere NOW home (New Lynn, New Zealand) [4, 41]

  

Yes

  
 

8/15

4/15

10/15

3/15

2/15

53 %

27 %

67 %

20 %

13 %