Projects
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| Reference Number | PTA-026-27-0783 | |
| Title | Policies for emerging socio-technical systems: the case of low energy housing in the UK | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial) 50%; Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Environmental, social and economic impacts) 50%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Geography and Environmental Studies) 50%; SOCIAL SCIENCES (Town and Country Planning) 25%; SOCIAL SCIENCES (Sociology) 25%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Policy and regulation) 50%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Consumer attitudes and behaviour) 25%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Technology acceptance) 25%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Dr H (Heather ) Lovell No email address given School of Geosciences University of Edinburgh |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | ESRC | |
| Start Date | 01 June 2005 | |
| End Date | 31 March 2007 | |
| Duration | 22 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £34,313 | |
| Industrial Sectors | No relevance to Underpinning Sectors | |
| Region | Scotland | |
| Programme | ESRC Energy | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr H (Heather ) Lovell , School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh (99.998%) |
| Other Investigator | Prof S (Susan ) Smith , Geography, Durham University (0.001%) Prof S (Susan ) Owens , Geography, Durham University (0.001%) |
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| Web Site | https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=PTA-026-27-0783 |
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| Objectives | Objectives not supplied | |
| Abstract | My research focuses on low energy housing in the UK in the context of climate change. The growth in UK low energy housing during the 1990s has been explored through assessment of changing policy agendas and analysis of the introduction and adoption of new technologies. The research draws important new links between the policy and science and technology studies literatures. It is suggested that new ways of assessing the policy process are needed in order to include consideration of the material substance of policy. The operations of the housing and energy sectors are influenced by human actors within policy networks, but also by their component materials and technologies, ranging from power stations to bricks and mortar. These sectors are therefore best characterised as socio-technical systems, in that the social and technical infrastructures are both important. The research centres on two contrasting case studies, which focus on examples of significant innovation: a clusterof lowenergy housing built in the Newark and Sherwood District, East Midlands, during the 1990s; and a recent Government policy to encourage innovation in house building through the production of low energy factory-assembled homes, a process newly termed ‘Modern Methods of Construction’. | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 02/11/09 | |
