Energy Research and Social Science

Fredrik von Malmborg

Energy Research & Social Science

Exploring advocacy coalitions for energy efficiency: Policy change through internal shock and learning in the European Union

探索能源效率的倡导联盟：欧盟内部冲击与学习推动的政策变革

Improving the design and implementation of interventions to encourage end-use energy efficiency has the potential to contribute a substantive reduction in carbon emissions. A plethora of behaviour change frameworks is available to guide policymakers and designers but none have been found to be comprehensive or well-used. A new framework – the Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW) – purports to be a useful aid for developing all types of behaviour change interventions. This paper assesses whether the BCW comprehensively describes programmes attempting to reduce energy consumption. To do this, components of behaviour change programmes as identified in four EU guidance documents were mapped onto the BCW. Most of the components discussed in the guidance could be readily coded to the BCW framework. The main energy policy under-represented in the BCW was energy price. Based on our work in this paper, we believe that the BCW offers a useful aid for the systematic design and development of behaviour change around end-use energy efficiency. We also propose that it may support development of a common lexicon for activities that can be rather vaguely described currently in energy efficiency guidance.

Caroline Wilson

Melissa R. Marselle

Insights from psychology about the design and implementation of energy interventions using the Behaviour Change Wheel

基于行为改变轮的能源干预设计与实施的心理学见解

Occupant behavior has a significant impact on building energy consumption. To reduce energy use in office buildings, various intervention strategies have been investigated to promote energy-saving behaviors among occupants. However, the influential factors of these behaviors have not been fully understood in existing studies. To fill this gap, this study proposes an integrated Motivation-Opportunity-Ability (MOA) framework which incorporates social-psychological constructs from the Norm Activation Model and the Theory of Planned Behavior to investigate the determinants of energy-saving behaviors in the office environment. An online survey is distributed to collect data from multiple office buildings across the U.S. Results of the structural equation model (n = 612) show that opportunity has the strongest effect on energy-saving behaviors, followed by motivation and ability. In addition, motivation mediates the effect of opportunity and ability. This proposed framework offers an approach for decision-makers to design effective energy interventions based on the constraining factors in the targeted buildings.

Da Li

Xiaojing Xu

Chien-fei Chen

Carol Menassa

Energy Research &amp; Social Science

Understanding energy-saving behaviors in the American workplace: A unified theory of motivation, opportunity, and ability

理解美国工作场所的节能行为：动机、机会和能力的统一理论

Although there is a clear indication that stages of residential decision making are characterized by their own stakeholders, activities, and outcomes, many studies on residential low-carbon technology adoption only implicitly address stage-specific dynamics. This paper explores stakeholder influences on residential photovoltaic adoption from a procedural perspective, so-called stakeholder dynamics. The major objective is the understanding of underlying mechanisms to better exploit the potential for residential photovoltaic uptake. Four focus groups have been conducted in close collaboration with the independent institute for social science research SINUS Markt- und Sozialforschung in East Germany. By applying a qualitative content analysis, major influence dynamics within three decision stages are synthesized with the help of egocentric network maps from the perspective of residential decision-makers. Results indicate that actors closest in terms of emotional and spatial proximity such as members of the social network represent the major influence on residential PV decision-making throughout the stages. Furthermore, decision-makers with a higher level of knowledge are more likely to move on to the subsequent stage. A shift from passive exposure to proactive search takes place through the process, but this shift is less pronounced among risk-averse decision-makers who continuously request proactive influences. The discussions revealed largely unexploited potential regarding the stakeholders local utilities and local governments who are perceived as independent, trustworthy and credible stakeholders. Public stakeholders must fulfill their responsibility in achieving climate goals by advising, assisting, and financing services for low-carbon technology adoption at the local level. Supporting community initiatives through political frameworks appears to be another promising step.

Fabian Scheller

Isabel Doser

Emily Schulte

Simon Johanning

Russell McKenna

Thomas Bruckner

Stakeholder dynamics in residential solar energy adoption: findings from focus group discussions in Germany

住宅太阳能能源采用中的利益相关者动态：来自德国焦点小组讨论的发现

This perspective aims at a geopolitical conceptual and empirical contribution to research questions on power in energy transition research, coming from the history of energy and Sustainability Transitions Studies. It aims at answering the call that has been made for the development of approaches that take power dynamics between actors into account, by authors coming from Sustainability Transitions Studies. This article suggests a geopolitical approach of power relations, at and of the different scales of energy transitions – understood as a change of energy resource could open a complementary and more spatial vision on this issue based on the main concepts of representations, territoriality, and resource development. This conceptual proposition is then developed over two empirical examples. The first one is France’s energy governance system, which is just stepping out of its precedent energy transition towards nuclear energy. It explores the effects of the ongoing sustainable transition on the structure of the political landscape and of the energy sector using the concepts of resource development control and appropriation. The second one on EU energy transition policy highlights the importance of representations, a key concept in geopolitics, whose analysis facilitates the understanding of actors’ strategies.

Angélique Palle

Bringing geopolitics to energy transition research

将地缘政治引入能源转型研究

Rémy Rupp

Alexander Los

Jaap Rozema

Watt's in it for you? Unpacking the role of renewable energy cooperatives in the Netherlands in energizing consumer engagement

你从中能得到什么？解析荷兰可再生能源合作社在激发消费者参与中的作用

Joel Millward-Hopkins

Yamina Saheb

Jason Hickel

Corrigendum to “Large inequalities in climate mitigation scenarios are not supported by theories of distributive justice” [Energy Res. Soc. Sci. 118 (2024) 103813]

“气候缓解情景中的巨大不平等与分配正义理论不符”一文的勘误 [《能源研究与社会科学》第118卷 (2024年) 第103813页]

Evan Boyle

Alexandra Revez

Grainne Duffy

Ailbhe Farrell

Aoife Deane

Brian Ó Gallachóir

Julia M. Wittmayer

Public participation in the development of electricity grid infrastructure: Early engagements and community forums

电网基础设施发展中的公众参与：早期参与和社区论坛

Helen Poulter

Jess Britton

Imogen Rattle

Ronan Bolton

Jan Webb

Peter Taylor

Accelerating transitions? Planning for decarbonisation in local and regional energy systems

加速转型？地方和区域能源系统中的脱碳规划

Harriet Smith

Karen Henwood

Nick Pidgeon

The infrastructural ecologies of industrial decarbonisation: Visual methods and psychosocial logics in place-based public engagement

工业脱碳的基础设施生态：基于地点的公共参与中的视觉方法与心理社会逻辑

Abbreviation	Energy. Res. Soc. Sci.
Journal Impact	6.82
Quartiles(Global)	ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES(Q1)

ISSN	2214-6296, 2214-6326
h-index	113
Top Journals	Yes

Publication Information	Publisher: Elsevier Ltd，Publishing cycle: ，Journal Type: journal，Open Access Journals: No
Basic data	Year of publication: 2014，Proportion of original research papers: 86.85%，Self Citation Rate:17.40%， Gold OA Rate: 48.47%

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