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.
What makes peak electricity demand? Insights from time use analysis.
What makes peak electricity demand? Insights from time use analysis.
Lightening the load – changes in the timing of laundry
Lightening the load – changes in the timing of laundry
Carrying capacity – the cargo function of the car
Carrying capacity – the cargo function of the car
What energy uses matter? Fuel poverty beyond heating
What energy uses matter? Fuel poverty beyond heating
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
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.
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 – The impact of mobile and flexible working
Office Work Futures – The impact of mobile and flexible working
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
A later life travel boom? Understanding change in leisure mobility
A later life travel boom? Understanding change in leisure mobility
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?
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: 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, 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