Efficiency and Consumption: Technology and Practice.

Shove, Elizabeth (2004) Efficiency and Consumption: Technology and Practice. Energy and Environment, 15 (6). pp. 1053-1065.

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Abstract

It is probably true that energy policy has paid more attention to resources and resource efficiencies than to overall consumption. Partly because of this, more needs to be done to conceptualise the dynamics of consumer demand. In this article I take stock of what sociological theories of consumption, technology and practice might contribute to energy and environmental policy. Recent research on a) the future of comfort and b) sustainable domestic technology is used to illustrate and elaborate on the part that technical systems (efficient and otherwise) play in redefining concepts of service and thereby structuring patterns of resource consumption.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Energy and Environment
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? energy engineering and power technologyenergy (miscellaneous)environmental engineeringrenewable energy, sustainability and the environmenthm sociology ??
ID Code:
11069
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Deposited On:
30 Jul 2008 15:13
Refereed?:
Yes
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Published
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