Re-materialising energy use through transparent monitoring systems

Burgess, Jacquelin; Nye, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2008.09.039

Cited by 188 publications

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“…Similarly, the negative impacts of increasing carbon emissions are easily ignored because of their intangibility. One of the challenges therefore for promoting carbon capability is to increase the visibility of carbon and re-materialize energy use in day-to-day activities and choices (Burgess and Nye, 2008). Carbon capability is about transforming understandings of carbon from an inevitable (invisible and overlooked) waste product of modern lifestyles, to a potent contributor to the atmospheric system, a substance to be carefully managed.…”

Section: Carbon Capabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Public engagement with carbon and climate change: To what extent is the public ‘carbon capable’?

Whitmarsh

Seyfang

O’Neill

2011

Global Environmental Change

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Section: Carbon Capabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Public engagement with carbon and climate change: To what extent is the public ‘carbon capable’?

Whitmarsh

Seyfang

O’Neill

2011

Global Environmental Change

353

246

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“…This so-called carbon labeling would entail consideration of energy required and emissions induced for production, packaging, transportation, storage as well as lifecycle use. Although attractive form an energy conservation point of view, mandatory carbon labeling is probably hard to achieve because of opposition from industry groups [5].…”

Section: Energy Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Service-Oriented Architecture for Household Energy Management

Sinderen¹,

Warnier²,

Shishkov³

2010

Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Enterprise Systems and Technology

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Abstract. Recent advances in pervasive computing foster automated systems to support household energy management. Smart devices can be used to monitor both the consumption of household appliances and the presence and activity of people in the household. Based on monitoring results, intelligent feedback to residents and intelligent control of appliances is possible. In this paper we present a service-oriented architecture for household energy management in order to cope with interoperability and flexibility issues that exist in the home environment. We also propose a home service bus that realizes core properties of the service-oriented architecture, and thus facilitates integration of existing solutions and development of new applications.

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“…Energy has been described as an invisible resource, and research has focused on the value of feedback as a means to positively influence occupier behaviour [11][12][13]. This feedback may come in a number of different forms, such as energy usage, energy bills, or levels of thermal comfort.…”

Section: Energy Use In Existing Housing Stockmentioning

confidence: 99%

External Wall Insulation (EWI): Engaging Social Tenants in Energy Efficiency Retrofitting in the North East of England

2017

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Abstract:The question of how best to tackle the problem of energy inefficient older housing in the UK is considerable, and is further complicated by the question of tenure. Social landlords are working to update and improve their properties, which make up around 15% of the total UK housing stock (4 million properties). The success of such efficiency improvements depends in part on the cooperation of tenants, and their ability and willingness to engage with the process of change. This paper describes the experiences of eleven social housing tenant households whose properties were fitted with External Wall Insulation (EWI), based on pre-and post-installation interviews and data collection. It includes discussion of tenants' knowledge, attitudes, and expectations prior to and following installation; household thermal comfort and energy spending before installation; tenant experiences of having EWI installed; tenant perceptions regarding the effects of EWI on thermal comfort, energy spending, and housing attractiveness; impacts of EWI on internal temperatures and heat loss (measured via thermal imaging); energy bill comparisons. Households experienced an average saving of 33% on energy bills following EWI installation, and the majority of tenants reported benefits including improved thermal comfort and related positive impacts on health and wellbeing. The paper concludes by highlighting potential learning points for engaging tenants in the process of enhancing energy efficiency in UK social rented housing.

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Re-materialising energy use through transparent monitoring systems

Cited by 188 publications

References 20 publications

Public engagement with carbon and climate change: To what extent is the public ‘carbon capable’?

Public engagement with carbon and climate change: To what extent is the public ‘carbon capable’?

Service-Oriented Architecture for Household Energy Management

External Wall Insulation (EWI): Engaging Social Tenants in Energy Efficiency Retrofitting in the North East of England

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