Energy and Behaviour

Marta Lopes, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra -Agriculture College (ESAC), and a researcher at the Institute for Systems Engineering and Computers at Coimbra (INESC Coimbra), Portugal. Having experience in the implementation of energy efficiency projects in public institutions, her main research interest is the human role in sustainable energy systems, particularly by using integrated approaches. Carlos Henggeler Antunes, PhD, is a professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of the R&D Institute for Systems Engineering and Computers at Coimbra (INESC Coimbra), and member of the Coordination Committee of the Energy for Sustainability Initiative, University of Coimbra, Portugal. His main research areas are energy systems and policies, demand response, multi-objective optimization, and multi-criteria decision analysis. Kathryn B. Janda, PhD, is a principal research fellow in organisations and non-domestic buildings at the Energy Institute at University College London, United Kingdom. She studies the role of organisations as both adopters and providers of sustainable innovations, including energy standards for nondomestic buildings, the role of building professionals in driving ‘middle-out’ change, and implications of ownership and tenancy in the commercial real estate industry.

• 1. Energy and behaviour: Challenges of a low-carbon futurePART 1: Understanding energy behaviour: Disciplinary approaches and beyond1.1 Psychology and energy conservation: Contributions from theory and practice1.2 Behavioural economics for energy and climate change policies and the transition to a sustainable energy use - A Scandinavian perspective1.3 Beyond energy behaviour: A broader way to see people for climate change technology planningPart 2: Energy behaviour across sectors2.1 Resource-efficient nondomestic buildings: Intertwining behaviours and technology 2.2 The challenge of improving energy efficiency in the building sector: Taking an in-depth look at decision-making on investments in energy-efficient refurbishments 2.3 Reframing energy efficiency in industry: A discussion of definitions, rationales and management practices2.4 What do we know about the role the human dimension plays in shaping a sustainable low-carbon transport transition?2.5 The impact of the institutional context on the potential contribution of new business models to democratizing the energy system2.6 Energy, human activity, and knowledge: Addressing smart city challengesPART 3 - Modelling energy behaviour3.1 Energy and enjoyment: The value of household electricity consumption3.2 Developing quantitative insights on building occupant behaviour: Supporting modelling tools and datasets3.3 Agent-based modelling of the social dynamics of energy end use3.4 Preference elicitation approaches for energy decisionsPART 4 - Promoting behaviour change4.1 A critical review of energy behaviour change: The influence of context. 4.2 Urban low-carbon futures: Results from real-world lab experiment in Berlin4.3 Overview of the European Union policies to promote more sustainable behaviours in energy end-users 4.4. A brief history of behaviour in US energy programs: Landscape, integration, and future opportunities