Journal article
Innovation-enabling policy and regime transformation towards increased energy efficiency: The case of the circulator pump industry in Europe
When new energy efficient products are struggling with their commercialisation and diffusion into widespread applications you would typically expect policy-makers and green lead-users to guide the way. This paper examines the case of the hot water circulator pump industry in Europe, where parts of the industry envisioned and worked for a voluntary energy label, bringing technological innovation, new business and energy savings of approx. 85% for each new circulator pump.
The case study explores the complexities of innovation processes where technology, market, actors and policy co-evolve over time to transform an existing socio-technical regime. The paper highlights the importance of policies to reduce barriers towards innovation and energy efficiency and shows that it is not always policy-makers that establish the crucial policies that change the innovation dynamics for the benefit of the environment and the industry.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2015 |
Pages: | 574-585 |
ISSN: | 18791786 and 09596526 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.02.017 |
ORCIDs: | 0000-0003-0134-6145 |
Commercialisation Decision making Energy conservation Energy efficiency Energy efficiency policies Energy efficiency policy Energy labelling Industry driven Innovation Innovation dynamics Innovation process Innovation processes Labels Pumps Regime transformation SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy Socio-technical regimes Technological innovation Voluntary energy labelling agreement