Talks by DEMANDers

Spatial Variation in Energy Use, Attitudes and Behaviours: Implications for Smart Grids and Energy Demand, 7 February 2014

Whilst publicly available data on the spatial variation of existing energy demand has improved significantly in recent years (e.g. DECC Sub-national Energy Consumption Statistics), the focus of analysis is still overwhelmingly at the national or regional level. However, local and regional variation in energy use habits, in perceptions and uptake of low carbon technologies (electric vehicles,…

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Talk: Timing and Synchronisation of social practices

Presentation on issues of the timing and synchronisation of social practices and the implications for energy and mobility, given at DECC, December 2013.

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Talk: Producing and validating small area estimates of inequalities in household electricity demand for England, Ben Anderson

Abstract from presentation at the 4th General Conference of the International Microsimulation Association, Canberra, 11-13 December 2013.

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Talk: The Dynamics of Energy Demand: Change, Rhythm, Synchronicity and Movement

Presentation by Gordon Walker, on The Dynamics of Energy Demand: Change, Rhythm, Synchronicity and Movement,  at ‘STS Perspectives on Energy’, University of Lisbon, 4-5 November 2013.

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Interview with Elizabeth Shove

Professor Elizabeth Shove, Co-Director of DEMAND and Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University, gave a seminar on “The Dynamics of Energy, Mobility and Demand” on Wednesday 9th October 2013. Organised by Tyndall Manchester. Professor Shove will “introduce some of the core ideas that underpin the DEMAND Research Centre. The Centre is designed to tackle fundamental questions about…

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