Beyond energy savings: The necessity of optimising smart electricity systems with resource efficiency and coherent waste policy in Europe

Smart energy systems beyond the age of COVID-19: Towards a new order of monitoring, disciplining and sanctioning energy behavior?

“…A second problem lies in the contradiction between complexity and simplicity. Services are marketed as a way to simplify and enhance everyday life, but in practice, they lead to complication and overload [ 229 ], while doing little to improve resource efficiency or waste reduction [ 230 ]. This is significant because energy access is increasingly a foundation of pandemic-resilient livelihoods [ 231 ].…”