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Energy services - the missing link in a just and zero-carbon urban transition
Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, Vol.6(1), pp.1-8
2026
Abstract
Cities worldwide are promoting just and zero-carbon transitions, supported by emerging models of zero-carbon urban transition pathways. However, these models related to physical and social system changes are largely focused on energy carriers and sectoral end-use demand instead of energy services—a critical linkage between energy resource use, social equity, and human well-being. Although the discussion around energy transition is evolving from energy supply to energy service provision, the energy service dimension has not been explicit in empirical studies that explore just and zero-carbon urban energy transition pathways. Energy services are the crucial link between energy resource use, social equity, and human well-being. This perspective synthesizes these concepts by summarizing current empirical research on net-zero urban energy transition pathway modeling and just energy transitions. It proposes advancements to integrate the concept of energy services into comprehensive urban energy models to inform the ongoing just and zero-carbon transitions.
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- Title
- Energy services - the missing link in a just and zero-carbon urban transition
- Authors
- Kangkang Tong (Corresponding Author) - Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityLynette Cheah - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Publication details
- Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, Vol.6(1), pp.1-8
- Publisher
- Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
- Date published
- 2026
- DOI
- 10.1088/2634-4505/ae2cc7
- ISSN
- 2634-4505
- Copyright note
- Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.
- Data Availability
- The data that support the findings of this study are available upon reasonable request from the authors.
- Grant note
- This study is funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China’s research Grants #52300235 and # 52570230.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991192342102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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