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Zenodo
2026
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19259869 |
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- <p>The management of energy-efficiency adoption in residential buildings remains a critical challenge in emerging economies, where institutional fragmentation, weak regulatory enforcement, and limited technical capacity impede effective implementation of technologies. This study develops and validates a weighted energy efficiency framework for residential buildings in Southwest Nigeria, a region characterised by a tropical humid climate and a rapidly urbanising built environment. Using a sequential mixed-methods design, the study applied a three-round Delphi technique among academic and industry experts, complemented by a structured questionnaire survey of 1,149 residential households across three urban centres: Ado-Ekiti, Ibadan, and Ikeja. Principal component analysis was employed to quantify the relative weights of six framework components: Building Design (16.83%), Maintenance (16.73%), Equipment and Appliances (16.71%), Occupant Behaviour (16.69%), Climatic Factors (16.65%), and Socioeconomic Conditions (16.39%). The near-equal distribution of component weights reveals that energy efficiency in the region is governed by an integrated set of technical, behavioural, and managerial factors, rather than by any single dominant variable. Financial barriers (mean = 4.48), awareness deficits (mean = 4.28), and regulatory weaknesses (mean = 4.18) were identified as the most significant systemic impediments to framework adoption. From a technology management perspective, the findings challenge prevailing single-factor policy interventions and argue for multi-dimensional, context-sensitive implementation strategies. The validated framework offers both a diagnostic instrument and a management roadmap for practitioners and policymakers seeking to close the energy efficiency gap in tropical urban settings.</p>