Gesche Huebner
Biographic Data
| ID | 6719919 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gesche Huebner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gesche |
| FAMILY NAME | Huebner |
| SIGNATURE | HUEBNER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1304-4366 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Enabling cross-sectoral transformation for coastal climate adaptation in Europe: Four directions for interdisciplinary efforts
Coastal areas in Europe are of immense value – not only to their residents but also to communities further inland. At the same time, they are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The current pace of coastal climate adaptation remains slow, constrained by underfunding and the fragmented, sectoral nature of many initiatives. This calls for radically new yet practical approaches. In this perspective, a group of European research…
Energy equity: A rapid evidence review focused on developed economies
Energy is a vital requirement for human life. However, procedural, distributive, and structural inequalities exist in its use, production and distribution. While equity through public health, environment, and education lenses are widely established concepts, ‘energy equity’ has not been clearly defined or conceptualised in the same way. To explore this, we conducted a rapid evidence review of articles containing definitions of energy equity and/o…
The Impact of Climate Change on the Mental Health of Populations at Disproportionate Risk of Health Impacts and Inequities: A Rapid Scoping Review of Reviews
The impacts of climate change on mental health are starting to be recognized and may be exacerbated for populations at disproportionate risk of health impacts or inequalities, including some people living in low- and middle-income countries, children, indigenous populations, and people living in rural communities, among others. Here, we conduct a rapid scoping review of reviews to summarize the research to date on climate impacts on the mental he…
Building energy use in Covid-19 lockdowns: Did much change
The lockdowns introduced to prevent the spread of COVID-19 had huge impacts, as people were largely confined to their homes. It could be expected that residential energy use would increase while non-residential decreased, however the picture is not so clear. Here three complementary datasets on different scales are used to explore changes in building energy use during two UK lockdowns: the complete building stock of Great Britain, a sample of app…
Consumer preferences for business models with multiple electricity suppliers: Online choice experiments in the United Kingdom
Under the UK's ‘supplier hub principle’, consumers have a single, licensed electricity supplier at a time that interfaces between the consumer and the energy system. Allowing consumers to have multiple electricity suppliers at a time is a proposed solution to enabling models such as peer-to-peer trading, local electricity supply, and managed operation of smart appliances and vehicle charging. This would allow engagement with innovative energy mod…
Effectively and equitably steering pro-environmental behavior
The hopeful expect to be comfortable: Exploring emotion and personal norms related to sustainable buildings in the United States
Improving energy research practices: Guidance for transparency, reproducibility and quality
Energy use is of crucial importance for the global challenge of climate change, and also is an essential part of daily life. Hence, research on energy needs to be robust and valid. Other scientific disciplines have experienced a reproducibility crisis, i.e. existing findings could not be reproduced in new studies. The ‘TReQ’ approach is recommended to improve research practices in the energy field and arrive at greater transparency, reproducibili…
Survey study on energy use in UK homes during Covid-19
To contain the spread of Covid-19, governments across the world imposed partial or complete lockdowns. National energy demand decreased in periods of lockdowns; however, as people spent more time at home, residential energy use likely increased. This paper reports the results of a UK survey study ( N = 1016 participants) about their energy-use practices during the first lockdown in March 2020. The results indicated that self-reported heating beha…
Validity of energy social research during and after Covid-19: Challenges, considerations, and responses
Are consumers willing to switch to smart time of use electricity tariffs? The importance of loss-aversion and electric vehicle ownership
Smart time of use tariffs are a key part of most government’s strategies to ensure our future electricity supply is clean, affordable and secure – but will consumers be willing to switch to them? This paper presents the results of a survey experiment conducted on a nationally representative sample of 2020 British energy bill payers. The data suggests that over a third of bill payers are in favour of switching to a 3-tiered smart time of use tarif…
Saving energy with light? Experimental studies assessing the impact of colour temperature on thermal comfort
We tested whether the colour temperature of the illumination (realised through manipulating the ceiling light) impacted on thermal comfort, based on the hypothesis that a lower colour temperature is associated with feeling warmer and a higher colour temperature with feeling cooler. If confirmed, then light might be a tool for energy-saving through allowing ambient air temperatures to vary over a wider range and hence reducing the need for space h…
Public acceptability of domestic demand-side response in Great Britain: The role of automation and direct load control
Domestic demand-side response (DSR), if widely adopted, could help make electricity more secure, clean and affordable. However, little is known about consumer demand for different approaches to achieving DSR. This study aimed to gauge the acceptability of a range of DSR tariffs, and explore factors affecting it. An online between-subjects survey experiment was deployed to a representative sample of bill payers in Great Britain (N = 2002), testing…
Public acceptability of domestic demand-side response in Great Britain: The role of automation and direct load control
Domestic demand-side response (DSR), if widely adopted, could help make electricity more secure, clean and affordable. However, little is known about consumer demand for different approaches to achieving DSR. This study aimed to gauge the acceptability of a range of DSR tariffs, and explore factors affecting it. An online between-subjects survey experiment was deployed to a representative sample of bill payers in Great Britain (N = 2002), testing…
Are consumers willing to switch to smart time of use electricity tariffs? The importance of loss-aversion and electric vehicle ownership
Smart time of use tariffs are a key part of most government’s strategies to ensure our future electricity supply is clean, affordable and secure – but will consumers be willing to switch to them? This paper presents the results of a survey experiment conducted on a nationally representative sample of 2020 British energy bill payers. The data suggests that over a third of bill payers are in favour of switching to a 3-tiered smart time of use tarif…
Saving energy with light? Experimental studies assessing the impact of colour temperature on thermal comfort
We tested whether the colour temperature of the illumination (realised through manipulating the ceiling light) impacted on thermal comfort, based on the hypothesis that a lower colour temperature is associated with feeling warmer and a higher colour temperature with feeling cooler. If confirmed, then light might be a tool for energy-saving through allowing ambient air temperatures to vary over a wider range and hence reducing the need for space h…
Public acceptability of domestic demand-side response in Great Britain: The role of automation and direct load control
Domestic demand-side response (DSR), if widely adopted, could help make electricity more secure, clean and affordable. However, little is known about consumer demand for different approaches to achieving DSR. This study aimed to gauge the acceptability of a range of DSR tariffs, and explore factors affecting it. An online between-subjects survey experiment was deployed to a representative sample of bill payers in Great Britain (N = 2002), testing…
Are consumers willing to switch to smart time of use electricity tariffs? The importance of loss-aversion and electric vehicle ownership
Smart time of use tariffs are a key part of most government’s strategies to ensure our future electricity supply is clean, affordable and secure – but will consumers be willing to switch to them? This paper presents the results of a survey experiment conducted on a nationally representative sample of 2020 British energy bill payers. The data suggests that over a third of bill payers are in favour of switching to a 3-tiered smart time of use tarif…
Saving energy with light? Experimental studies assessing the impact of colour temperature on thermal comfort
We tested whether the colour temperature of the illumination (realised through manipulating the ceiling light) impacted on thermal comfort, based on the hypothesis that a lower colour temperature is associated with feeling warmer and a higher colour temperature with feeling cooler. If confirmed, then light might be a tool for energy-saving through allowing ambient air temperatures to vary over a wider range and hence reducing the need for space h…
Validity of energy social research during and after Covid-19: Challenges, considerations, and responses
Improving energy research practices: Guidance for transparency, reproducibility and quality
Energy use is of crucial importance for the global challenge of climate change, and also is an essential part of daily life. Hence, research on energy needs to be robust and valid. Other scientific disciplines have experienced a reproducibility crisis, i.e. existing findings could not be reproduced in new studies. The ‘TReQ’ approach is recommended to improve research practices in the energy field and arrive at greater transparency, reproducibili…
Survey study on energy use in UK homes during Covid-19
To contain the spread of Covid-19, governments across the world imposed partial or complete lockdowns. National energy demand decreased in periods of lockdowns; however, as people spent more time at home, residential energy use likely increased. This paper reports the results of a UK survey study ( N = 1016 participants) about their energy-use practices during the first lockdown in March 2020. The results indicated that self-reported heating beha…
The hopeful expect to be comfortable: Exploring emotion and personal norms related to sustainable buildings in the United States
Effectively and equitably steering pro-environmental behavior
The Impact of Climate Change on the Mental Health of Populations at Disproportionate Risk of Health Impacts and Inequities: A Rapid Scoping Review of Reviews
The impacts of climate change on mental health are starting to be recognized and may be exacerbated for populations at disproportionate risk of health impacts or inequalities, including some people living in low- and middle-income countries, children, indigenous populations, and people living in rural communities, among others. Here, we conduct a rapid scoping review of reviews to summarize the research to date on climate impacts on the mental he…
Building energy use in Covid-19 lockdowns: Did much change
The lockdowns introduced to prevent the spread of COVID-19 had huge impacts, as people were largely confined to their homes. It could be expected that residential energy use would increase while non-residential decreased, however the picture is not so clear. Here three complementary datasets on different scales are used to explore changes in building energy use during two UK lockdowns: the complete building stock of Great Britain, a sample of app…
Consumer preferences for business models with multiple electricity suppliers: Online choice experiments in the United Kingdom
Under the UK's ‘supplier hub principle’, consumers have a single, licensed electricity supplier at a time that interfaces between the consumer and the energy system. Allowing consumers to have multiple electricity suppliers at a time is a proposed solution to enabling models such as peer-to-peer trading, local electricity supply, and managed operation of smart appliances and vehicle charging. This would allow engagement with innovative energy mod…
Energy equity: A rapid evidence review focused on developed economies
Energy is a vital requirement for human life. However, procedural, distributive, and structural inequalities exist in its use, production and distribution. While equity through public health, environment, and education lenses are widely established concepts, ‘energy equity’ has not been clearly defined or conceptualised in the same way. To explore this, we conducted a rapid evidence review of articles containing definitions of energy equity and/o…
Enabling cross-sectoral transformation for coastal climate adaptation in Europe: Four directions for interdisciplinary efforts
Coastal areas in Europe are of immense value – not only to their residents but also to communities further inland. At the same time, they are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The current pace of coastal climate adaptation remains slow, constrained by underfunding and the fragmented, sectoral nature of many initiatives. This calls for radically new yet practical approaches. In this perspective, a group of European research…
Business (7 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Energy and Environment Impacts (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (3 works)