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oapen-20.500.12657-275042023-12-19T14:16:03Z Transitions in Energy Efficiency and Demand Jenkins, Kirsten E.H. Hopkins, Debbie Global temperature reducing energy United Kingdom Sociotechnical transitions Low carbon innovation impact bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment Meeting the goals enshrined in the Paris Agreement and limiting global temperature increases to less than two degrees above pre-industrial levels demands rapid reductions in global carbon dioxide emissions. Reducing energy demand has a central role in achieving this goal, but existing policy initiatives have been largely incremental in terms of the technological and behavioural changes they encourage. Against this background, this book develops a sociotechnical approach to the challenge of reducing energy demand and illustrates this with a number of empirical case studies from the United Kingdom. In doing so, it explores the emergence, diffusion and impact of low energy innovations, including electric vehicles and smart meters. The book has the dual aim of improving the academic understanding of sociotechnical transitions and energy demand and providing practical recommendations for public policy. Combining an impressive range of contributions from key thinkers in the field, this book will be of great interest to energy students, scholars and decision-makers. 2018-11-01 23:55:55 2019-10-17 14:41:23 2020-04-01T11:55:23Z 2020-04-01T11:55:23Z 2019 book 1002503 OCN: 1082958293 9781351127264 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/27504 eng Routledge Studies in Energy Transitions application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9780815356783_text.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 9781351127264 Routledge 300 open access
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Meeting the goals enshrined in the Paris Agreement and limiting global temperature increases to less than two degrees above pre-industrial levels demands rapid reductions in global carbon dioxide emissions. Reducing energy demand has a central role in achieving this goal, but existing policy initiatives have been largely incremental in terms of the technological and behavioural changes they encourage. Against this background, this book develops a sociotechnical approach to the challenge of reducing energy demand and illustrates this with a number of empirical case studies from the United Kingdom. In doing so, it explores the emergence, diffusion and impact of low energy innovations, including electric vehicles and smart meters. The book has the dual aim of improving the academic understanding of sociotechnical transitions and energy demand and providing practical recommendations for public policy. Combining an impressive range of contributions from key thinkers in the field, this book will be of great interest to energy students, scholars and decision-makers.
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