Staying in a green and safe place

Pictures representing new concepts can help us develop a better understanding of them. As part of this project, researchers at Oxford University have developed the ‘energy sufficiency doughnut’ to help us better understand the concept.

Managing the rebound effect

Extreme pessimists argue that energy efficiency policies are futile. If we save energy, and money, we will simply use the saved money to increase our demands for energy services and so increase our energy use. This concept paper discusses how energy sufficiency and the rebound effect interact.

Progressive efficiency or more radical approaches?

How can energy sufficiency be practically applied in product policy, such as ecodesign and energy labelling? A new concept paper discusses this while asking if progressive efficiency is enough or if we need to go further to limit energy use.

Is it enough just going passive?

What is an energy sufficient building? How far from this are the buildings we currently live and work in? How can we encourage more sufficient buildings that enable us to live better? Our report, due to be published in the next few weeks, will explore these questions and offer suggestions for the way forward.

The energy sufficiency library

eceee's energy sufficiency library contains all concept papers, workshop reports and presentations from the Energy Sufficiency project. It also highlights relevant reports from other sources to help you dig deeper and better understand what sufficiency might mean for you and our society.

External Resources

This section gives you links to other organisations and initiatives that work on energy sufficiency. Read more about the Enough! network, the Swiss 2000W project and the NegaWatt Association in France.