Energy Demand Challenges in Europe

Frances Fahy is Senior Lecturer in Geography at the National University of Ireland Galway and Lead Coordinator of the European H2020-funded ENERGISE project. Her research interests are in environmental planning and sustainability.Gary Goggins is ENERGISE project manager at the National University of Ireland Galway. He holds a PhD in Environmental Sociology and Sustainability Studies, an MA in Community Development and a degree in Business Studies. His research interests include sustainable consumption and sociotechnical change. Charlott Jensen is Assistant Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. She holds an MSc in Innovation and Environmental Management and a PhD in Sociology of Technology and Consumption. Her research explores the environmental and social impacts of consumption and production.

• Chapter 1: An introduction to energy demand challenges in Europe; Frances Fahy and Gary Goggins.- Chapter 2: Framing the sustainable energy challenge and implications for solutions; Charlotte Louise Jensen, Inge Røpke, Gary Goggins and Frances Fahy.- Chapter 3: The impact of German energy policy on household energy use; Eoin Grealis, Annika-Kathrin Musch and Henrike Rau.- Chapter 4: The role of households in Danish energy policy: Visions and contradictions; Inge Røpke, Charlotte Louise Jensen and Maj-Britt Quitzau.- Chapter 5: Reducing residential carbon emissions in Ireland: Challenges and policy responses; Gary Goggins, Frances Fahy and Eimear Heaslip.- Chapter 6: UK responses to the energy challenge: Dominant framings and new imaginaries; Marfuga Iskandarova and Audley Genus.- Chapter 7: Turning off the gas tap: Sustainable energy policies, practices and prospects in the Netherlands; Julia Backhaus.- Chapter 8: The energy challenge in Hungary: A need for more complex approaches; Edina Vadovics.- Chapter 9: Slovenia: Focus on energy efficiency, community energy projects and energy poverty; Lidija Živčič and Tomislav Tkalec.- Chapter 10: From efficiency to sufficiency: Insights from the Swiss energy transition; Laure Dobigny and Marlyne Sahakian.- Chapter 11: Sustainable energy consumption and energy poverty: Challenges and trends in Bulgaria; Marko Hajdinjak and Desislava Asenova.- Chapter 12: Finnish energy policy in transition; Eva Heiskanen, Senja Laakso and Kaisa Matschoss.- Chapter 13: Comparing household energy use across Europe: Uncovering opportunities for sustainable transformation; Patrick Naef, Marlyne Sahakian and Gary Goggins.