Energy and Behaviour: Towards a Low Carbon Future

Energy and Behavior: Towards a Low Carbon Future offers a succinct introduction to the major disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to this field, a critical examination of evolving quantitative methods to address this socio-technical challenge, and new areas where additional evidence is needed for interventions and policymaking. The book provides a primer for new entrants in the energy-efficiency and behavior field, particularly those taking a quantitative approach to the topic. Concurrently, it recognizes ecological economist Herman Daly's insight regarding what really counts is often not countable. By acknowledging and exploring this ongoing tension in the field, the book provides a critical resource.

• Features disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives
• Includes a cross-sectoral overview
• Provides a selection of modeling approaches
• Examines the importance of interventions, policies and regulatory design