Brown, D, Hall, S orcid.org/0000-0002-1558-7081, Martiskainen, M et al. (1 more author) (2022) Conceptualising domestic energy service models: a typology and policy recommendations. Energy Policy, 161. 112704. ISSN 0301-4215
Abstract
Energy service business models (ESBMs) are potentially critical to reducing household energy demand and mitigating climate change. These models are predicated on a shift from the ‘throughput’ sale of energy commodities, towards providing ‘useful’ or ‘final’ energy services. However, the conceptual delineation of these models and their different variants remains opaque in the literature. In this paper, we seek to clarify this issue through the identification of a typology of ESBMs. Through a series of 53 interviews and 7 stakeholder workshops we explore contemporary domestic ESBM examples in Europe. We find that while more basic energy supply contracts are commonplace, models which deliver energy saving performance or final energy services are rarer. We subsequently identify barriers to the adoption of these business models, before proposing 13 policy recommendations. We conclude that the ‘energy throughput orthodoxy’ which has governed liberalised energy markets will need to be challenged for these models to have a significant future impact.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Energy services; Business models; Residential; Energy performance contract; Energy as a service |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EU - European Union 764056 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Nov 2021 11:17 |
Last Modified: | 04 May 2023 23:27 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112704 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:177864 |