A hybrid intervention. Public and private interventions in the construction of a label for energy efficiency

Brice Laurent (), Eva Boxenbaum (), Alexandre Mallard () and Aurelie Tricoire
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Brice Laurent: CSI i3 - Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation i3 - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Eva Boxenbaum: CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CBS - Copenhagen Business School [Copenhagen]
Alexandre Mallard: CSI i3 - Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation i3 - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Aurelie Tricoire: CSTB - Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment

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Abstract: This paper examines the role that labelling plays in the governance of the contemporary economy. Drawing on a detailed study of BBC-Effinergy, a French label for sustainable construction, we show how the adoption and evolution of voluntary labels can be seen as emblematic of governance through experimentation. Our study sheds light on how governance through experimentation operates in the French construction industry. We suggest that public authorities rely increasingly on this type of governance to develop new markets and to regulate the established economy.

Keywords: Labels; sustainable construction; governance; experimentation; regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-07-06
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Published in EGOS Colloquium 2016, Jul 2016, Naples, Italy

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