publications

Paula Owen has written on a range of environmental topics over the last 12 years, including the following reports, books and publications.

 The Elephant in the Living Room 2011 EST

The five-year-on update to the Rise of the Machines.  This new publication charts the changes that have taken place in the domestic electrical product sector over that timescale and how the electricity demand for our most common appliances and gadgets is changing.  It also looks forward to 2020 to show what contribution the domestic appliances power demand could make to our 2020 emission reduction targets.

 

The ampere strikes back 2007 EST

A follow up to the massively successful Rise of the Machines, this publication focuses on the Consumer Electronics and Information & Communications Technology sectors and shows how they are taking the lead as the single largest energy consuming product category in the domestic home. 
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The rise of the machines 2006 EST

This critically acclaimed work charts the rise of energy using products in the home from the 1970s to the modern age.  It highlights the fact that although products and appliances have got more efficient over the decades, electricity use has doubled in the domestic sector over the same timescale. 
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Decommissioning the Brent Spar 1999 Routledge

In 1995, the world was glued to their screens whilst an extraordinary environmental drama played out.  The goliaths of the oil industry, Shell, up against the environmental ‘David’ Greenpeace.  The saga had all the elements of a blockbuster film: drama on the high seas, hijack, accusations and counter-accusations and a final showdown.  This book charts the story and provides objective commentary on what really happened. 
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This publication, from a highly respected group of UK based blue chip companies, highlights the threat of peak oil and its consequences for the UK industry and domestic sector. Paula Owen and Jamie Beevor contributed to the  chapter concerned with the demand needs of the domestic sector and how that demand could be managed.

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