Complex systems and social practices in energy transitions : framing energy sustainability in the time of renewables /: framing energy sustainability in the time of renewables. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nicola Labanca, editor.
• Editors: Labanca, Nicola
• Contents: The Social Construction of Complex Systems -- Complexification in the Energiewende -- Present Energy Metabolism and the Future of Renewables -- Hierarchies, Power and the Problem of Governing Complex Systems -- Community-based Initiatives to Enhance the Sustainability of Energy Systems -- Convergence of Biophysical and Socioeconomic Models of Resource Systems in the Long Term Based on a Complex Systems Approach -- Energy Conservation Policies in the Light of the Energetics of Evolution -- Ontological Fallacies Linked to Energy, Time and Information -- Energy, Time and Social Practice: From Abstractions to Dynamic Processes -- How Flexible are Households in their Energy Consumption? An Analysis of the Rhythm of Everyday Life and its Consequences for Peak Shaving -- Two Political Views on Energy: The Mechanic and Experimental Regimes of Bodies -- Radical Transitions from Fossil Fuel to Renewables: A Change of Posture -- Decomposing Energy Grids: Energy and Power Between Corporate Actors and Final Users -- Complex Adaptive Systems and Energy-saving Social Practices -- Grid Dependencies in the Time of Renewables.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 333.79; Energy; Renewable energy sources; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General; Renewable energy sources; Energy; Energy Policy, Economics and Management; Energy Technology; Climate Change Management and Policy; Climate Change; Corporate Environmental Management; Technology & Engineering -- Power Resources -- General; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Science -- Environmental Science; Business & Economics -- Green Business; Energy technology & engineering; The environment; Climate change; Business & the environment, 'Green' approaches to business; Climatic changes; Business & Economics -- Industries -- Energy Industries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319337531
• Related ISBNs: 331933753X; 9783319337524; 3319337521
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 10, 2017).
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