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Promoting Energy Efficiency: Barriers, Societal Needs and Policies
Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022 The Climate Change urgency requires a swift reduction of energy consumption. One way to achieve this is through increased energy efficiency. Over the past decades, the debate on how to encourage energy efficiency has been guided by the physical–technical–
Nives Della Valle, Paolo Bertoldi
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Behavioural attributes towards collective energy security in thermal energy communities: Environmental-friendly behaviour matters [PDF]
, 2022 Community energy systems as decentralized and collective renewable energy systems, where the energy is jointly generated and distributed among a community of households, are gaining momentum.
Fouladvand, J. (author) +2 more
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Women’s Collectives and Collective Action for Food and Energy Security: Reflections from a Community of Practice (CoP) Perspective [PDF]
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 2020 In feminist political ecological discourses, women are seen as potential initiators and actors in collective action. Gendered differential practices in sustaining certain forms of collective action within the community have remained under-researched. Women play a key role as providers of food, water, fuel and fodder.
Sunita Dhal +2 more
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The moral status of the corporation, collective responsibility, and the distribution of blame [PDF]
The moral status of the corporation is a foundational issue in business ethics. A long-running debate has considered whether a corporation can be considered a moral agent in its own right, akin to an individual human agent. As Moore (1999, p.
Cowton, Christopher J.
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 This paper presents the results of a qualitative study exploring the role of formal social units in the sustainable energy transition process. A small community in North-east Italy was assumed as case study, in the context of a wider EU-funded research ...
Lorenza Tiberio +5 more
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Barriers and Drivers of Renewable Energy Penetration in Rural Areas
Energies, 2021 The paper deals with the exposition of the main barriers and drivers of renewable energy usage in rural communities. Climate change mitigation is causing governments, policymakers, and international organizations worldwide to embark on policies, leading ...
Dalia Streimikiene +5 more
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Sustainability Science, 2022 AbstractThe phrase “local collective action” is increasingly being used to describe how civil society engages with, and acts upon, sustainability transformations. While existing research has framed local collective action as an outcome of creating a shared agenda on a local level, there have been calls for exploring the diversity of ideas, motives, and
Hasanov, Mustafa, Zuidema, Christian
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DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE IN COLLECTIVE ACTION INITIATIVES IN THE ENERGY FIELD
, 2022 With the deployment of renewable energy technologies, the energy market is going towards a polycentric system characterized by the cohabitation of large- and small-scale installations. This configuration allows for the presence of new actors, fostering the deployment of renewable energy and representing a new tool to fight against climate change.
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionAlthough governments have launched energy performance certification (EPC) programs to increase residential energy efficiency, residents’ perception and acceptance of these programs have been little studied. This study contextualizes residents’ intentions to participate in EPC programs in terms of their attributions to and attitudes toward ...
Xinyu Chen, Zhonghua Gou, Huihua Zhang
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Energy Reports, 2021 This paper investigates the energy and economic performance of several energy schemes that could potentially be applied to agricultural and zootechnical communities contributing to the international objectives of sustainable development.
Anthony Maturo +5 more
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