Understanding Demand
Influencing Demand
Policies for steering demand
Invisible energy policy
Adapting social practices
Commission on Travel Demand
How Demand Varies
Situations, Sites, Sectors
Domestic IT use
Home heating
Offices and office work
Business travel
Online shopping
Car dependence
Older people and mobile lives
Local smart grids
Cooking and cooling in Asia
Energy, Justice and Poverty
Working Papers
Working Paper 4: Allison Hui, Demanding Ideas
Working Paper 4: Allison Hui, August 2014 (more…)
View full post →Working Paper 3: Categories, Concepts and Units: Representing energy demand in and through time
Working Paper 3: Theme 1, Jillian Anable, Ben Anderson, Elizabeth Shove, Jacopo Torriti, July 2014. Methods of data collection are unavoidably rooted in some sort of theoretical paradigm, and are inextricably tied to an implicit agenda or broad problem framing. These prior orientations are not always explicit, but they matter for what data is collected and how it is used. They also…
View full post →Working Paper 2: Demand by design: how our infrastructure and professions shape what we do
Working Paper 2: Nicola Spurling This essay outlines some initial thoughts on the relationship between end-use practices, infrastructures and the histories, systems, structures and practices of the planning professions.
View full post →Working Paper 1: The timing and societal synchronisation of energy demand
Working paper 1: Theme 1, Giulio Mattioli, Elizabeth Shove and Jacopo Torriti, February 2014. It is increasingly important to know about when energy is used in the home, at work and on the move. Issues of time and timing have not featured strongly in energy policy analysis and in modelling, much of which has focused on estimating and reducing total average annual demand per capita. If…
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