Exploring district heating and cooling cultures, a systematic literature review

IF 7.4 2区 经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Isaura Bonneux , Herbert Peremans , Steven Van Passel
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Abstract

District heating and cooling (DHC) is increasingly recognized as a viable technology to move away from fossil fuels for heating and cooling in dense urban areas. Due to its complexity as a large-scale technical system, research on DHC has predominantly focused on enhancing energy efficiency. This is often the case for energy transition policies aiming at increasing sustainability; they predominantly emphasize technological solutions, often neglecting broader societal and economic contexts. Nonetheless, recent research efforts have showed how social and technological aspects are inseparable. Within the DHC context too, there have been studies looking more closely into the social aspects. However, these efforts are scattered across both the technological and social literature. Therefore, this systematic review advances efforts to integrate social and technological perspectives in DHC research. Building on the Energy Cultures Framework (ECF), this literature review describes DHC cultures and identifies the factors that influence beliefs and actions regarding DHC. Based on the results, we identify the ownership model of the DHC network, aims and expectations, and citizen engagement as the three dominating factors that determine DHC cultures. Further, we add social networks to the ECF and clarify how it is a mediating factor in the ECF and helps to understand and change attitudes and actions regarding DHC. This review provides a more holistic perspective on DHC adoption, by looking beyond solely technological features and emphasizing these social dynamics.
探索区域供热和供冷文化,系统的文献综述
区域供热和供冷(DHC)日益被认为是一种可行的技术,可以在人口稠密的城市地区摆脱化石燃料的供热和供冷。由于其作为一个大型技术系统的复杂性,DHC的研究主要集中在提高能效方面。旨在提高可持续性的能源转型政策往往就是这种情况;他们主要强调技术解决方案,往往忽视了更广泛的社会和经济背景。尽管如此,最近的研究表明,社会和技术方面是如何不可分割的。在DHC的背景下,也有研究更密切地关注社会方面。然而,这些努力分散在技术和社会文献中。因此,本系统综述促进了在DHC研究中整合社会和技术视角的努力。在能源文化框架(ECF)的基础上,本文献综述描述了DHC文化,并确定了影响DHC信仰和行动的因素。根据研究结果,我们确定了DHC网络的所有权模式、目标和期望以及公民参与是决定DHC文化的三个主要因素。此外,我们将社交网络添加到ECF中,并阐明它如何成为ECF中的中介因素,并有助于理解和改变对DHC的态度和行动。这篇综述通过超越单纯的技术特征和强调这些社会动态,为DHC的采用提供了更全面的视角。
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Energy Research & Social Science
Energy Research & Social Science ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-
CiteScore
14.00
自引率
16.40%
发文量
441
审稿时长
55 days
期刊介绍: Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes original research and review articles examining the relationship between energy systems and society. ERSS covers a range of topics revolving around the intersection of energy technologies, fuels, and resources on one side and social processes and influences - including communities of energy users, people affected by energy production, social institutions, customs, traditions, behaviors, and policies - on the other. Put another way, ERSS investigates the social system surrounding energy technology and hardware. ERSS is relevant for energy practitioners, researchers interested in the social aspects of energy production or use, and policymakers. Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) provides an interdisciplinary forum to discuss how social and technical issues related to energy production and consumption interact. Energy production, distribution, and consumption all have both technical and human components, and the latter involves the human causes and consequences of energy-related activities and processes as well as social structures that shape how people interact with energy systems. Energy analysis, therefore, needs to look beyond the dimensions of technology and economics to include these social and human elements.
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