Research Insights

DEMAND researchers have produced a series of Research Insights – short summaries of ideas and evidence that are relevant to current debates in policy and practice.

Research Insight 1

What makes peak electricity demand? Insights from time use analysis.

What makes peak electricity demand? Insights from time use analysis.

Research Insight 2

Lightening the load – changes in the timing of laundry

Lightening the load – changes in the timing of laundry

Research Insight 3

Carrying capacity – the cargo function of the car

Carrying capacity – the cargo function of the car

 

 

 

 

Research Insight 4

What energy uses matter? Fuel poverty beyond heating

What energy uses matter? Fuel poverty beyond heating

Research Insight 5

What counts as ‘required’ energy? Principles of need in modelling the extent of fuel poverty

What counts as ‘required’ energy? Principles of need in modelling the extent of fuel poverty

Demanding offices - how market standards drive up energy demand.

Demanding offices – how market standards drive up energy demand

Demanding offices – how market standards drive up energy demand

Transitions in heat - the arrival and disappearance of gas central heating.

Transitions in heat – the arrival and disappearance of gas central heating.

Transitions in heat – the arrival and disappearance of gas central heating.

The timing of domestic energy demand - insights from the 1920s - 2000s.

The timing of domestic energy demand – insights from the 1920s – 2000s.

The timing of domestic energy demand – insights from the 1920s – 2000s.

 

Car related economic stress - is there a transport equivalent of fuel poverty?

Car related economic stress – is there a transport equivalent of fuel poverty?

Car related economic stress – is there a transport equivalent of fuel poverty?

Office Work Futures

Office Work Futures – The impact of mobile and flexible working

Office Work Futures – The impact of mobile and flexible working

What's in the Fridge?

What’s in the Fridge? Urbanisation, consumption and demand in Bangkok and Hanoi

What’s in the Fridge? Urbanisation, consumption and demand in Bangkok and Hanoi

Research insight #12

A later life travel boom? Understanding change in leisure mobility

A later life travel boom? Understanding change in leisure mobility

DEMAND Research Insight #13

Reducing Demand for Business Travel – What is the impact of virtual ways of working?

Reducing Demand for Business Travel – What is the impact of virtual ways of working?

Research Insight #14

Precarity in Housing and Employment – A Hidden Dimension of Car Dependency

Precarity in Housing and Employment – A Hidden Dimension of Car Dependency

 

 

 

How do invisible ‘non-energy policies’ shape energy demand?

How do invisible ‘non-energy policies’ shape energy demand?

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How does on-demand TV viewing affect peak electricity consumption?

How does on-demand TV viewing affect peak electricity consumption?

 

 

Pathways of Change:  Cool Biz and the reconditioning of office energy demand

Pathways of Change:  Cool Biz and the reconditioning of office energy demand

 

 

 

Online shopping: What are the transport energy implications

Online shopping: What are the transport energy implications

Making Electricity Data ‘Big’: What is it expected to achieve?

Making Electricity Data ‘Big’: What is it expected to achieve?

Fixed or Flexible: Household coordination, everyday activities and the timing of energy demand

Fixed or Flexible: Household coordination, everyday activities and the timing of energy demand

 


Cross Cutting Research Insights

The Research Insights below cut across specific DEMAND themes and projects to bring together ideas on particular topics.

Changing energy demand Research Insight

Changing energy demand: Concepts, metaphors and implications for policy

Changing energy demand: Concepts, metaphors and implications for policy

Time, Practices and Energy Demand: implications for flexibility

Time, Practices and Energy Demand: implications for flexibility

Institutional Rhythms Research Insight

Institutional Rhythms, Ideas and opportunities for energy and mobility demand management in the NHS

Institutional Rhythms, Ideas and opportunities for energy and mobility demand management in the NHS

The last mile and the next day

The last mile and the next day

If the Walls Could Talk: Daily Rhythms and Energy Use in Stevenage

If the Walls Could Talk: Daily Rhythms and Energy Use in Stevenage

If the Walls Could Talk: Central Heating Comes to Stevenage

If the Walls Could Talk: Central Heating Comes to Stevenage