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
Talk: The Dynamics of Energy Demand: Change, Rhythm, Synchronicity and Movement
Presentation by Gordon Walker, on The Dynamics of Energy Demand: Change, Rhythm, Synchronicity and Movement, at ‘STS Perspectives on Energy’, University of Lisbon, 4-5 November 2013.
View full post →All this talk about lights hides bigger energy challenges
By Allison Hui, Lancaster University and Elizabeth Shove, Lancaster University Originally published in (more…)
View full post →Reading Group: 12 November 2013
We discussed 'Towards a theory of decoupling: degrees of decoupling in the EU and the case of road traffic in Finland between 1970 and 2001' by Petri Tapio (Transport Policy 12 (2005) 137–151). (more…)
View full post →School holiday shakeup brings unintended consequences
By Allison Hui, Lancaster University; Elizabeth Shove, Lancaster University, and Gordon Walker, Lancaster University Originally published in (more…)
View full post →Reading Group: 22 October 2013
We discussed a draft of ‘What is energy for? Social practice and energy demand’ by Elizabeth and Gordon, currently submitted to theory, culture and society. (more…)
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