Energy Fables

Challenging Ideas in the Energy Sector
Herausgeber: Rinkinen, Jenny; Torriti, Jacopo; Shove, Elizabeth

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book takes a fresh look at key terms and concepts around which energy research and policy are organised. Drawing on recent research in energy and transport studies, and combining this with concepts from sociology, economics, social theory and technology studies, the chapters review and challenge different aspects of received wisdom.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 130
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 313g
• ISBN-13: 9780367027759
• ISBN-10: 0367027755
• Artikelnr.: 57004768

Autorenporträt

Jenny Rinkinen is a Researcher in the Centre for Consumer Society Research at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Elizabeth Shove is a Professor in the Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK, and was PI of the DEMAND Research Center. She is the author/editor of numerous titles, including The Nexus of Practices: Connections, Constellations, Practitioners (Routledge, 2017, with Allison Hui and Theodore Schatzki) and Sustainable Practices: Social Theory and Climate Change (Routledge, 2013, with Nicola Spurling). Jacopo Torriti is Professor of Energy Economics and Policy in the School of the Built Environment, University of Reading, UK, and author of Peak Energy Demand and Demand Side Response (Routledge, 2016).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Part I. What is energy for? 2. Energy Demand 3. Energy
Services Part II. Characteristics 4. Energy Efficiency 5. Rebound 6.
Elasticity Part III. Injunctions 7. Low Hanging Fruit 8. Keeping the Lights
on 9. Promoting Smart Homes Part IV. Policies 10. The Energy Trilemma 11.
Flexibility 12. Non-Energy Policy 13. Postscript: Can Energy Researchers
and Policy Makers Change their Spots?