Application of Systems Thinking to energy demand reduction

Proceedings of 2011 6th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering: SoSE in Cloud Computing, Smart Grid, and Cyber Security, SoSE 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 143-148

  Freeman, Rachel ^a   Tryfonas, Theo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon emissions reduction; energy demand reduction; sociotechnical transitions; systems thinking

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CARBON EMISSIONS; DEMAND-SIDE; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; INFORMATION FEEDBACK; LOW-CARBON; LOW-COST ENERGY; MULTI-LEVEL; SOCIO-TECHNICAL REGIMES; SOCIOTECHNICAL; SYSTEMS THINKING; TECHNOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; USER LEVELS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; SECURITY OF DATA; SYSTEM THEORY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

EID: 80052242073     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SYSOSE.2011.5966588     Document Type: Conference Paper

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