scholarly journals What Counts as Success? Wider Implications of Achieving Planning Permission in a Low-Impact Ecovillage

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Shirani ◽  
Christopher Groves ◽  
Karen Henwood ◽  
Nick Pidgeon ◽  
Erin Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Low Impact Development ◽  
System Change ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Scaling Up ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Technical Developments ◽  
Case Site

The need for energy system change in order to address the energy 'trilemma' of security, affordability and sustainability is well documented and requires the active involvement of individuals, families and communities who currently engage with these systems and technologies. Alongside technical developments designed to address these challenges, alternative ways of living are increasingly being envisaged by those involved in low-impact development. This article draws on data from a qualitative longitudinal study involving residents of a low-impact ecovillage in West Wales, UK, in order to consider how the successful meeting of their planning targets has not been without personal and social troubles, which are absent from official measures of the project's success. We argue that, in exploring issues pertaining to scaling up, policy timescales and the legacy of such projects (such as inspiring others), insights drawn from this study have a wider relevance beyond the specific case site.

scholarly journals Of profits, transparency, and responsibility: Public views on financing energy system change in Great Britain

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 236-246
Author(s):  
Sarah Becker ◽  
Christina Demski ◽  
Darrick Evensen ◽  
Nick Pidgeon
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
System Change ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Public Views

scholarly journals Public values for energy system change

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 59-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Demski ◽  
Catherine Butler ◽  
Karen A. Parkhill ◽  
Alexa Spence ◽  
Nick F. Pidgeon
Keyword(s):  
System Change ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Public Values

scholarly journals Decentralised Control and Peer-To-Peer Cooperation in Smart Energy Systems

2021 ◽  
pp. 121-138
Author(s):  
Geert Deconinck
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grids ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
System Change ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Transmission Grid ◽  
Smart Energy Systems ◽  
Peer To Peer Networks ◽  
Decentralised Control ◽  
The Impact

AbstractIn order to achieve a decarbonised energy system, change has to happen from electricity generation to the transmission grid over the distribution level all the way down to the industrial loads and the local households. To get involvement of communities in this energy transition, local participation is needed, so that the citizens can be aware of the impact of their energy-related actions on environment and climate. However, the energy system has typically been organised in a top-down fashion, with centralised approaches and little active control, resulting in passive grid and ditto customers. Smart grids have put active customers and consumer engagement as one of the cornerstones of a more intelligent energy infrastructure, which can be organised differently. Indeed, in different niches decentralised approaches have been used successfully (decoupled microgrids, peer-to-peer networks, etc.). This chapter explores how decentralised approaches can fit the future energy system and how it can empower people for engaging in the energy transition.

scholarly journals Governing for sustainable energy system change: Politics, contexts and contingency

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 96-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Kuzemko ◽  
Matthew Lockwood ◽  
Catherine Mitchell ◽  
Richard Hoggett
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
System Change ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Sustainable Energy System

scholarly journals Estudio Longitudinal del Proceso de Adopción de un Sistema Tipo-Erp Usando Mapas Mentales

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-54
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Longitudinal Studies ◽  
System Change ◽  
Mental Maps ◽  
Mind Maps ◽  
Restaurant Owners ◽  
New System ◽  
Positive Evaluation

The purpose of this study is to understand how users' perceptions of a system change as they adopt it, we con- ducted a qualitative-longitudinal study of the case of three small restaurant owners who implemented ERP-type soft- ware in their businesses. Method: The methodology used was based on the use of mental maps as tools for visual/ numerical analysis. The data to create the maps were provided from the transcriptions of the owner's interviews. Find- ings show that at first, individuals focus mainly on the benefits of the new system, but as they adopt it, dissatisfac- tion with the technology arises. Although in postimplementation, the positive evaluation of the system outweighs the dissatisfactions, interestingly, the latter outweighs the former in the intermediate stages of implementation. This is a novel result because there are no studies that describe this phenomenon. At the methodological level, the use of mind maps for analysis is novel in the MIS literature and could continue to be used in other qualitative-longitudinal studies.

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