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dc.contributor.authorJensen, Charlotte Louise
dc.contributor.authorGoggins, Gary
dc.contributor.authorFahy, Frances
dc.contributor.authorGrealis, Eoin
dc.contributor.authorVadovics, Edina
dc.contributor.authorGenus, Audley
dc.contributor.authorRau, Henrike
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-18T15:10:50Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-03
dc.identifier.citationJensen, Charlotte Louise, Goggins, Gary, Fahy, Frances, Grealis, Eoin, Vadovics, Edina, Genus, Audley, & Rau, Henrike. (2018). Towards a practice-theoretical classification of sustainable energy consumption initiatives: Insights from social scientific energy research in 30 European countries. Energy Research & Social Science. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.06.025en_IE
dc.identifier.issn2214-6296
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10379/10049
dc.description.abstractReducing residential energy use and related CO2 emissions across society requires approaches that understand energy demand as dependent on the performance of a range of interconnected social practices, which includes aspects of timing, location and material contexts. However, current energy policy and change initiatives often rely on a somewhat narrow combination of rational consumer choice models, efficiency measures and information-based behavioral change theory, thus falling short on anticipated reductions. Insights from the ENERGISE project highlight the merits of a practice-theoretical approach to social scientific energy research that explicitly recognizes complex interactions in the social organization of everyday life. The paper demonstrates how such an approach provides knowledge on variations in energy use across households, social groups and societies and how these are (not) acknowledged in the problem framings of dominant energy policies and change initiatives. Reflecting on experiences made during a large-scale comparative analysis of sustainable energy consumption change initiatives in 30 European countries, this paper presents a new and innovative methodology for investigating the dynamics of change initiatives that target energy use within households and communities. It concludes with some critical reflections on the methodology presented.en_IE
dc.description.sponsorshipThe research presented here received funding from the European Union's H2020 Research and Innovation program under grant agreement number 727642. The sole responsibility for the content of this paper lies with the authors.en_IE
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dc.publisherElsevieren_IE
dc.relation.ispartofEnergy Research & Social Scienceen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/
dc.subjectEnergy demanden_IE
dc.subjectProblem framingsen_IE
dc.subjectChange initiativesen_IE
dc.subjectEnergy policyen_IE
dc.titleTowards a practice-theoretical classification of sustainable energy consumption initiatives: Insights from social scientific energy research in 30 European countriesen_IE
dc.typeArticleen_IE
dc.date.updated2018-09-17T09:51:36Z
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.erss.2018.06.025
dc.local.publishedsourcehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.06.025en_IE
dc.description.peer-reviewedpeer-reviewed
dc.contributor.funderHorizon 2020en_IE
dc.description.embargo2020-07-03
dc.internal.rssid14678848
dc.local.contactGary Goggins, Energise Project Manager , School Of Geography And Archaeology , National University Of Ireland Galway. +353 87 123 2729 Email: gary.goggins@nuigalway.ie
dc.local.copyrightcheckedYes Embargo period for this journal is 24 months. Paper was first available online 3 July 2018.
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dcterms.projectEuropean Network for Research, Good Practice and Innovation for Sustainable Energyen_IE
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