Domestic photovoltaic systems: the governance of occupant use

Frances, Ziyad; Stevenson, Fionn

doi:10.1080/09613218.2017.1313661

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“…This paper challenges the traditionally dominant technological approach of introducing new technologies into homes, and justifies further debate regarding how technologies and inhabitants are considered together in academic research and policy to understand the issues of the energy saving gap in homes (Shove and Walker 2014). The findings build on the study by Frances and Stevenson (2018) by identifying the transformation of PV meaning from the provisioning side to inhabitants, and the meaning transformations between inhabitants during occupation.…”

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“…Previous studies have examined the role of building actors in shaping inhabitants' engagement with their domestic technologies (Gram-Hanssen et al 2017, Wade, Murtagh, and Hitchings 2018, Frances and Stevenson 2018, and the role of the fragmented contractual arrangements and planning requirements in omitting the PV systems from the main design during the construction process (Boyd and Schweber 2018). Other studies have focused on the impact of the PV system in changing inhabitants' energy consumption practices (Haas et al 1999, Keirstead 2007; the possible ways that inhabitants can improve their use of PV energy (Luthander et al 2015, Jenny, Lo pez, andMosler 2006), and in relation to the introduction/ change of PV policies and incentives (Wittenberg, Blobaum, andMatthies 2018, Baborska-Narozny, Stevenson, andFrances 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

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A relational approach to understanding inhabitants’ engagement with Photovoltaic (PV) technology in homes

Frances

Stevenson

2019

Architectural Science Review

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Photovoltaic (PV) systems have been promoted in the UK housing sector as a key strategy for meeting carbon reduction commitments by offsetting the use of the non-renewable grid energy with renewable energy. However, inhabitants are not changing their routine energy consumption practices to take advantage of off-grid day time solar energy and, in some cases, even shifting practices away from the initial intentions underlying the technology. This means that necessary energy savings from new housing are not being achieved. In this paper, this is attributed to the variation in the provisioning of PV technology in new homes, as well as inhabitants' engagement with and know-how of PV technologies, subject to explicit rules and polices. The key contribution of this paper is to reveal how PV technologies and inhabitants interact within different socio-technological home contexts drawing on Practice theory and ethnographic methods applied to four cases within a case studyof housing development in England.

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A relational approach to understanding inhabitants’ engagement with Photovoltaic (PV) technology in homes

Frances

Stevenson

2019

Architectural Science Review

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“…However, two major drawbacks of co-creation were identified as well. Firstly, lay-persons do not have professional knowledge, which can lead to suboptimal decisions and higher costs (see [39,48]. Secondly, involving a large number of actors was reported to be resource intensive, as it slows down the project and increases overall costs [59].…”

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Analysing the Institutional Setting of Local Renewable Energy Planning and Implementation in the EU: A Systematic Literature Review

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Hoppe

2018

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Due to the liberalisation of the European Union’s (EU) electricity sector, stakeholders’ roles and responsibilities in local energy planning and implementation are not well-defined in legislation anymore. To investigate what local energy planning and implementation processes look like in the post-liberalisation era we conduct a systematic literature review by addressing the question ‘which institutional settings of local renewable energy planning and implementation in the EU’s post-liberalisation area has prior empirical research identified?’ For this systematic analysis we conceptualised the analytic concept ‘action situation’ (as developed by Elinor Ostrom), from an energy governance and energy policy perspective. The literature review was conducted in two cycles: A systematic database search and snowballing. Four clusters of search terms were used to search two databases. The selected articles were coded using Atlas.ti. Our in-depth qualitative analysis revealed the institutional arrangements used in the reported local energy planning processes were found to not be ideal for the introduction of renewable energy technologies. No type of actor group seems actively to support the realisation of renewable energy projects. Moreover, a high dependence on financial subsidies was found. These results are useful for practitioners and policy-makers as they show which possibilities and limitations stakeholders encounter in the changed level playing field of local energy planning. The article also presents propositions for future research.

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“…Therefore, a network is a possible type of platform for interactive learning, since a network structure has a positive influence on knowledge sharing (Chow and Chan, 2008). In a network, localized knowledge and information can be negotiated through face-to-face interactions between different actors (Pinch et al, 2003;Frances and Stevenson, 2018). This platform will support learning even better if it is guided by a bottom-up process through which it is possible to create and exchange knowledge and information through interactive learning-by-doing (Antonelli, 1996;Neij et al, 2017;Maskell and Malmberg, 1999).…”

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“…COP theory argues that a network structure helps to create knowledge through practice. Therefore, work with energy efficiency should be seen as a negotiation between actors with conflicting priorities and goals, which is transformed within a network (Frances and Stevenson, 2018;Latour, 1987). I use COP theory again in article 4, where I compare my two case studies and examine how and why different policy programs may have different outcomes.…”

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Energy efficiency in Swedish SMEs: Exploring barriers, knowledge creation and the role of municipal energy efficiency programs

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The overall aim of this thesis is to analyze how municipalities support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in their work to improve their energy efficiency. The purpose of this study is to increase the current understanding of how the methods and tools used by municipalities to assist SMEs in improving their energy efficiency influence the end results in terms of achieved energy efficiency, and how knowledge related to energy efficiency is created within SMEs. This thesis consists of two separate case studies that examine how two municipalities used a network approach to support SMEs in implementing energy efficient measures.The theoretical frameworks of policy networks, barriers, communities of practice (COPs), and energy efficiency networks were used in this thesis. The findings are presented in the appended four articles. An overall conclusion is that networks that provide information in the form of a report with technological solutions as the only output are less likely to reach the agreed-upon goals. To achieve a more successful result, SMEs must be active in the process; they must be allowed to create knowledge and understanding that they perceive as valuable and relevant for themselves. Another important result is that information is not automatically transformed by SMEs into knowledge. In fact, SMEs need a platform from which they can negotiate the received information and use it to create knowledge through practice and social interaction. Finally, it was found that the type of technological solution is not insignificant; the type of energy efficient measure to be implemented and its level of complexity affect how a municipality should support energy efficiency work among SMEs.

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Domestic photovoltaic systems: the governance of occupant use

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Cited by 5 publications

References 48 publications

A relational approach to understanding inhabitants’ engagement with Photovoltaic (PV) technology in homes

A relational approach to understanding inhabitants’ engagement with Photovoltaic (PV) technology in homes

Analysing the Institutional Setting of Local Renewable Energy Planning and Implementation in the EU: A Systematic Literature Review

Energy efficiency in Swedish SMEs: Exploring barriers, knowledge creation and the role of municipal energy efficiency programs

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