Social Housing Retrofit Living Lab: Methodological Approach

Abstract Social Housing Retrofit offers positive social, financial and health improvements for low-income populations. However, the stakeholders in such projects might have conflicting needs interests, thus hampering retrofitting process. Living labs can play a vital role supporting mediation amongst help alleviate challenges. Labs (LLs) are user-centred initiatives development of innovative solutions real-life contexts through collaborative User involvement is LLs’ innovation This paper describes setup LL from methodological perspective. Existing literature reporting LLs often lacks clarity on its description underlying approach. The main contribution to depict living lab as method based social housing retrofit context. proposed solution i.e., approach, described at detailed level, including activities, expected outcomes. approach bring together residents other stakeholders, leveraging knowledge sharing, collaboration, co-creation their evaluated contrast existing literature, it should be implemented future throughout an ongoing research project U-VITAL.