APPENDIX
Relevant international conferences, programmes, and journals This appendix presents potentially useful resources in the field of Energy and Behaviour, including the most relevant international conferences (Table 1), programmes (Table 2), and journals (Table 3).
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Table 1 Relevant international conferences including the ‘Energy and Behaviour’ topic. Conference
About
Location
Frequency
Link
ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
Attracts professionals to discuss cutting-edge technologies, strategies, and programmes for reducing energy use and addressing climate impacts. Associated ACEEE conferences include the ‘Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry’; the ‘National Conference on Energy Efficiency as a Resource’; ‘Conference on Health, Environment, and Energy’; and the ‘Energy Efficiency Finance Forum’ See panels on ‘Human Dimensions’, ‘Social Dimensions’, and ‘Capturing Savings through Behavior’ Delivers comprehensive evidence-based information on all aspects of energy efficiency and contribute to design future policies Has hosted a panel on ‘Dynamics of Consumption’ since 1999 Focus on understanding human behaviour and decision-making and using that knowledge to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future Focus on understanding human behaviour and decision-making and using that knowledge to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future Brings researchers and practitioners involved in enduse energy efficiency to share recent research, new technological developments, and best practices on understanding and influencing behaviour related to energy efficiency https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/hochschule/ueber-uns/ veranstaltungen/behave-2018-conference-schedule.pdf
The United States
Started in 1980, held biennially
aceee.org/conferences
Europe
Started in 1993, held biennially
www.eceee.org/ summerstudy/
The United States
Started in 2007, held annually
beccconference.org
Japan
Started 2014, held annually
seeb.jp
Europe
Started in 2009, held ad hoc, in various locations: Maastricht 2009, Helsinki 2012, Oxford 2014. Coimbra 2016, Zurich 2018
Active links: www.cres.gr/ behave/Maastricht.htm https://www.sitra.fi/en/ events/behave-conferenceenergy-efficiency-andbehaviour-2012/ www.inescc.pt/behave2016
eceee Summer Study
Behavior, Energy & Climate Change Conference (BECC) Behavior, Energy & Climate Change Conference (BECC) Japan European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency (BEHAVE)
International Conference on Energy Research and Social Science
Aims to exploring the nexus of energy and society
Europe, the United States
Started in 2017, held biennially
International Energy Program Evaluation Conference (IEPEC)
Provides a forum for presenting, critiquing, and discussing evaluations of energy programmes. Targets energy programme implementers; evaluators of those programmes; local, state, national, and international representatives; and academic researchers involved in evaluation Builds a global community of people involved in evaluating energy policies who will work together to improve the quality and effectiveness of energy policy
The United States, Europe
Started in 1984, held biennially
Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia Worldwide
IEPPEC started in 2014. Name change in 2018. Held annually Started in 1997, held triennially
International Energy Policy & Programme Evaluation Conference (IEPPEC) Sustainable Built Environment (SBE) conferences
Disseminates innovative policies and developments in the field of sustainable urban environment to a broad international audience of specialists in policy, design, construction, and operation of buildings and related infrastructure
www.elsevier.com/ events/conferences/ international-conferenceon-energy-researchand-social-science/ about www.iepec.org
www.energy-evaluation.org
www.sbe-series.org/
Table 2 Relevant programmes related with the ‘Energy and Behaviour’ topic. Program
Description
Link
ACEEE Behaviour and the Human Dimensions of Energy Use ASHRAE Multidisciplinary Group on Occupant Behaviour in Buildings
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) is a nonprofit organisation, acting as a catalyst to advance energy efficiency policies, programmes, technologies, investments, and behaviours The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has a Multidisciplinary Task Group on Occupant Behaviour in Buildings to study and integrate occupant behaviour insights in ASHRAE research, guidelines, codes and standards, handbooks, and policies
https://aceee.org/portal/ behavior
European Energy Network
Voluntary network of European energy agencies that aims at promoting sustainable energy good and best practice, having a working group on behaviour change Cooperative energy technology programme within the framework of the International Energy Agency (IEA). Develops and promotes tools and information on demand-side management and energy efficiency Most relevant tasks: • Task 23: The Role of Customers in Delivering Effective Smart Grids • Task 24 Phase I and Phase II: Behaviour Change • Task 25 Phase I and Phase II: Business Models • Hard-to-Reach Energy Users in the Residential & Commercial Sectors International energy research and innovation programme in the buildings and communities field within the framework of the International Energy Agency (IEA). Enables collaborative R&D projects among its 24 member countries Most relevant projects: • Annex 53—Total Energy Use in Buildings: analysis and evaluation methods • Annex 66—Definition and simulation of occupant behaviour in buildings • Annex 79—Occupant-centric building design and operation
IEA Demand Side Management Technology Collaboration Programme
IEA Energy in Buildings and Communities Programme
https://www.ashrae. org/technical-resources/ technical-committees/ section-mtgmultidisciplinary-taskgroups http://enr-network.org/
http://www.ieadsm.org/ieademand-side-managementprogramme/
www.iea-ebc.org
Table 3 Overview of international journals with publications on topics related with ‘Energy and Behaviour’. Journal
About
Link
Annual Review of Environment and Resources
Publishes authoritative reviews of significant topics within environmental science and engineering, including ecology and conservation science, water and energy resources, atmosphere, oceans, climate change, agriculture and living resources, and human dimensions of resource use and global change. Available since 1976 Publishes original papers, review articles, technical notes, and letters to the editor in the areas of energy conversion and conservation, the optimal use of energy resources, analysis and optimization of energy processes, mitigation of environmental pollutants, and sustainable energy systems. Available since 1975 Publishes high-quality research and analysis on the interplay between the different scales of the built environment. Buildings, blocks, neighborhoods, cities, national building stocks, and infrastructures. It focuses on built environment policy, practices and outcomes, and the range of economic, environmental, political, social, and technological issues occurring over the full life cycle. Available since 2019 Publishes original research papers and review articles related to building science, urban physics, and human interaction with the indoor and outdoor built environment. Available since 1976 Publishes original research, information papers, book reviews, and evidence-based commentaries that acknowledge the complex and interrelated nature of the built environment while focusing on the building. Available since 1973 Publishes research on aspects of urban planning and policy, including urban adaptation to climate change, urban governance, smart cities and regions, liveability and quality of life, and the complexities of creating sustainable cities. Available since 1983 Publishes research and analysis on all aspects of climate change policy, including adaptation and mitigation, governance and negotiations, policy design, implementation and impact, and the full range of economic, social, and political issues at stake in responding to climate change. Available since 2001 Publishes research that fosters the understanding of the interfaces and interplay between ‘nature's household’ (ecosystems) and ‘humanity's household’ (the economy) and integrates elements of ecological science, economics, and the analysis of values, behaviours, cultural practices, institutional structures, and societal dynamics. Available since 1989
https://www.annualreviews. org/journal/energy
Applied Energy
Buildings & Cities
Building and Environment Building Research & Information Cities
Climate Policy
Ecological Economics
https://www.journals.elsevier. com/applied-energy
https://www. buildingsandcities.org
https://www.journals.elsevier. com/building-and-environment https://www.tandfonline.com/ loi/rbri20 https://www.journals.elsevier. com/cities https://www.tandfonline.com/ toc/tcpo20/current
https://www.journals.elsevier. com/ecological-economics
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Table 3 Overview of international journals with publications on topics related with ‘Energy and Behaviour’—cont'd Journal
About
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Energy
Publishes research in mechanical engineering and thermal sciences, with a strong focus on energy analysis, energy modelling and prediction, integrated energy systems, energy planning and energy management, and related topics such as energy conservation, energy efficiency, biomass and bioenergy, renewable energy, electricity supply and demand, energy storage, energy in buildings, and on economic and policy issues. Available since 1976 Publishes articles with new research results and new proven practice aimed at reducing the energy needs of buildings and improving indoor environment quality. Available since 1977 Publishes research related to the exploitation, conversion and use of energy, markets for energy commodities and derivatives, regulation and taxation, forecasting, environment and climate, international trade, development, and monetary policy. Available since 1979 Publishes new and original work related to energy efficiency, energy savings, energy consumption, energy sufficiency, and energy transition in all sectors across the globe. Since 2008 Publishes contributions that exploit the dialogue between the social sciences as energy demand and supply are observed and analysed with reference to politics of policy-making and implementation. Available since 1990 Publishes interdisciplinary research on environmental science across all components of the Earth system, that is, land, atmosphere, cryosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere, and exchanges between these components. Available since 2006 Publishes research addressing the policy implications of energy supply and use from their economic, social, planning, and environmental aspects. Available since 1973 Publishes original research and review articles examining the relationship between energy systems and society, namely, by looking beyond the dimensions of technology and economics to include social and human elements of energy systems. Available since 2014 Publishes research on human geography and comprises ‘(A) Economy and Space’, ‘(B) Urban Analytics and City Science’, ‘(C) Politics and Space’, and ‘(D) Society and Space’. Available since 1969
https://www.journals.elsevier. com/energy
Energy and Buildings Energy Economics Energy Efficiency Energy & Environment Environmental Research Letters Energy Policy Energy Research & Social Science Environment and Planning
https://www.journals.elsevier. com/energy-and-buildings https://www.journals.elsevier. com/energy-economics https://link.springer.com/ journal/12053 https://journals.sagepub.com/ home/eae https://iopscience.iop.org/ journal/1748-9326 https://www.journals.elsevier. com/energy-policy https://www.journals.elsevier. com/energy-research-andsocial-science https://www.eandponline.org
Environmental and Resource Economics Environmental Science & Technology Environment and Behavior Environmental Politics European Journal of Operational Research European Urban and Regional Studies GAIA: Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society Global Environmental Change IEEE Power & Energy Magazine IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
Publishes research that applies the economic theory and methods to environmental issues and problems. Available since 1991 Publishes advances, trends, and challenges in environmental science, technology, and policy, promoting an interdisciplinary understanding in the environmental field. Available since 2004 Publishes international and interdisciplinary perspectives on the relationships between environments and human behaviour. Available since 1969 Publishes theoretical and empirical aspects of environmental politics, such as political parties, social movements, NGOs, and campaigns; the design, negotiation, and implementation of environmental policy; and environmental political thought. Available since 1992 Publishes original papers that contribute to the methodology of operational research and to the practice of decision-making. Available since 1977
https://www.springer.com/ economics/environmental/ journal/10640 https://pubs.acs.org/journal/ esthag https://journals.sagepub.com/ home/eab https://www.tandfonline.com/ loi/fenp20
Publishes research addressing processes of urban and regional development in Europe. Available since 1994
https://www.journals.elsevier. com/european-journal-ofoperational-research https://journals.sagepub.com/ home/eur
Publishes state-of-the-art environmental research and current solutions to environmental problems. Available since 1991
https://www.ingentaconnect. com/content/oekom/gaia
Publishes research that advance knowledge about the human and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Available since 1990
https://www.journals. elsevier.com/ global-environmental-change https://ieeexplore.ieee. org/xpl/RecentIssue. jsp?punumber=8014 https://ieeexplore.ieee. org/xpl/RecentIssue. jsp?punumber=5165411
Publishes research on advanced concepts, technologies, and practices associated with all aspects of electric power from a technical perspective in synergy with nontechnical areas such as business, environmental, and social concerns. Available since 2003 Publishes research on smart grid that relates to, arises from, or deliberately influences energy generation, transmission, distribution, and delivery. Available since 2010
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Table 3 Overview of international journals with publications on topics related with ‘Energy and Behaviour’—cont'd Journal
About
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IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy International Journal of Energy Research
Publishes research on sustainable energy that relates to, arises from, or deliberately influences energy generation, transmission, distribution, and delivery. Available since 2010
https://ieeexplore.ieee. org/xpl/RecentIssue. jsp?punumber=5165391 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ journal/1099114x
International Journal of Sustainable Energy International Journal of Sustainable Transportation International Journal of Urban and Regional Research International Transactions in Operational Research Journal of Cleaner Production
Publishes papers, review articles, and short communications in the area of novel energy systems and applications, aiming at better efficiency, cost improvements, more effective resource use, improved design and analysis, and reduced environmental impact and hence leading to better sustainability. Available since 1977 Publishes research on the science and engineering of sustainable energy systems, such as energy efficiency and conservation, and technological and educational aspects of sustainable energy. Available since 1982
https://www.tandfonline.com/ loi/gsol20
Publishes new and innovative ideas on sustainable transportation research in the context of environmental, economic, social, and engineering aspects and current and future interactions of transportation systems and other urban subsystems. Available since 2007
https://www.tandfonline.com/ loi/ujst20
Publishes theoretical empirical developments in urban and regional research. Available since 1977
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ journal/14682427
Publishes works advancing the understanding and practice of Operational Research and Management Science internationally. Available since 1994
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ journal/14753995
Serves as a platform for addressing and discussing theoretical and practical cleaner production, encompassing environmental, and sustainability issues in corporations, governments, education institutions, regions, and societies. Available since 1993
https://www.journals. elsevier.com/ journal-of-cleaner-production
Journal of Industrial Ecology
Journal of Consumer Policy
Journal of Consumer Research Journal of Economic Psychology Journal of Environmental Psychology Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy Journal of MultiCriteria Decision Analysis
Publishes research on topics such as material and energy flow studies, technological change, dematerialization and decarbonization, life cycle planning, design and assessment, design for the environment, extended producer responsibility, eco-industrial parks, and product-oriented environmental, policy eco-efficiency. Available since 1997 Publishes research on the behaviour of consumers and producers, namely, the impact of new technologies, market regulation and deregulation, internationalization, consumers in less affluent societies, environmental and gender issues, public sector products and services, consumer organizations and agencies, product safety and liability, and interaction of consumption, work, and leisure. Available since 1977 Publishes research that describes and explains consumer behaviour. Empirical, theoretical, and methodological articles spanning fields such as psychology, marketing, sociology, economics, communications, and anthropology are featured in this interdisciplinary journal. Available since 1974 Publishes research that improves the understanding of behaviour, in particular, psychological aspects of economic phenomena and processes. Available since 1981 Publishes research addressing the interrelationships between people and their surroundings, including built; social, natural, and virtual environments; the use and abuse of nature and natural resources; and sustainability-related behaviour. Available since 1981 Publishes theoretical and empirical papers devoted to specific natural resource and environmental issues, namely, analysis of environmental policy, environmental behaviour and responses to regulation, and topics of energy economics related to the environment. Available since 1974
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ journal/15309290
https://link.springer.com/ journal/10603
http://www.ejcr.org/
https://www.journals.elsevier. com/journal-of-economicpsychology https://www.journals.elsevier. com/journal-of-environmentalpsychology https://www.journals.elsevier. com/journal-of-environmentaleconomics-and-management
Publishes topics ranging from applications of economic theory and methods to the appraisal and evaluation of environmental issues and the economic evaluation of environmental policy. Available since 2012
https://www.tandfonline.com/ toc/teep20/current
Publishes papers addressing mathematical, theoretical, algorithmic, and behavioural aspects of MCDA/MCDM, describing case studies or a series of real applications, problem structuring, interaction with decision-makers, and interpretation of results. Available since 1992
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Journal of Public Economics
Publishes contributions on the problems of public economics, with particular emphasis on the application of modern economic theory and methods of quantitative analysis. Available since 1972
Journal of the Operational Research Society Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability Nature Climate Change
Publishes original research papers that cover the theory, practice, history, or methodology of operational research. Available since 1950
https://www.journals. elsevier.com/ journal-of-public-economics https://www.tandfonline.com/ toc/tjor20/current
Nature Energy
Nature Human Behaviour Organization and Environment Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Renewable Energy
Publishes critical research and practical experience on sustainability planning, policy, and politics in relation to theoretical, conceptual, and empirical studies at the nexus of equity, justice, and the local environment. Available since 1996
https://www.tandfonline.com/ toc/cloe20/current
Publishes significant and cutting-edge research on the nature, underlying causes or impacts of global climate change and its implications for the economy, policy, and the world at large. Available since 2011 Publishes research related with the provision of energy, from the generation and storage of energy, to its distribution and management, the needs and demands of the different actors, and the impacts that energy technologies and policies have on societies. Available since 2016 Publishes research of outstanding significance into any aspect of individual or collective human behaviour. Available since 2017 Publishes research on the management of organisations and its implications for the sustainability and flourishing of the social, natural and economic environment in which they act. Available since 1987. Publishes review papers, original research, case studies, new technology analyses, and expert insights that support the transition to a low-carbon future, including technosocioeconomic aspects of renewable and sustainable energy. Available since 1997 Publishes research on the various topics and technologies of renewable energy systems and components. Available since 1991
https://www.nature.com/ nclimate/ https://www.nature.com/ nenergy/ https://www.nature.com/ nathumbehav/ https://journals.sagepub.com/ home/oae https://www.journals. elsevier.com/renewable-andsustainable-energy-reviews https://www.journals.elsevier. com/renewable-energy
Science
Sustainability
Sustainable Cities and Society Technological Forecasting and Social Change Theory, Culture & Society Transport Policy
Transportation Research
Urban Studies
Publishes papers that are most influential in their fields or across fields and that will significantly advance scientific understanding and present novel and broadly important data, syntheses, or concepts. Available since 1880 Publishes reviews, regular research papers, communications, and short notes on environmental, cultural, economic, and social sustainability of human beings, which provides an advanced forum for studies related to sustainability and sustainable development. Available since 2009 Publishes cross-cutting, multidisciplinary research on environmentally sustainable and socially resilient cities. Available since 2011 Publishes research on the methodology and practice of technological forecasting and future studies as planning tools as they interrelate social, environmental, and technological factors. Available since 1970 Publishes original research and review articles in the social and cultural sciences. Available since 1982 Publishes research reflecting the concerns of policymakers in government, management strategists in industry, and the public at large, providing independent, original, and rigorous analysis to understand how policy and strategy decisions have been made, monitor their effects, and suggest how they may be improved, in modes: air, maritime, urban, intercity, domestic, and international transport. Available since 1993 Publishes research on passenger and freight transportation modes, including the dimensions of policy analysis; formulation and evaluation; planning; interaction with the political, socioeconomic, and physical environment; and design, management, and evaluation of transportation systems. Comprises ‘Part A, Policy and Practice’; ‘Part B, Methodological’; ‘Part C, Emerging Technologies’; ‘Part D, Transport and Environment’; and ‘Logistics and Transportation Review’. Available since 1967 Publishes submissions that further the understanding of the urban condition and the rapid changes taking place in cities and regions across the globe, whether from an empirical, theoretical, or a policy perspective. Available since 1964
https://science.sciencemag. org/ https://www.mdpi.com/ journal/sustainability https://www.journals. elsevier.com/ sustainable-cities-and-society https://www.journals.elsevier. com/technological-forecastingand-social-change https://journals.sagepub.com/ home/tcs https://www.journals.elsevier. com/transport-policy
https://www. sciencedirect.com/journal/ transportation-research https://www. sciencedirect.com/journal/ transportation-research https://journals.sagepub.com/ home/usj