Chad Walker, Ph.D.

Research - Teaching - Impact

Urban Energy Infrastructure Transitions: The Participation of Local Citizens in the Development of Smart Local Energy Systems and Sustainable Heating


Book chapter


Fionnguala Sherry-Brennan, Patrick Devine-Wright, Chad Walker
Routledge Handbook of Urban Landscape Research, Kate Bishop, Linda Corkery, 1st, Routledge, 2022 Dec 26


Cite

Cite

APA   Click to copy
Sherry-Brennan, F., Devine-Wright, P., & Walker, C. (2022). Urban Energy Infrastructure Transitions: The Participation of Local Citizens in the Development of Smart Local Energy Systems and Sustainable Heating. In K. Bishop & L. Corkery (Eds.) (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003109563


Chicago/Turabian   Click to copy
Sherry-Brennan, Fionnguala, Patrick Devine-Wright, and Chad Walker. “Urban Energy Infrastructure Transitions: The Participation of Local Citizens in the Development of Smart Local Energy Systems and Sustainable Heating.” In , edited by Kate Bishop and Linda Corkery. 1st ed. Routledge Handbook of Urban Landscape Research. Routledge, 2022.


MLA   Click to copy
Sherry-Brennan, Fionnguala, et al. Urban Energy Infrastructure Transitions: The Participation of Local Citizens in the Development of Smart Local Energy Systems and Sustainable Heating. Edited by Kate Bishop and Linda Corkery, 1st ed., Routledge, 2022, doi:10.4324/9781003109563.


BibTeX   Click to copy

@inbook{fionnguala2022a,
  title = {Urban Energy Infrastructure Transitions: The Participation of Local Citizens in the Development of Smart Local Energy Systems and Sustainable Heating},
  year = {2022},
  month = dec,
  day = {26},
  edition = {1st},
  publisher = {Routledge},
  series = {Routledge Handbook of Urban Landscape Research},
  doi = {10.4324/9781003109563},
  author = {Sherry-Brennan, Fionnguala and Devine-Wright, Patrick and Walker, Chad},
  editor = {Bishop, Kate and Corkery, Linda},
  month_numeric = {12}
}

ABSTRACT

From extending energy access in the southern hemisphere to decarbonizing grids in the northern hemisphere, decentralized energy systems are becoming a feature of a global energy transformation. Alongside techno-economic forces, issues such as citizen engagement, environmental justice, social equity and acceptance are powerful forces shaping these transitions. This chapter focuses on public participation and user engagement in socio-technical transformations of urban energy infrastructures in order to better understand participatory methods and the roles of publics in transitions. Focusing on Smart Local Energy Systems (i.e., local projects that integrate renewable energy, electric vehicle infrastructure, battery storage and ‘smart’ energy monitoring) and sustainable heating, case studies describe how public engagement has been used to enable system-wide transformation. Social innovation and co-creation are introduced as methods which involve citizens in developing and implementing technological change to support the move away from fossil fuel dependence toward low carbon energy. Both methods acknowledge the tensions arising between instrumental approaches that are labeled as participatory, but which exhibit clear asymmetries of power, knowledge and resources, while demonstrating the potential of collaborative transitions.


Share



Follow this website


You need to create an Owlstown account to follow this website.


Sign up

Already an Owlstown member?

Log in