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DEFINITION OF DRIVING FACTORS FOR DESIGNING SOCIAL INNOVATIONS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2021

Iban Lizarralde ,
Audrey Abi Akle ,
Mikhail Hamwi  and
Basma Samir
Iban Lizarralde
Affiliation:
Univ. Bordeaux, ESTIA, F-64210 Bidart, France
Audrey Abi Akle*
Affiliation:
Univ. Bordeaux, ESTIA, F-64210 Bidart, France
Mikhail Hamwi
Affiliation:
Univ. Bordeaux, ESTIA, F-64210 Bidart, France
Basma Samir
Affiliation:
Univ. Bordeaux, ESTIA, F-64210 Bidart, France
*
Abi Akle, Audrey, ESTIA, ESTIA-Recherche, France, [email protected]

Abstract

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Current development of renewable energy systems (RES) is characterised by an increasing participation of citizens in the upstream decision-making process. These citizens can be future users of the RES but also members of a Renewable Energy Community that develop RES. They can be at the same time Renewable Energy producer, investor and consumer. Moreover, several type of businesses and terms are used to cope with social innovations within the energy sector: local renewable projects, sustainable energy communities or community of renewable energy production. So, actors' engagement opens new solutions for designers who are induced to share alternatives before making decisions. They usually impose constraints since the early phases of the design process. This approach implies for designers to consider new criteria related to citizens motivations and barriers. This paper presents a study to define the main factors that drive people to contribute in social innovation schemes for clean-energy transition. After a state of the art, a survey about 6 main factors and 18 criteria is presented. The analysis based on the responses from 34 participants (i.e. experts) reveals 2 most important factors of motivation and 2 principal barrier sources.

Keywords

SustainabilitySocial responsibilityInnovationRenewable Energy System
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 1: ICED21 , August 2021 , pp. 891 - 900
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