| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
smart utopia? |
| Author: |
StrengersYolande, 1981- |
| Place of Publication: |
[Basingstoke] |
| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| Year of Publication: |
2013 |
| Description: |
1 online resource |
| Series: |
Consumption and public life |
| Subject: |
Renewable energy sources - Social aspects. - |
| Subject: |
Climatic changes - Social aspects. - |
| Subject: |
Energy conservation. - |
| Subject: |
Energy consumption. - |
| Subject: |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Real Estate / General - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137267054 |
| Summary: |
The rise of smart energy technologies are transforming all aspects of social life. This innovative book critically interrogates the global utopian vision for smart energy and the ultimate consumer : the Resource Man -- who is intended to realise its aims. Delving into domains of everyday life where this vision is largely absent, the book provides a unique conceptualisation of energy and technology in everyday practice. Through a lively analysis of energy feedback, dyclmic pricing, home automation and micro-generation, the book enriches and extends the possibilities for smart energy technologies in everyday life. It proposes that prices can convey 'meanings' about energy, that automation technologies can 'act back' like the Golems of Jewish mythology and that 'home made' energies can matter to everyday practices in important ways. Crossing disciplines including sociology, human b6 scomputer interaction design and science and technology studies, the book reimagines what the Smart Utopia is and how its aims can be realised. |
| ISBN: |
9781137267054electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
1137267054electronic bk. |
| Content Note: |
1. Introducing the Smart Utopia 2. Imagining the Smart Utopia 3. Resource Man 4. Energy in everyday practice 5. Energy feedback 6. Dyclmic pricing 7. Home automation 8. Micro-generation 9. Reimagining the Smart Utopia: a conclusion. |