The challenge to UK energy policy: An ageing population perspective on energy saving measures and consumption

Hamza, Neveen; Gilroy, Rose

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2010.10.052

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“…We thus created a control variable that measures the population of inhabitants per square kilometre (sqkm) in the focal county (Population Density). Since various socio-demographic characteristics might influence the consumption of electricity, we controlled for the average Population Age and Disposable Income observed in a given county (Tonn and Eisenberg, 2006;Hamza and Gilroy, 2011). In addition, the municipal debt level (Municipal Debt) in the focal county might be informative about the resourcefulness of the local institutional environment.…”

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Davids Against Goliath? Collective Identities and the Market Success of Peripheral Organizations During Resource Partitioning

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Wezel

2015

Organization Science

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Publisher's copyright statement:Additional information: Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-pro t purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. First, the demise of near-center producers crystallizes the difference among classes of organizations which benefits the market success of peripheral producers. Second, individual peripheral producers that face an audience that values their identity claims and exhibit credible engagement with their claimed identity, encounter greater market success. Our contributions to the literature are discussed.

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Section: Control Variablesmentioning

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Davids Against Goliath? Collective Identities and the Market Success of Peripheral Organizations During Resource Partitioning

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Wezel

2015

Organization Science

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“…Assuming uniformity of the thermal environment in the house and ignoring the special requirements of different segments of the population, such as the elderly, might result in a failure to achieve the expected policy targets. People may not engage with the energy efficiency initiatives as expected by policy-makers (Hamza and Gilroy, 2011;Dowson et al, 2012). As Gram-Hanssen argues, making effective policies requires a more nuanced understanding of what people do in their homes and the practices they engage in (Gram-Hanssen, 2010).…”

Section: Occupant Behaviour and Energy Consumption In The Homementioning

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The changing landscape of thermal experience and warmth in older people’s dwellings

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Thermal variations across space affect the use of space within a dwelling. Older people show interest in and understanding of thermal behavior of dwellings. Older people pursue the thermal conditions they desire. Older people take actions to modify the quality of the thermal environment in their house. Changes made to the house may not be solely motivated by thermal comfort concerns. a b s t r a c tThe UK's carbon dioxide reduction policy initiatives often treat environmental conditions in buildings as averaged values of air temperature that flatten spatial variations. This discounts the influence of varying thermal conditions on how people use buildings and the impact this may have on energy consumption. This paper explores the intersection between older people's thermal experience, spatial and temporal variations in thermal conditions in a dwelling and the influence this has on occupants' use of space. The paper reports on qualitative studies in homes with both conventional and newly installed low carbon heating systems. The results suggest that older people are sensitive to and adept at exploiting variations in the dynamic 'landscape' of warmth to achieve desired thermal preferences and that they modify their dwellings to improve the quality of the thermal environment. There is also some evidence of a 'spatial rebound' effect after energy upgrades, when occupants inhabit rooms they previously could not afford to heat. The nature of qualitative research precludes robust recommendations for policy. However, one important avenue to explore further appears to be that householders may be more strongly motivated by interventions offering improvements across a range of aspects rather than on energy savings alone.

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“…Looking forward, Hamza and Gilroy (2011) conclude that population ageing in the UK will lead to a future rise in energy demand, again driven by heating demand, based on evidence that older people spend more time at home and tend to live in larger, less efficient dwellings. They also foresee a growing demand for energy consuming assistive devices as more people age in their own homes.…”

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Low carbon thermal technologies in an ageing society – What are the issues?

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The challenge to UK energy policy: An ageing population perspective on energy saving measures and consumption

Cited by 101 publications

References 27 publications

Davids Against Goliath? Collective Identities and the Market Success of Peripheral Organizations During Resource Partitioning

Davids Against Goliath? Collective Identities and the Market Success of Peripheral Organizations During Resource Partitioning

The changing landscape of thermal experience and warmth in older people’s dwellings

Low carbon thermal technologies in an ageing society – What are the issues?

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