Chapter 1 Complex Systems: The Latest Human Artefact

Chapter 2 Energy and Complex Systems Dynamics

Chapter 4 Present Energy Metabolism and the Future of Renewables

Chapter 5 Hierarchies, Power and the Problem of Governing Complex Systems

Chapter 6 Polycentric Governance Approaches for a Low-Carbon Transition: The Roles of Community-Based Energy Initiatives in Enhancing the Resilience of Future Energy Systems

Chapter 7 Energy Conservation Policies in the Light of the Energetics of Evolution

Chapter 8 Ontological Fallacies Linked to Energy, Information and Related Technologies

Chapter 9 Energy and Social Practice: From Abstractions to Dynamic Processes

Chapter 10 Radical Transitions from Fossil Fuel to Renewables: A Change of Posture

Chapter 11 An Analysis of Everyday Life Activities and Their Consequences for Energy Use

Chapter 12 Making Energy Grids Smart. The Transition of Sociotechnical Apparatuses Towards a New Ontology

Chapter 13 Grid Dependencies and Change Capacities: People and Demand Response Under Renewables

Chapter 14 Energy Systems and Energy-Related Practices

Chapter 15 Key Messages from the Authors of the Book