Theme 1

Data Byte: Visualising sequences of demand

Posted on March 13, 2014

One of our interests is in how sequences of practices may contribute to patterns of energy demand and we are exploring a number of ways to both visualise and analyse such sequences. The image shows a visualization of a random subsample of 3000 diary days from the UK Time Use Survey 2000 in the Visual-TimePAcTS software. The diary days go from 04:00 (bottom) to 04:00 the next day (top)…

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Working Paper 1: The timing and societal synchronisation of energy demand

Posted on February 14, 2014

Working paper 1: Theme 1, Giulio Mattioli, Elizabeth Shove and Jacopo Torriti, February 2014. It is increasingly important to know about when energy is used in the home, at work and on the move. Issues of time and timing have not featured strongly in energy policy analysis and in modelling, much of which has focused on estimating and reducing total average annual demand per capita. If…

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Theme 1 Summary: The Rhythms of Demand, Ben Anderson, Jillian Anable, Jacopo Torriti, Giulio Mattioli and Richard Hanna, January 2014

Posted on February 10, 2014

Establishing Basecamp Theme 1’s objective of conceptualising and describing the changing demand for energy within UK society is easy to say, seductively straightforward to write and, it seems, fiendishly challenging to achieve. (more…)

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

Posted on February 7, 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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Fluctuations and rhythms of demand – Jillian Anable

Posted on February 4, 2014

Jillian Anable talks about fluctuations and rhythms of demand.

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