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View article: Accelerating transitions? Planning for decarbonisation in local and regional energy systems
Accelerating transitions? Planning for decarbonisation in local and regional energy systems Open
View article: Local authority engagement with small and medium‐sized enterprises in energy efficiency: Governance approaches used in the <i>Energy Efficient Scotland</i> programme
Local authority engagement with small and medium‐sized enterprises in energy efficiency: Governance approaches used in the <i>Energy Efficient Scotland</i> programme Open
Meeting net zero emissions targets requires co‐operation of multiple actors across scales and sectors, including small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs); research on action by SMEs to improve energy efficiency of their buildings has howe…
View article: Smart power to the people: Business models for engaging domestic energy users in smart local energy systems in Britain
Smart power to the people: Business models for engaging domestic energy users in smart local energy systems in Britain Open
Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES) are proposed as a method of decarbonising energy systems that uses demand management by energy users to integrate intermittent renewables. SLES therefore require the increasingly active participation of en…
View article: Credible and comprehensive? Comparing policy mixes for Local Energy Systems in England, Scotland and Wales
Credible and comprehensive? Comparing policy mixes for Local Energy Systems in England, Scotland and Wales Open
View article: Financing Smart Local Energy Systems: a Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda
Financing Smart Local Energy Systems: a Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda Open
View article: Institutional work and social skill: the formation of strategic action fields for local energy systems in Britain
Institutional work and social skill: the formation of strategic action fields for local energy systems in Britain Open
The concept of Strategic Action Fields (SAF) is combined with analysis of institutional work to investigate the tactics actors adopt to support or deter policy for integrated local energy systems. Integrating heat, power, and mobility syst…
View article: Business models for smart local energy systems—A triple layered perspective
Business models for smart local energy systems—A triple layered perspective Open
Smart and local energy systems (SLES) offer an alternative to large-scale energy provision and a boost to the transition towards a low-carbon economy. However, the Business Model Canvas (BMC), an increasingly used framework for analyzing S…
View article: Local Energy Systems in Britain: Strategic Action Fields and Institutional Work
Local Energy Systems in Britain: Strategic Action Fields and Institutional Work Open
View article: Value for Money: Local Authority Action on Clean Energy for Net Zero
Value for Money: Local Authority Action on Clean Energy for Net Zero Open
Local authorities are well placed to realise co-benefits of integrated local energy systems; however, in the UK they have no statutory energy mandate. Planning and developing clean energy are discretionary, and persistent budget reductions…
View article: Ideational bricolage as a route to transforming local institutions for heat decarbonisation: heat networks and local government in England
Ideational bricolage as a route to transforming local institutions for heat decarbonisation: heat networks and local government in England Open
Heat networks could play a significant role in energy system decarbonisation. Unlike much energy infrastructure, heat networks are developed at a local-scale, raising questions about which actors and institutions, at which scales, will mos…
View article: Local government capacities to support net zero: Developing comprehensive heat and energy efficiency strategies in Scotland
Local government capacities to support net zero: Developing comprehensive heat and energy efficiency strategies in Scotland Open
An overhaul of existing strategies for low carbon heating and energy efficiency is critical to delivering international commitments to limit climate change. This will require innovation in the institutions governing retrofit, including loc…
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This incisive Research Handbook examines the relationship between energy and society, across both macro- and micro-scales, in the context of the climate crisis. Featuring an extensive examination of current research in the field from fifty…
View article: Introduction to Research Handbook on Energy and Society: why study energy and society?
Introduction to Research Handbook on Energy and Society: why study energy and society? Open
Mitigating and adapting to the climate crisis needs social science insights about the damage to future prospects of life on Earth caused by industrialised, consumer societies, and the necessity for societal transformation. Social studies o…
View article: Local energy businesses in the United Kingdom: Clusters and localism determinants based on financial ratios
Local energy businesses in the United Kingdom: Clusters and localism determinants based on financial ratios Open
This paper presents the first financial analysis of the United Kingdom's local energy business sector. This analysis relies on financial ratios and degrees of localism as inputs for descriptive statistics, cluster, and canonical discrimina…
View article: Retrofitting at scale: comparing transition experiments in Scotland and the Netherlands
Retrofitting at scale: comparing transition experiments in Scotland and the Netherlands Open
New approaches are needed to achieve the scale and standard of building retrofit required to meet climate targets. Transition experiments are innovation projects that take a societal challenge as their starting point; they can be both top-…
View article: Housing retrofit: six types of local authority energy service models
Housing retrofit: six types of local authority energy service models Open
Given the ambitious policy target to become net zero carbon by 2050, what role can local authorities play in the decarbonisation of housing? An examination is presented of six local authority energy service models relevant to housing retro…
View article: Understanding policy divergence after United Kingdom devolution: Strategic action fields in Scottish energy efficiency policy
Understanding policy divergence after United Kingdom devolution: Strategic action fields in Scottish energy efficiency policy Open
View article: The IDEAL household energy dataset, electricity, gas, contextual sensor data and survey data for 255 UK homes
The IDEAL household energy dataset, electricity, gas, contextual sensor data and survey data for 255 UK homes Open
View article: Characterising a local energy business sector in the United Kingdom: Participants, revenue sources, and estimates of localism and smartness
Characterising a local energy business sector in the United Kingdom: Participants, revenue sources, and estimates of localism and smartness Open
View article: Governance institutions and prospects for local energy innovation: laggards and leaders among UK local authorities
Governance institutions and prospects for local energy innovation: laggards and leaders among UK local authorities Open
View article: Social innovation in the shadow of policy failure: Energy efficiency in self-build housing
Social innovation in the shadow of policy failure: Energy efficiency in self-build housing Open
View article: Emerging linked ecologies for a national scale retrofitting programme: The role of local authorities and delivery partners
Emerging linked ecologies for a national scale retrofitting programme: The role of local authorities and delivery partners Open
View article: Scotland's Energy Future
Scotland's Energy Future Open
Objectives and Approach • No energy policy, no matter how well considered, will ever solve all of the problems and paradoxes of energy supply and use. • Those developing policy must ask how best to address the competing issues of the ‘ener…
View article: New lamps for old: financialised governance of cities and clean energy
New lamps for old: financialised governance of cities and clean energy Open
Using a six-year case study of Glasgow’s Sustainable City business model, this paper examines interactions between financialised governance of cities and clean energy strategies. Research on the role of cities in developing clean energy ha…
View article: Local Authority Engagement in UK Energy Systems: Highlights from Early Findings
Local Authority Engagement in UK Energy Systems: Highlights from Early Findings Open
Key Research Findings:The majority of Local Authorities have ambitions for action on sustainable energy, and 82% of those researched are active to some degreeLocal Authorities were more likely to have an Energy and Carbon Plan than investm…
View article: Health State Utilities Associated with Post-Surgical Staphylococcus Aureus Infection
Health State Utilities Associated with Post-Surgical Staphylococcus Aureus Infection Open
View article: House, home and transforming energy in a cold climate
House, home and transforming energy in a cold climate Open
Warm homes are fundamental to a sense of personal security and citizenship, but many lowincome families and households struggle to pay their energy bills, and energy prices are caught up in the politics of welfare and climate change. Our r…
View article: On (not) assembling a market for sustainable energy: heat network infrastructure and British cities
On (not) assembling a market for sustainable energy: heat network infrastructure and British cities Open
Energy policies increasingly rely on market instruments to meet societal objectives for climate change mitigation. We explore the application of such instruments in low carbon heat markets. Using a conceptual framework derived from actor n…
View article: Sustainable Urban Energy Policy: Heat and the City
Sustainable Urban Energy Policy: Heat and the City Open
View article: Governing cities for sustainable energy: The UK case
Governing cities for sustainable energy: The UK case Open