Energy sufficiency: Conceptual considerations, modeling, and scenarios for less energy consumption

Benjamin Best; Michaela Christ; Tilman Santarius; Frauke Wiese

doi:10.14512/tatup.31.2.10

Energy sufficiency: Conceptual considerations, modeling, and scenarios for less energy consumption

Authors

Benjamin Best Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH (DE) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3487-5492 benjamin.best@wupperinst.org
Michaela Christ Norbert Elias Center for Transformation Design & Research, Europa-Universität Flensburg (DE) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0154-1349 michaela.christ@uni-flensburg.de
Tilman Santarius Institut für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung (IÖW) & Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Berufliche Bildung und Arbeitslehre (DE) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6026-3019 santarius@tu-berlin.de
Frauke Wiese Abteilung Energie- und Umweltmanagement, Europa-Universität Flensburg (DE) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9101-3605 frauke.wiese@uni-flensburg.de

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.31.2.10

Keywords:

sufficiency policy, energy sufficiency, co-benefits, energy sufficiency measures, multidisciplinarity

Abstract

The war in Ukraine is changing the political landscape at breakneck speed. How should politics and society react to high energy prices and a precarious dependence on fossil fuels imports? Can modern societies get by with much less energy? Energy sufficiency can play an important role in answering these questions. The contributions in this Special topic explore sufficiency as an interdisciplinary research topic for energy modeling, scenarios, and policy.

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Published

18.07.2022

How to Cite

Best B, Christ M, Santarius T, Wiese F. Energy sufficiency: Conceptual considerations, modeling, and scenarios for less energy consumption. TATuP [Internet]. 2022 Jul. 18 [cited 2024 Apr. 19];31(2):10-63. Available from: https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/article/view/6984