ENSU –
the Role of Energy Sufficiency
in Energy transition and society
Welcome to the homepage of the junior research group “The Role of Energy Sufficiency in Energy Transition and Society” – short EnSu.
On our website you can find information on our research and the project as well as on our publications and upcoming events.
Invitation to German-language online seminar “Basic Sufficiency Course” on 16 and 17 April. 2024, 17.00 – 18.15 (CEST)
As part of the basic course series "Energiewende 2.0", organised by the Heinrich Böll Foundation, two separate online webinars offer an introduction to the topic of sufficiency for socially and politically engaged people and other interested parties. Frauke Wiese and Johannes Thema from the EnSu group provide easy-to-understand information about the climate protection potential of sufficiency policies. They also dispel existing prejudices and outline ways in which politicians, companies and...
Manifesto for sufficiency: towards mainstreaming sufficiency in EU policies
Putting sufficiency into practice: The Hafen-Ost real-world laboratory in Flensburg, Germany
Discussion between the ÖNK and members of the Bundestag on the political feasibility of sufficiency
11 national citizens’ councils call for more sufficiency and regulation
Successful sufficiency workshop during the first conference of the “Forschungsnetzwerke Energie” in Berlin
CLEVER scenario launch event, Brussels 5.06.23
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our research interest
How can energy sufficiency be defined and distinguished from other strategies?
What hinders the implementation of sufficiency policies and measures?
What characterizes successful transformation strategies which encompass energy sufficiency?
How can the effects of succiciency be described, evaluated and quantified?
Which multiple effects of energy sufficiency measures can be described (quantitatively and qualitatively)?
How can energy scenarios be developed in inter- and transdisciplinary processes?
The Ensu Team
The junior research group “The role of energy sufficiency in energy transition and society” (EnSu) will systematically include sufficiency strategies in energy system modelling and discuss the current and necessary societal frame conditions for establishing energy sufficiency strategies.
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