Polzin, F., von Flotow, P. and Nolden, C. orcid.org/0000-0001-7058-445X (2015) Exploring the role of servitization to overcome barriers for innovative energy efficiency technologies – the case of public LED street lighting in German municipalities. Working Paper. SPRU Working Paper Series (2015-07). University of Sussex ISSN 2057-6668
Abstract
In this paper we analyse the case for public application of LED street lighting. Drawing from the energy services literature and transaction cost economics, we compare modes of lighting governance for modernisation. We argue that servitization can accelerate the commercialisation and diffusion of end-use energy demand reduction (EUED) technologies in the public sector if third party energy service companies (ESCo) overcome technological, institutional and economic barriers that accompany the introduction of such technologies resulting in transaction costs. This can only succeed with a supportive policy framework and an environment conducive towards the dissemination of specific technological and commercial knowledge required for the diffusion process.
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Item Type: | Monograph |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 The Author(s). For reuse permissions, please contact the Author(s). |
Keywords: | energy efficiency; public policy; servitization; contracting; ESCo; modes of governance; LED; lighting |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2024 11:28 |
Last Modified: | 10 Jul 2024 16:15 |
Published Version: | https://hdl.handle.net/10779/uos.23415209.v1 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | University of Sussex |
Series Name: | SPRU Working Paper Series |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:214514 |