Mandy de Wilde, Wageningen University

Posted on October 30, 2017

25th October, 16.00-18.00       Sustainable belonging: Family and gender in home making practices Mandy de Wilde, Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands and DEMAND visitor As socio-technical transitions unfold under the influence of energy concerns, our domestic environment changes. Scholarship on sustainable consumption and…

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Where Infrastructures and Appliances Meet

Posted on October 16, 2017

Image: a mechanical electricity meter. Picture in the public domain. Modern infrastructures for energy, water and communications are systems of collective provision, often organised and financed by the state. The appliances that are plugged into these infrastructures – such as laptops, washing machines or electric cars – are considered to be individual consumption goods, provided by the…

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Energy in the City, 18-20 July 2017

Posted on August 7, 2017

The DEMAND Centre’s final Summer School on ‘Energy in the City’ took place at the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds from the 18-20 July 2017. Over three intensive days, a group of doctoral students, early career researchers and practitioners from a range of organisations in the UK and internationally got together. They learnt about each other’s research,…

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Anthony Levenda, Arizona State University

Posted on June 12, 2017

7th June 2017 FASS D72/MR11 16.00-18.00       Slides from presentation [.pdf] Configuring the Urban Smart Grid: Transitions, Experimentation and Governance Anthony Levenda, DEMAND visitor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society Arizona State University In the United States, development of “smart grids” is being pursued as a national policy…

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Adrian Gault, Committee on Climate Change

Posted on May 22, 2017

This seminar took place at Lancaster University on 17th May 2017 Seminar slides [.pdf]         Meeting carbon budgets in the UK – the role of demand The UK Government, following the advice of the Committee on Climate Change, has legislated a 5th carbon budget requiring a 57% reduction in emissions by 2030, on 1990 levels. This is on a track to the…

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