Local energy policy and managing low carbon transition: The case of Leicester, UK

Lemon, Mark; Pollitt, Michael G.; Steer, Steven J.

doi:10.1016/j.esr.2015.02.001

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“…To further support the planning and implementation process, previous research has highlighted the importance of consultants (facilitators) in filling the knowledge gap that municipalities face regarding retrofitting activities and specific innovative technologies [31,36]. Our quantitative study on the topic found that consultants discourage outsourcing of retrofitting activities while maintaining their role as drivers for in-house municipal initiatives [43].…”

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confidence: 79%

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Drivers and Barriers for Municipal Retrofitting Activities Evidence from a Large-Scale Survey of German Local Authorities

2017

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Local authorities are key actors for implementing innovative energy efficiency technologies (retrofitting) to reduce end-use energy demand and consequently reduce negative effects of high energy use such as climate change and public budget deficits. This paper reports the results of a large-scale survey of German municipalities by assessing drivers and barriers for deploying LED street lighting as an example of innovative retrofits. The results indicate that competencies and capacities, transparency of the underlying technology base, and a clear proposition of savings are crucial drivers for municipal retrofitting engagement. Most significant barriers include lack of experience, the tendency to wait for future improvements of innovative energy efficiency technologies, and existing contracts with energy suppliers, manufacturers, or other conventional retrofitting contractors. Investments in municipal competency building (both regarding technologies and procurement) as well as diffusing standard tendering criteria and (public) monitoring of their effectiveness are highly recommended to accelerate the municipal modernization process.

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Section: Drivers For Retrofitting (Using Eueds-led)mentioning

confidence: 79%

“…Engaging a consultant in the modernization even negatively impacts the extent to which a local authority engages in public street lighting retrofitting. Research in other contexts highlighted intermediaries, facilitators and consultants as conducive [31,36].…”

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Drivers and Barriers for Municipal Retrofitting Activities Evidence from a Large-Scale Survey of German Local Authorities

2017

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“…• There are multiple points of interaction and influence within the energy system, between actors, infrastructures and overarching contexts including social, economic, political, technological, and environmental-these are cross-scalar, and include a diversity of actors and energy system components (McFarlane and Rutherford, 2008;Sassen, 2013;Lemon et al, 2015;Bouzarovski and Haarstad, 2019).…”

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“…There is the need to "create different systems or transform existing ones" (Kemp and Loorbach, 2005, p. 125), that incorporate a diversity of actors across different local, national, and international levels of activity. Consequently, energy transitions can be considered the product of dynamic interconnections between multiple scales, including the national, regional, and local, and their respective environmental, social, economic and historical contexts (Lemon et al, 2015). Cities and urban areas are positioned as critical spaces for this transformation as they are the site where the systems of provision that require transformation coalesce, and provide the opportunity to establish and initiate localized visions and strategies of change, at a quicker pace than national and global actions (McCormick et al, 2013).…”

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“…This is particularly important in the context of energy policy, as unlike traditional centralized modes of energy generation and distribution whereby energy consumers played a passive role, more localized approaches to energy generation and distribution support the integration of a greater variety of actors that are able to actively engage with the energy system (Lennon et al, 2020). The networks of actors associated with the energy system differ between locations (Lemon et al, 2015) demonstrating the need for context-dependent localized approaches to energy system transformations.…”

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Toward Regional Low-Carbon Energy Transitions in England: A Relational Perspective

Crowther

Petrova

Evans

2021

Front. Sustain. Cities

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Re-scaling energy systems and governance to the local level is increasingly necessary to transition to a low-carbon society. City region devolution in England enables city regions to develop their own approaches to low-carbon transitions that reflect the context in which they are situated. The approaches associated with these transitions support the localization of the energy system, the involvement of a diverse range of actors and institutions and the establishment of new supporting infrastructures. This paper considers the interactions between, and influence of, different actors, infrastructures and institutions and how these impact the nature of approaches developed by applying a relational perspective. Relational perspectives are increasingly prevalent in research on low-carbon transitions, although they have not been used to consider how different components of the transition influence the approaches developed—which is the focus of this paper. By understanding the influence of the different components, it supports the establishment of appropriate mechanisms to facilitate low-carbon transitions at the localized scale. This paper analyses the approaches to low-carbon transitions developed by three city regions with devolved powers in England. The approach developed by each of the city regions orientates around a different scale of focus—from the whole city region to strategic hubs to individualized, siloed activity. These different scales of focus reflect the influence held by the actors, institutions and infrastructures located within each city region. The context of the city region itself also influences the actors, institutions, and infrastructures present. By adopting a relational perspective, it unpacks the complex interrelations, the multiple points of interaction and influence, and the multi-scalar nature of low-carbon transitions at the city region level. Although the approaches to low-carbon transitions developed by the different city regions suggest a re-scaling of transition processes, the associated actors, infrastructures and institutions associated with these processes are not isolated from broader contexts and particularities of place. There are multi-scalar interactions and influences which impact the nature of approaches developed, demonstrating the value of relational and heterogeneous perspectives when developing localized approaches to low-carbon transitions.

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What encourages local authorities to engage with energy performance contracting for retrofitting? Evidence from German municipalities

2016

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Local energy policy and managing low carbon transition: The case of Leicester, UK

Cited by 18 publications

References 13 publications

Drivers and Barriers for Municipal Retrofitting Activities Evidence from a Large-Scale Survey of German Local Authorities

Drivers and Barriers for Municipal Retrofitting Activities Evidence from a Large-Scale Survey of German Local Authorities

Toward Regional Low-Carbon Energy Transitions in England: A Relational Perspective

What encourages local authorities to engage with energy performance contracting for retrofitting? Evidence from German municipalities

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