Innovating for low‐carbon energy through hydropower: Enabling a conservation charity's transition to a low‐carbon community

Gallagher, John; Coughlan, Paul; Williams, A. Prysor; McNabola, Aonghus

doi:10.1111/caim.12291

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“…Several authors (Geels & Deuten, 2006; Hargreaves et al, 2013; Judson et al, 2015; Bush et al, 2017; Gallagher et al, 2018; Kivimaa, Boon et al, 2019) propose that transition intermediaries should invest in ‘dedicated socio‐cognitive work’ (Geels & Deuten, 2006: 266) to support grassroots initiatives in overcoming such challenges in the acceleration phase.…”

Section: Grassroots Initiatives In Sustainability Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Non‐governmental organisations and universities as transition intermediaries in sustainability transformations building on grassroots initiatives

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Although niche grassroots initiatives can push bottom‐up sustainability transitions, they can face problems in forming a more global niche and in scaling their innovative solutions to a regime level. A thorough literature review shows scholarly agreement on the assumption that universities and non‐governmental organisations (NGOs) can support sustainability transition in the acceleration phase by intermediating within niches and between niches and regimes. As in‐depth research and a reality check on successful intermediary strategies in this context are still lacking, this paper aims to contribute to a conceptual framework that integrates the NGOs and universities expected activities in existing literature and relates them to one another. We develop such a framework and test it in three case studies from the plastic revaluation field, comparing and drawing on the perspectives of niche, intermediary and regime actors. Findings confirm the conceptual framework and suggest changes and extensions. We enhance existing knowledge by providing detailed insights into successful intermediary activities in these innovation systems and draw conclusions for policymakers.

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Section: Grassroots Initiatives In Sustainability Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Non‐governmental organisations and universities as transition intermediaries in sustainability transformations building on grassroots initiatives

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“…Scholarly works that look at other industry sectors are sparser. Gallagher et al assessed a conservation charity and their management approach, which combines open and design-driven approaches to support renewable energy projects [74]. They suggest that a design-driven approach can enable firms to understand, anticipate, propose, and influence new product meanings and languages, and enact its stakeholder network to contribute to a low-carbon community.…”

Section: Design For Circular Production Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This focus is by far the biggest thematic area, with a highlight on three main design practices: distributed manufacturing, open design, and design for value recovery. A majority of studies show how design can contribute to the circular economy by understanding diverse stakeholders (i.e., users, experts, businesses, and local actors) (e.g., [63][64][65]), imagining desired future states of production (e.g., [60,71]), applying holistic approaches (e.g., [77]), proposing various business processes (e.g., [74,75]), as well as creating new product meanings and languages (e.g., [68,69]). Most scholars describe case studies around these practices and propose frameworks, approaches, and tools.…”

Section: Contribution Of Industrial Design Research To Circular Economentioning

confidence: 99%

Circular Economy in Industrial Design Research: A Review

Dam¹,

Simeone

Keskin

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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In the past decades, industrial design practice and research have focused extensively on how to optimize production and consumption, as a way to prevent negative environmental impacts, such as resource depletion, pollution, and excessive waste. Recently, the “circular economy” concept is increasingly used to achieve environmental benefits and economic growth simultaneously. Industrial design can contribute to a circular economy by fostering systems changes to achieve durability, optimal reuse, refurbishment, remanufacturing, and recycling of products and materials. Indeed, researchers have examined both the theoretical and practical aspects of how design knowledge can support the transition to a circular economy. However, this body of knowledge has not been systematically analyzed yet. To address this critical gap, this paper poses the following question: How has industrial design research so far contributed to advancing the circular economy knowledge? Accordingly, we survey relevant design literature focusing on the circular economy, through a review of contributions published in 42 scientific journals. Based on our results, we discuss how industrial design practices can potentially contribute to a circular economy across four thematic areas: (1) design for circular production processes, (2) design for circular consumption, (3) design to support policy towards the circular economy, and (4) design education for the circular economy.

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“…At present, scholars' research on LCTI concentrates mainly on the application of LCTI achievements, the influencing factors, and the dynamic mechanism of LCTI. Among them, the research on the application of LCTI achievements mainly focuses on the fields of electric power [26], [27], construction [28], [29], new energy [22], agriculture [30], etc. Concerning the study on the influencing factors of LCTI, some scholars used empirical and qualitative analysis methods to study the influence of government policies, macro environment, and market on LCTI.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evolutionary Game and Simulation Analysis of Low-Carbon Technology Innovation With Multi-Agent Participation

Yuan

Zheng

2022

IEEE Access

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Low-carbon technology innovation (LCTI) is an effective way to solve the problem of global climate change and reduce carbon emissions. Therefore, using evolutionary game theory, this research constructs a three-party evolutionary game model of LCTI involving the government, enterprises, and consumers. Moreover, this research investigates the strategic choices of the three parties in the process of LCTI, discusses the stability of the equilibrium point. In particular, it analyzes the influence of different factors on the strategic choices of the three parties through numerical simulation. The results indicate that, 1) the government, enterprises, and consumers are affected to different degrees by each other's initial willingness; 2) the intensity of government regulation, innovation subsidies, and carbon tax rates have different effects on enterprises and consumers; 3) consumers are more sensitive to innovation subsidies. These results could provide references for enterprises to promote the development of LCTI.INDEX TERMS Tripartite evolutionary game, low-carbon technology innovation, simulation analysis.

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Innovating for low‐carbon energy through hydropower: Enabling a conservation charity's transition to a low‐carbon community

Cited by 12 publications

References 42 publications

Non‐governmental organisations and universities as transition intermediaries in sustainability transformations building on grassroots initiatives

Non‐governmental organisations and universities as transition intermediaries in sustainability transformations building on grassroots initiatives

Circular Economy in Industrial Design Research: A Review

Evolutionary Game and Simulation Analysis of Low-Carbon Technology Innovation With Multi-Agent Participation

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