Luke Gooding

• BSc, MSc, PhD
• University of York

A transition to ‘smart’ local energy systems (SLES) could provide an opportunity to deliver a range of social, economic, technical and place-based co-benefits for SLES communities, alongside CO2 reduction. However, there could also be underlying factors that limit success. In this paper we present the results of a systematic literature review to...

A transition to ‘smart’ local energy systems (SLES) could provide an opportunity to deliver a range of social, economic, technical and place-based co-benefits for SLES communities, alongside CO2 reduction. However, there could also be underlying factors that limit success. In this paper we present the results of a systematic literature review to...

Citizen science (CS) has emerged as a powerful approach to engage the public in scientific research across various domains. While it is documented that CS has made significant contributions to sustainability areas such as ecology, environmental science, and biology (Kullenberg and Kasperowski, 2016), the area of energy transition-related CS studies...

Reducing carbon emissions has become a goal for international climate change and decarbonisation policy initiatives, particularly in the built environment. Setting and addressing these goals and accounting for how targets are being met poses a major challenge for professionals in the UK and internationally. Industry working groups, think-tanks and...

To be fair, acceptable and ultimately successful, decentralised energy projects involving technological innovations require engagement with users, local communities and wider publics. Yet relatively few studies have adopted a dynamic, temporal approach to understand how publics are engaged with as projects develop over time. We address this gap by...

Low carbon geoenergy technologies are anticipated to occupy a range of roles in the transition to a net zero carbon future, and there is growing acknowledgment and awareness of the importance of societal considerations and community participation in the development and implementation of such technologies. Here, we use the example of minewater geoth...

Energy transitions require engagement with users, local communities and wider publics in order to be fair, acceptable and, ultimately, successful. Here we focus on the development of decentralised energy systems instigated by central government. Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES), involving low carbon generation, demand sources and smart technologie...

With a widespread declared climate emergency, accelerating climate related action is vital to meet ambitious emission reduction targets. This research demonstrates a novel city-wide system mapping approach, ascertaining what practices are being employed by net-zero carbon practitioners. These are then mapped in terms of actors, action, and the agen...

As governments worldwide address the climate crisis, energy systems are becoming both decarbonised and decentralised. In this study, we aim to increase understanding of the spatial dimensions of new forms of decentralised energy systems that integrate electricity, storage, transportation, and heating. Drawing on workshops and secondary data from th...

Although the importance of end user participation during building improvement design is widely accepted, selecting the best approach for the engagement of users in design processes is a significant challenge. This paper assesses how qualitative end user engagement during retrofit planning can aid the design process of energy retrofits in higher edu...

In the case of higher education facilities, many institutions strive to ensure that facilities are high quality, and portray an image of sustainability and global responsibility. Furthermore, to enable high quality research and teaching outputs from universities, a good quality working environment is vital to productivity and employer reputation. I...

The importance of end user participation within the development of a design for building improvement is accepted and recognised. It is nonetheless a significant challenge to select the best approach for the engagement of users to produce effective design process contribution. This paper assesses the suitability of early stage qualitative end user e...

The Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Services (EERS) sector has over the past five years undergone unprecedented change. Firstly, the introduction of the Green Deal saw the provision of national domestic energy efficiency measures placed in the hands of the private retrofit industry, which had previously been accustomed to government financial and ad...

The adoption of the UK Green Deal policy provided an unprecedented change within the policy arena of domestic retrofit. Government financial support present within previous policy regimes was reduced and private industry was enlisted to provide finance, delivery mechanisms and management schemes for national domestic low carbon retrofit. Consequent...

Attention regarding the energy saving potential of existing houses has been occurring within the UK for a number of decades, producing an evolving landscape of policy mechanisms. Experience shows that innovative schemes are required, implemented at a large scale, to reach carbon reduction targets. In an unprecedented move within the UK, private ind...

The adoption of the Green Deal policy within the UK saw an unprecedented move within policy. Government financial assistance which had been prevalent within previous policy landscapes had been reduced and instead private industry was charged with the task of providing the finance, delivery and management structure for national domestic low carbon r...

Within the UK domestic retrofit policy landscape, government involvement in financing, managing and implementing policy has been scaled back. This process has resulted in a private industry lead policy mechanism, the Green Deal. In relying on private actors to produce energy efficient retrofit at scale under the Green Deal, policymakers are anticip...

In an unprecedented move within the UK, private industry has been enlisted with the task of financing, delivering and managing the present domestic energy efficiency policy; the Green Deal. This policy requires the energy efficiency retrofit services (EERS) sector to increase capacity and deliver efficiency improvements to the UK’s existing housing...