New paper from CEEM researchers exploring stakeholder perspectives on 24/7 Carbon-Free Electricity procurement in Australia has just been published:
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We're seeking contributions that engage with creativity and transformation towards future energy systems
250 word abstracts due Mon 24th February
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Co-hosting an online / hybrid session for RGS-IBG on "Future energy systems-embracing creativity in energy transformations" at this year's @energygeography.bsky.social conference, with Anna Cain, @paulmunro.bsky.social, @shanilsam.bsky.social @miker66.bsky.social 1/2
I put together a starter pack of energy social scientists (distinct from the existing 'climate social science' starter pack). So far it's a small but mighty list. Please collaborate to help build this out!
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A great collaboration with colleagues at Monash's Emerging Technologies Research Lab - Fareed Kaviani, Kari Dahlgren & Yidan Gao - with illustrations by Stacy Gougoulis
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Link to report and release: www.monash.edu/emerging-tec... 5/5
And how do we think about Cost, and therefore ways to steer household energy demand? Do we think about cost solely in financial terms (left), or in a broader sense involving tradeoffs like time costs and emotional costs (right)? 4/5
For example: How does the energy sector understand Consumers? As rational, individual customers (left), or as connected communities (right)? 3/5
The report aims to build understanding within the Australian energy sector and to bridge the communication gap between the sector and everyday people. We use illustrations to explore different framings of key ideas & to contrast who/what is included in differing visions of the energy system 2/5
New report 🚨: in the Household Energy Glossary we explore 4 concepts central to Australia’s energy transition – Consumers, Concessions, Cost, Control – where differing perspectives and miscommunication between stakeholders pose challenges for cooperation on key issues 1/5
We find embodied & experiential forms of knowledge importantly yet differently shape heating/cooling, & the use of smart tech. Recognising that practical knowledge contextualises & operationalises technical skills/tools, we argue the sector must better account for lay capacities
Fieldwork was conducted in Copenhagen, DK & Canberra, AU with households using smart comfort & energy tech. Despite differences between the field sites, our cross-national analysis shows an important overlap in the way people use lay understandings to pursue comfort at home 2/3
Thrilled to share new research published in #ERSS with Simon PAK Larsen. Placing research from Denmark & Australia in conversation, we explore the practical knowledge households draw on as they heat and cool their homes
Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629623004498 1/3
We consider how conventional and non-energy forms of feedback are often used in combination in everyday life, and conclude by exploring novel feedback concepts that engage households on their own terms 2/2
Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629624001518
New(ish) research published in #ERSS with the terrific Yolande Strengers where we propose the concept of 'non-energy feedback' to examine how data not directly about energy still shapes it's use. Specifically we explore sensory, social, material and systemic forms of non-energy feedback 1/2
