...Silvia Dalla Costa, PhD The research presented is focused on new technologies and citizens’ participation in decision making with specific reference to their role in the construction of local knowledge to analyse energy performance of buildings. The first part describes the conceptual framework...

... explores the realities of this in Cuba after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 – the so-called special period, which decimated the country's imports of energy, food and other vital supplies. Drawing on primary research collected in Cuba during 2008 and in an attempt to stimulate debate about how...

... energy infrastructure along a 580 km route between Oslo and Stavanger. The paper analyses the stumbling blocks that could potentially throw the project off balance. Initially the expectation was that non-technological issues, related to hindrances on the one hand and opportunities on the other, would...

...Y. Rydin, PhD, MRICS; P. Devine-Wright, PhD, MPS; C. Goodier, PhD, Pg Cert, MCIOB, MICT, FHEA; S. Guy, PhD; L. Hunt, MA, PhD; J. Watson, PhD Challenging lock-in through urban energy systems (Clues) is a major new research project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council...

... energy sustainability Indicators and indices are about new modes of measurement. In November 2007, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) commissioned a new sustainability index to be applied across an international sample of countries. This index would join a growing number...

...Y. Rydin, PhD, MRICS; S. Thomas, PhD; J. Beddington, PhD, CMG, FRS This briefing outlines the results of an initiative to explore how the UK built environment could evolve to help manage a transition to secure, sustainable, low-carbon energy systems that meet the needs of society, the requirements...