| Title | Energy efficiency left behind? Policy assemblages in Sweden's most climate-smart city |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 37723 |
| Authors | Parks, D |
| Title | Energy efficiency left behind? Policy assemblages in Sweden's most climate-smart city |
| Year | 2019 |
| Published | European Planning Studies, 27.0, 2 |
| Abstract | Smart city experiments have the potential to reshape urban climate change governance. Smart city initiatives have been supported by international technology companies and the European Union for many years and continue to be promoted by national and municipal governments. In relation to sustainability and climate change, such initiatives promise more efficient use of resources through the use of information and communications technology in energy infrastructure. Experiments with smart city technologies such as urban smart grids have shown the potential to restructure relationships between energy utilities, energy users and other actors by reconfiguring the dynamics of energy supply and demand. But do urban experiments lead to institutional change? The aim of the article is to provide a better understanding of how smart city experiments reshape the urban governance of building energy use. Hyllie, a new city district in Malmo, Sweden, was home to two smart city experiments that contributed to the institutionalization of urban smart grid technology. However, the analysis of Hyllie's policy assemblages shows that this institutional change could redefine sustainability at the expense of energy efficiency. |
| https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09654313.2018.1455807?needAccess=true |
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