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Multiutility service companies: A complex systems model of increasing resource efficiency

Author(s) -

Varga Liz,

Robinson Marguerite,

Allen Peter

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

complexity

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.447

H-Index - 61

eISSN - 1099-0526

pISSN - 1076-2787

DOI - 10.1002/cplx.21706

Subject(s) - consumption (sociology) , environmental economics , efficient energy use , energy consumption , business , resource (disambiguation) , service (business) , resource consumption , service provider , supply and demand , business model , industrial organization , energy supply , energy (signal processing) , computer science , economics , marketing , microeconomics , engineering , computer network , social science , ecology , statistics , mathematics , sociology , electrical engineering , biology

Domestic households account for a significant portion of energy consumption and carbon emissions in the United Kingdom. Gains in energy and resource efficiency are undermined by the continuing rise in consumption. A multiutility service company (MUSCo) could enable households to make efficiency improvements through energy technologies and demand management, thus reducing overall consumption. We present a system dynamics model for the domestic energy demand and supply system in the United Kingdom, in which MUSCos compete with traditional utility providers. The market transition toward a leasing contracted service is examined and various potential business models explored. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 21: 23–33, 2016

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