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Jenny Palm

Jenny Palm

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Jenny Palm

Advances in the social construction of energy management and energy efficiency in industry

Author

  • Patrik Thollander
  • Mariana Andrei
  • Noor Jalo
  • Patrik Rohdin
  • Jenny Palm
  • Anna Sannö
  • Johan Colding
  • Stephan Barthel
  • Gazi Salah Uddin
  • Bruna Maria Xavier

Summary, in English

Energy efficiency is essential for climate change mitigation. Energy management, shaped by both technical artefacts and social constructions, can overcome barriers and achieve greater emission reductions than technology-focused approaches alone. Nine social constructions of energy management emphasize the need for a broader view that includes operations, processes, and knowledge creation and diffusion. By adopting these strategies, corporations and policymakers can substantially reduce industrial energy use and emissions. We estimate that effective energy management policies and voluntary initiatives could cut at least 5% of global industrial fossil CO 2 emissions.

Department/s

  • The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics

Publishing year

2025

Language

English

Pages

4075

Publication/Series

Nature Communications

Volume

16

Issue

1

Full text

Document type

Review article

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Topic

  • Energy Systems
  • Environmental Management
  • Science and Technology Studies

Keywords

  • Energy management
  • energy efficiency
  • industry
  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2041-1723