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Integrating energy sufficiency into modelling of sustainable energy scenarios (2020–2022) The IntSuf project aimed at integrating knowledge about the social dynamics of energy consumption into energy modelling tools in order to develop sustainable energy scenarios that will be more useful in policy making.
Sustainable consumption shares a number of common features and is closely linked to sustainable production and sustainable development. Sustainable consumption, as part of sustainable development, is part of the worldwide struggle against sustainability challenges such as climate change, resource depletion, famines, and environmental pollution.
Managing energy, peak demand and bills in community level may be more feasible and viable, because of the collective purchasing power, the bargaining power, more options in energy efficiency or storage, [24] more flexibility and diversity in generating and consuming energy at different times, e.g. using PV to compensate day time consumption or ...
In the United Kingdom, the first sustainable community energy system was pioneered by Woking Borough Council, starting in 1991.The system uses traditional and phosphoric acid fuel cell [4] co-generation plants, thermal storage, heat fired absorption cooling and photovoltaics, to supply both residential and non-residential customers, as well as the Council's own facilities. [5]
Energy storage helps overcome barriers to intermittent renewable energy and is an important aspect of a sustainable energy system. [154] The most commonly used and available storage method is pumped-storage hydroelectricity , which requires locations with large differences in height and access to water. [ 154 ]
First, incremental eco-efficiency, which "specifies the effects of the total value of a product system or sector and its total concomitant environmental effects." [ 1 ] Second, an analysis method nicknamed win-win , which "gives a comparison between a historical reference situation and potentially new situations based on the use of new ...
To achieve this paradigm shift, the model is guided by three main principles: establishing civil society based energy governance, increasing reliance on savings and environmental benefits of SEU investments to build out a sustainable energy future, and continued evaluation of performance determined by environmental factors, affordability, and ...
Moreover, it has long been recognized that energy efficiency brings other benefits additional to the reduction of energy consumption. [5] Some estimates of the value of these other benefits, often called multiple benefits , co-benefits , ancillary benefits or non-energy benefits , have put their summed value even higher than that of the direct ...