Complex systems and social practices in energy transitions : framing energy sustainability in the time of renewables /

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Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Green energy and technology
Green energy and technology.
Subject:Renewable energy sources.
Energy technology & engineering.
The environment.
Climate change.
Business & the environment, 'Green' approaches to business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Renewable energy sources.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11273692
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Other authors / contributors:Labanca, Nicola, editor.
ISBN:9783319337531
331933753X
9783319337524
3319337521
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 10, 2017).
Summary:Part I. The social construction of complex systems. 1. Complex systems: the latest human artefact -- 2. Energy and complex systems dynamics -- Part II. Complex systems and sustainable energy transitions. 3. Complexification in the energiewende -- 4. Present energy metabolism and the future of renewables -- 5. Hierarchies, power and the problem of governing complex systems -- 6. Polycentric governance approaches for a low-carbon transition: the roles of community-based energy initiatives in enhancing the resilience of future energy systems -- 7. Energy conservation policies in the light of the energetics of evolution -- Part III. Complex systems, social practices and issues generated by reification. 8. Ontological fallacies linked to energy, information and related technologies -- 9. Energy and social practice: from abstractions to dynamic processes -- 10. Radical transitions from fossil fuel to renewables: a change of posture -- 11. An analysis of everyday life activities and their consequences for energy use -- 12. Making energy grids smart: The transition of sociotechnical apparatuses towards a new ontology -- 13. Grid dependencies and change capacities: people and demand response under renewables -- 14. Energy systems and energy-related practices -- Part IV. Summary and conclusions. 15. Key messages from the authors of the book.
Other form:Print version: Complex systems and social practices in energy transitions. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017 9783319337524 3319337521
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-33753-1