Transitions in Energy Efficiency and Demand

The Emergence, Diffusion and Impact of Low-Carbon Innovation

Kirsten E.H. Jenkins, Debbie Hopkins (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-8153-5678-3 (ISBN)

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Using a series of historical and contemporary case studies combined with theoretical chapters discussing the general dynamics of technological change, this book discuss the potential for using innovation to reduce energy demand.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781351127264, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Meeting the goals enshrined in the Paris Agreement and limiting global temperature increases to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels demands rapid reductions in global carbon dioxide emissions. Reducing energy demand has a central role in achieving this goal, but existing policy initiatives have been largely incremental in terms of the technological and behavioural changes they encourage. Against this background, this book develops a sociotechnical approach to the challenge of reducing energy demand and illustrates this with a number of empirical case studies from the United Kingdom. In doing so, it explores the emergence, diffusion and impact of low-energy innovations, including electric vehicles and smart meters. The book has the dual aim of improving the academic understanding of sociotechnical transitions and energy demand and providing practical recommendations for public policy.

Combining an impressive range of contributions from key thinkers in the field, this book will be of great interest to energy students, scholars and decision-makers.

Kirsten E. H. Jenkins is a Lecturer in Human Geography and Sustainable Development within the School of Environment and Technology, University of Brighton, UK. Debbie Hopkins is jointly appointed by the Transport Studies Unit and the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford (UK) as a Departmental Research Lecturer.

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

List of Contributors

1. Introduction: New directions in energy demand research

Kirsten E. H. Jenkins, Steven Sorrell, Debbie Hopkins and Cameron Roberts

Part 1: Analytical perspectives

2. Of emergence, diffusion and impact: A sociotechnical perspective on researching energy demand

Frank W. Geels, Benjamin K. Sovacool and Steven Sorrell

3. A normative approach to transitions in energy demand: An energy justice and fuel poverty case study

Kirsten E. H. Jenkins and Mari Martiskainen

Part 2: The emergence and diffusion of innovations

4. Electric vehicles and the future of personal mobility in the United Kingdom

Noam Bergman

5. Experimentation with vehicle automation
Debbie Hopkins and Tim Schwanen

6. The United Kingdom smart meter rollout through an energy justice lens

Kirsten E. H. Jenkins, Benjamin K. Sovacool and Sabine Hielscher

7. Overcoming the systemic challenges of retrofitting residential buildings in the United Kingdom, A herculean task?

Donal Brown, Paula Kivimaa, Jan Rosenow and Mari Martiskainen

Part 3: Societal impacts and co-benefits
8. Exergy economics: New insights into energy consumption and economic growth Paul Brockway, Steve Sorrell, Tim Foxon and Jack Miller

9. Energy saving innovations and economy wide rebound effects

Gioele Figus, Karen Turner and Antonios Katris

Part 4: Policy mixes and implications

10. Political acceleration of sociotechnical transitions: Lessons from four historical case studies

Cameron Roberts and Frank W. Geels

11. The challenge of effective energy efficiency policy in the United Kingdom

Janette Webb

12. Policy mixes for sustainable energy transitions: The case of energy efficiency

Florian Kern, Paula Kivimaa, Karoline Rogge and Jan Rosenow

13. Managing energy and climate transitions in theory and practice: A critical systematic review of Strategic Niche Management

Kirsten E. H. Jenkins and Benjamin K. Sovacool

Part 5: Conclusion

14. Conclusions: towards systematic reductions in energy demand

Kirsten E. H. Jenkins, Debbie Hopkins and Cameron Roberts

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Erscheinungsdatum	28.12.2018
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Energy Transitions
Zusatzinfo	17 Tables, black and white; 19 Line drawings, black and white; 36 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	0-8153-5678-1 / 0815356781
ISBN-13	978-0-8153-5678-3 / 9780815356783
Zustand	Neuware