Publications






‘Demand pull’ government policies to support Product-Service System activity: The case of Energy Service Companies (ESCos) in the UK

Research article by Matthew Hannon, Tim Foxon, William F. Gale on 1 Dec 2015

Product-Service Systems (PSSs) constitute a family of service-based business models designed to satisfy our societal needs in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner. To date however PSS application has remained niche due to a variety of critical barriers. This paper explores how ‘demand pull’ national government policies could support PSS activity by addressing these barriers […]


Global impacts of energy demand on the freshwater resources of nations

Research article by Kate Scott, John Barrett on 1 Dec 2015

The growing geographic disconnect between consumption of goods, the extraction and processing of resources, and the environmental impacts associated with production activities makes it crucial to factor global trade into sustainability assessments. Using an empirically validated environmentally extended global trade model, we examine the relationship between two key resources underpinning economies and human well-being—energy and […]




Exploring the applications of carbon footprinting towards sustainability at a UK university: Reporting and decision making

Research article by John Barrett on 16 Nov 2015

Campus greening is often the first step universities take towards sustainability. In order to infer the current level of environmental performance and the progress being made it is imperative that universities measure and report their campus greening efforts. This paper shows that sustainability reporting can be a simple task and is of significant value for […]