Energy-related economic stress at the interface between transport poverty, fuel poverty and residential location, 20 May 2015

Posted on May 20, 2015

The two-day international workshop “Energy-related economic stress at the interface between transport poverty, fuel poverty and residential location” was held at the University of Leeds on May 20th-21st. It was organised as part of the EPSRC-funded (t)ERES  research project, which is linked to the DEMAND Centre. 41 participants from four countries took part in the workshop over the two…

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Talk: Pathways to central heating: insights and lessons from past transitions. Elizabeth Shove, Nicola Spurling, Matt Watson, lenneke Kuijer, Frank Trentmann, Anna Carlsson Hyslop

Posted on May 18, 2015

Presentation given by Elizabeth Shove at DECC on Friday 15th May 2015.

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“No more meters? Let’s make energy a service, not a commodity”

Posted on April 28, 2015

By Elizabeth Shove, Lancaster University and Matt Watson, Sheffield University Originally published in Imagine never again receiving an energy bill. Instead, you could pay a flat fee for “comfort”, “cleanliness” or “home entertainment” alongside a premium for more energy-demanding TVs, kettles or fridge-freezers. This isn’t the stuff of science fiction – it’s emerging…

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Tales from a well-wrapped historian: smart meters and the management of heating

Posted on March 25, 2015

by Anna Carlsson-Hyslop (more…)

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Reducing energy consumption in urban transport: Ecologies of innovation in the UK. Tim Schwanen

Posted on March 19, 2015

The need to move away from fossil fuel powered transport is now well established, and cities are often seen as the places par excellence where sociotechnical transitions towards sustainable, low-energy mobility are in the making. Yet, exactly why some cities are more successful in moving towards lower energy consumption than others remains only partly understood. This presentation will argue…

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