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Here's a link to my first single-authored paper about space(s), social practices and energy demand(s). Shout-out to @DEMAND_CENTRE, @SociologyLancs and @CUGeogPlan people for help and support with this. Happy to share a copy if you hit a paywall. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#EnergyFables Non Energy Policy Sarah Royston & @jan_selby Chameleons are known for changing colour & for blending into the background. Many policies that matter for energy demand are also camouflaged. This chapter investigates hidden forms of policy influence.

#EnergyFables Flexibility @JTorriti Tigers move at great speed but when stalking their prey, they slink low to the ground. When hunting, they are agile enough to spring to action in an instant & slow enough to wait for the right moment. Are energy consumers similarly flexible?

#EnergyFables The Energy Trilemma @jennyrinkinen @ElizabethShove Giraffes have four legs, not three. The energy trilemma refers to tensions between three poles: energy security, affordability and decarbonisation. Is energy demand a missing dimension?

#EnergyFables Promoting Smart Homes @MikeHazas @YolandeStreng Smart robots can collaborate with humans, working along-side them and learning from their behaviour. Some people think smart homes will be able to do the same.

#EnergyFables Keeping the Lights On @profgpw Electric eels have muscle-like cells called electrocytes; enabling them to deliver electric shocks. Electric eels do not light up, but they can produce enough electricity to illuminate up to 20 light bulbs, for an instant.

#EnergyFables Low hanging fruit @ElizabethShove @NoelFCass Low hanging fruit are easy to pick. In the energy sector, the phrase ‘first pick the low hanging fruit’ is an instruction to harvest easy wins. This chapter discusses the trees and fruits of this metaphorical orchard.

#EnergyFables Elasticity @JTorriti Spiders make elastic webs that all sorts of stresses and strains. Price ‘elasticity’ is different; referring to peoples’ willingness to forego services if prices rise. This chapter is about rigidities and springyness in daily life

#EnergyFables Rebound @DrGregMarsden Frogs are good at jumping – but how does one leap affect the next? The concept of rebound relates to the possibility that the benefits of energy-saving actions might be undermined if people use the resources they save in other directions.

#EnergyFables Energy Efficiency @ElizabethShove Ostriches are said to put their heads in the sand when faced with danger. Whether they do or not, the image of wilfully excluding complicating or extraneous considerations resonates with the main themes of this chapter

Energy Fables: Challenging ideas in the energy sector Energy Services by @Janine_Morley Do squirrels distinguish between sources of energy (the nut) and the services that energy makes possible (sustenance)? #EnergyFables

Energy Fables: Challenging ideas in the energy sector Energy Demand by @jennyrinkinen & @ElizabethShove Some creatures are more insistent than others and quacking ducks can be especially demanding. This chapter explores the social foundations of energy demand. #EnergyFables

The new Routledge edited volume Energy Fables: Challenging ideas in the energy sector has been released today. Over the next 11 days, we will be sharing some of the details of the chapters within. Edited by: @ElizabethShove @jennyrinkinen @JTorriti #EnergyFables

What does the ostrich represent? 23rd May is said to be the day when the fables of the energy sector are revealed. routledge.com/Energy-Fables-…

Two new Pieces of DEMAND now available: Invisible Energy Policies and Online Shopping. Find these and more, here: demand.ac.uk/spotlight/ Please share widely.

Podcast #2 Ted Schatzki on Materiality! Can dolphins carry out practices? Is 'nature' part of the 'plenum of practices'? Can size, shape, and density account for the distribution of material arrangements and practices across the earth? Find out here! soundcloud.com/user-489849934…

Attending @DEMAND_CENTRE workshop on Connecting Practices via the @cemore4mobs Double robot. So far we have created robot-appropriate greeting rituals to replace handshakes, recovered after the robot went offline and learned that the stabilization feels a bit like being on a boat

Fantastic to have @EverydayAllie from @DEMAND_CENTRE here at @RMIT_CUR sharing her ideas on practices, spatial imaginaries and places, both digital and otherwise!

Great new 2 year opportunity to come and work with colleagues @ITSLeeds on smart mobility implementation planning- Research Fellow in Modelling and Governance of Innovative Transport Measures to join the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

Episode 6 of our Animated Video Series is now available - Car Travel: Why Demand is Changing. Please share widely youtu.be/RzOyi73xT5w