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Journal article: A grassroots sustainable energy niche?

May 12, 2014by Adrian Smith

System-changing innovations for sustainability transitions are pro- posed to emerge in radical innovative niches. ‘Strategic Niche Management’ theory predicts that niche-level actors and networks will aggregate learning from local projects, […]

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Academic papers, CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy), Community Energy, Publications, Theory

Journal article: Community energy in the UK

July 9, 2013by Adrian Smith

Community energy has been proposed as a new policy tool to help achieve the transition to a low-carbon energy system, but the evidence base for this strategy is partial and […]

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Academic papers, CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy), Community Energy, Publications

GI Briefing 8: Measuring Community Energy Impacts

April 13, 2012by Adrian Smith

Measuring Community Energy Impacts: How do we decide what really counts? The CISE (Community Innovation for Sustainable Energy) team reviews how community energy projects measure their performance, and works out what […]

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Briefings, CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy), Community Energy, Publications

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Grassroots Innovations

Grassroots innovations are community-led solutions for sustainability. Here we present news and updates from a series of research projects on grassroots innovations, based at the University of East Anglia and University of Sussex. Our research aims to better understand how these innovations develop and grow, and how they can be harnessed to meet sustainability policy objectives.

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