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DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111637 |
‘I'm the smart meter’: Perceptions of smart technology amongst vulnerable consumers. | |
Fiona Shirani, Christopher Groves, Karen Henwood, Nick Pidgeon, Erin Roberts | |
2020-06-01 | |
发表期刊 | Energy Policy |
出版年 | 2020 |
英文摘要 | The concept of ‘smart living’ is becoming increasingly prevalent in discussions about anticipated energy futures. However, despite the promises surrounding smart technology, take-up to-date has been relatively low, with existing research showing that concerns about it abound. Smart technology has also been positioned as potentially able to alleviate fuel poverty, yet there has been little exploration of how it is perceived and experienced by vulnerable consumers. In this paper we situate these discussions in the context of interview data with residents in a Welsh Valleys community where smart technologies were due to be installed in some homes as part of a wider energy scheme. Whilst there was some enthusiasm for aspects of smart technology, participants often found it difficult to see how it would improve their everyday lives and energy use, expressing scepticism and concern that energy consumption would be increased. In exploring these issues, we raise questions for the smart energy agenda and supporting policy, highlighting the need to account for people's different abilities and enthusiasm to relate to smart developments in everyday energy technologies. In particular, we argue for the importance of considering vulnerable consumers in smart transitions, to avoid worsening already precarious positions. |
领域 | 气候变化 |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/273271 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Fiona Shirani, Christopher Groves, Karen Henwood, Nick Pidgeon, Erin Roberts. ‘I'm the smart meter’: Perceptions of smart technology amongst vulnerable consumers.[J]. Energy Policy,2020. |
APA | Fiona Shirani, Christopher Groves, Karen Henwood, Nick Pidgeon, Erin Roberts.(2020).‘I'm the smart meter’: Perceptions of smart technology amongst vulnerable consumers..Energy Policy. |
MLA | Fiona Shirani, Christopher Groves, Karen Henwood, Nick Pidgeon, Erin Roberts."‘I'm the smart meter’: Perceptions of smart technology amongst vulnerable consumers.".Energy Policy (2020). |
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