Steve Sorrell

Research output

Working papers

1. Paul E. Brockway & Steve Sorrell & Gregor Semieniuk & Matthew Kuperus Heun & Victor Court, 2021. "Energy efficiency and economy-wide rebound effects: A review of the evidence and its implications," Post-Print hal-03218631, HAL.
   • Brockway, Paul E. & Sorrell, Steve & Semieniuk, Gregor & Heun, Matthew Kuperus & Court, Victor, 2021. "Energy efficiency and economy-wide rebound effects: A review of the evidence and its implications," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).
2. Saunders, Harry D. & Roy, Joyashree & Azevedo, Inês M.L. & Chakravarty, Debalina & Dasgupta, Shyamasree & De La Rue Du Can, Stephane & Druckman, Angela & Fouquet, Roger & Grubb, Michael & Lin, Boqiang, 2021. "Energy efficiency: what has research delivered in the last 40 years?," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 114344, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
3. Chitnis, Mona & Fouquet, Roger & Sorrell, Steve, 2020. "Rebound effects for household energy services in the UK," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 102529, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
   • Mona Chitnis, Roger Fouquet, and Steve Sorrell, 2020. "Rebound Effects for Household Energy Services in the UK," The Energy Journal, International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 0(Number 4), pages 31-60.
4. Saunders, Harry & Roy, Joyashree & Azevedo, Inês M.L. & Chakravarty, Debalina & Dasgubta, Shyamasree & de la Rue du Can, Stephane & Druckman, Angela & Fouquet, Roger & Grubb, Michael & Qiang Lin, Bo &, 2020. "Energy Efficiency: What has it Delivered in the Last 40 Years?," FCN Working Papers 16/2020, E.ON Energy Research Center, Future Energy Consumer Needs and Behavior (FCN), revised Apr 2021.
5. Andrew Hook & Victor Court & Benjamin K Sovacool & Steven Sorrell, 2020. "A Systematic Review of the Energy and Climate Impacts of Teleworking," Working Papers hal-03192905, HAL.
6. Donal Brown & Paula Kivimaa & Steve Sorrell, 2018. "How Can Intermediaries Promote Business Model Innovation: The Case of ‘Energiesprong’ Whole-House Retrofits in the United Kingdom (UK) and the Netherlands," SPRU Working Paper Series 2018-19, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
7. Steven Sorrell, 2017. "Explaining Sociotechnical Transitions: A Critical Realist Perspective," SPRU Working Paper Series 2017-11, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
   • Sorrell, Steve, 2018. "Explaining sociotechnical transitions: A critical realist perspective," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 47(7), pages 1267-1282.
8. Lee Stapleton & Steve Sorrell & Tim Schwanen, 2015. "Estimating Direct Rebound Effects for Personal Automotive Travel in Great Britain," SPRU Working Paper Series 2015-08, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
   • Stapleton, Lee & Sorrell, Steve & Schwanen, Tim, 2016. "Estimating direct rebound effects for personal automotive travel in Great Britain," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 313-325.
9. Friedemann Polzin & Steve Sorrell & Colin Nolden, 2015. "Innovative Procurement Frameworks for Energy Performance Contracting in the UK Public Sector," SPRU Working Paper Series 2015-31, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
10. Steve Sorrell, 2014. "Energy substitution, technical change and rebound effects," SPRU Working Paper Series 2014-16, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
    • Steve Sorrell, 2014. "Energy Substitution, Technical Change and Rebound Effects," Energies, MDPI, vol. 7(5), pages 1-24, April.
11. Steve Sorrell, 2014. "Reducing energy demand: An overview of issues, challenges and approaches," SPRU Working Paper Series 2014-22, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
12. Steve Sorrell, 2006. "Improving the Evidence Base for Energy Policy: The Role of Systematic Reviews," SPRU Working Paper Series 146, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
    • Sorrell, Steve, 2007. "Improving the evidence base for energy policy: The role of systematic reviews," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 35(3), pages 1858-1871, March.
13. Philippe Quirion & Catherine Boemare & Steven Sorrell, 2003. "The evolution of emissions trading in the E.U: Tensions between national trading schemes and the proposed E.U. directive," Post-Print hal-00119455, HAL.
    • Catherine Boemare & Philippe Quirion & Steve Sorrell, 2003. "The evolution of emissions trading in the EU: tensions between national trading schemes and the proposed EU directive," Climate Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 3(sup2), pages 105-124, December.
    • Catherine Boemare & Philippe Quirion & Steve Sorrell, 2003. "The evolution of emissions trading in the E.U : tensions between national trading schemes and the proposed EU directive," Post-Print halshs-00802316, HAL.

Articles

1. Caldarola, Bernardo & Sorrell, Steve, 2022. "Do teleworkers travel less? Evidence from the English National Travel Survey," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 159(C), pages 282-303.
2. Brockway, Paul E. & Sorrell, Steve & Semieniuk, Gregor & Heun, Matthew Kuperus & Court, Victor, 2021. "Energy efficiency and economy-wide rebound effects: A review of the evidence and its implications," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).
   • Paul E. Brockway & Steve Sorrell & Gregor Semieniuk & Matthew Kuperus Heun & Victor Court, 2021. "Energy efficiency and economy-wide rebound effects: A review of the evidence and its implications," Post-Print hal-03218631, HAL.
3. Mona Chitnis, Roger Fouquet, and Steve Sorrell, 2020. "Rebound Effects for Household Energy Services in the UK," The Energy Journal, International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 0(Number 4), pages 31-60.
   • Chitnis, Mona & Fouquet, Roger & Sorrell, Steve, 2020. "Rebound effects for household energy services in the UK," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 102529, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
4. Brown, Donal & Sorrell, Steve & Kivimaa, Paula, 2019. "Worth the risk? An evaluation of alternative finance mechanisms for residential retrofit," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 128(C), pages 418-430.
5. Rosenow, Jan & Guertler, Pedro & Sorrell, Steven & Eyre, Nick, 2018. "The remaining potential for energy savings in UK households," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 121(C), pages 542-552.
6. Sorrell, Steve, 2018. "Explaining sociotechnical transitions: A critical realist perspective," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 47(7), pages 1267-1282.
   • Steven Sorrell, 2017. "Explaining Sociotechnical Transitions: A Critical Realist Perspective," SPRU Working Paper Series 2017-11, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
7. Paul E. Brockway & Harry Saunders & Matthew K. Heun & Timothy J. Foxon & Julia K. Steinberger & John R. Barrett & Steve Sorrell, 2017. "Energy Rebound as a Potential Threat to a Low-Carbon Future: Findings from a New Exergy-Based National-Level Rebound Approach," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-24, January.
8. Jack Miller & Timothy J. Foxon & Steve Sorrell, 2016. "Exergy Accounting: A Quantitative Comparison of Methods and Implications for Energy-Economy Analysis," Energies, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-22, November.
9. Nolden, Colin & Sorrell, Steve & Polzin, Friedemann, 2016. "Catalysing the energy service market: The role of intermediaries," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 98(C), pages 420-430.
10. Stapleton, Lee & Sorrell, Steve & Schwanen, Tim, 2016. "Estimating direct rebound effects for personal automotive travel in Great Britain," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 313-325.
    • Lee Stapleton & Steve Sorrell & Tim Schwanen, 2015. "Estimating Direct Rebound Effects for Personal Automotive Travel in Great Britain," SPRU Working Paper Series 2015-08, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
11. Chitnis, Mona & Sorrell, Steve, 2015. "Living up to expectations: Estimating direct and indirect rebound effects for UK households," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 52(S1), pages 100-116.
12. Sorrell, Steve, 2015. "Reducing energy demand: A review of issues, challenges and approaches," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 74-82.
13. Chitnis, Mona & Sorrell, Steve & Druckman, Angela & Firth, Steven K. & Jackson, Tim, 2014. "Who rebounds most? Estimating direct and indirect rebound effects for different UK socioeconomic groups," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 12-32.
14. Steve Sorrell, 2014. "Energy Substitution, Technical Change and Rebound Effects," Energies, MDPI, vol. 7(5), pages 1-24, April.
    • Steve Sorrell, 2014. "Energy substitution, technical change and rebound effects," SPRU Working Paper Series 2014-16, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
15. Chitnis, Mona & Sorrell, Steve & Druckman, Angela & Firth, Steven K. & Jackson, Tim, 2013. "Turning lights into flights: Estimating direct and indirect rebound effects for UK households," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 234-250.
16. McGlade, Christophe & Speirs, Jamie & Sorrell, Steve, 2013. "Methods of estimating shale gas resources – Comparison, evaluation and implications," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 116-125.
17. McGlade, Christophe & Speirs, Jamie & Sorrell, Steve, 2013. "Unconventional gas – A review of regional and global resource estimates," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 571-584.
18. Sorrell, Steve & Lehtonen, Markku & Stapleton, Lee & Pujol, Javier & Toby Champion,, 2012. "Decoupling of road freight energy use from economic growth in the United Kingdom," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 84-97.
19. Sorrell, Steve & Speirs, Jamie & Bentley, Roger & Miller, Richard & Thompson, Erica, 2012. "Shaping the global oil peak: A review of the evidence on field sizes, reserve growth, decline rates and depletion rates," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 37(1), pages 709-724.
20. Druckman, Angela & Chitnis, Mona & Sorrell, Steve & Jackson, Tim, 2011. "Missing carbon reductions? Exploring rebound and backfire effects in UK households," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 39(6), pages 3572-3581, June.
21. Steve Sorrell, 2010. "An upstream alternative to personal carbon trading," Climate Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(4), pages 481-486, July.
22. Steven Sorrell, 2010. "Energy, Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability: Five Propositions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 2(6), pages 1-26, June.
23. Sorrell, Steve & Miller, Richard & Bentley, Roger & Speirs, Jamie, 2010. "Oil futures: A comparison of global supply forecasts," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(9), pages 4990-5003, September.
24. Sorrell, Steve & Speirs, Jamie & Bentley, Roger & Brandt, Adam & Miller, Richard, 2010. "Global oil depletion: A review of the evidence," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(9), pages 5290-5295, September.
25. Sorrell, Steve & Dimitropoulos, John & Sommerville, Matt, 2009. "Empirical estimates of the direct rebound effect: A review," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(4), pages 1356-1371, April.
26. Sorrell, Steve & Harrison, David & Radov, Daniel & Klevnas, Per & Foss, Andrew, 2009. "White certificate schemes: Economic analysis and interactions with the EU ETS," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(1), pages 29-42, January.
27. Sorrell, Steve, 2009. "Jevons' Paradox revisited: The evidence for backfire from improved energy efficiency," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(4), pages 1456-1469, April.
28. Sorrell, Steve & Lehtonen, Markku & Stapleton, Lee & Pujol, Javier & Champion, Toby, 2009. "Decomposing road freight energy use in the United Kingdom," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(8), pages 3115-3129, August.
29. Sorrell, Steve & Dimitropoulos, John, 2008. "The rebound effect: Microeconomic definitions, limitations and extensions," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 65(3), pages 636-649, April.
30. Sorrell, Steve, 2007. "Improving the evidence base for energy policy: The role of systematic reviews," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 35(3), pages 1858-1871, March.
    • Steve Sorrell, 2006. "Improving the Evidence Base for Energy Policy: The Role of Systematic Reviews," SPRU Working Paper Series 146, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
31. Sorrell, Steve, 2007. "The economics of energy service contracts," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 35(1), pages 507-521, January.
32. Steven Sorrell, 2003. "Carbon Trading in the Policy Mix," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited, vol. 19(3), pages 420-437.
33. Steve Sorrell, 2003. "Interactions between the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and the UK Renewables Obligation and Energy Efficiency Commitment," Energy & Environment, , vol. 14(5), pages 677-703, September.
34. Catherine Boemare & Philippe Quirion & Steve Sorrell, 2003. "The evolution of emissions trading in the EU: tensions between national trading schemes and the proposed EU directive," Climate Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 3(sup2), pages 105-124, December.
    • Philippe Quirion & Catherine Boemare & Steven Sorrell, 2003. "The evolution of emissions trading in the E.U: Tensions between national trading schemes and the proposed E.U. directive," Post-Print hal-00119455, HAL.
    • Catherine Boemare & Philippe Quirion & Steve Sorrell, 2003. "The evolution of emissions trading in the E.U : tensions between national trading schemes and the proposed EU directive," Post-Print halshs-00802316, HAL.
35. Sorrell, Steve, 2003. "Making the link: climate policy and the reform of the UK construction industry," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 31(9), pages 865-878, July.
36. Steve Sorrell, 1999. "The Failure of Sulphur Trading in the UK," Energy & Environment, , vol. 10(6), pages 639-670, November.
37. Sorrell, Steve, 1992. "Fuel efficiency in the UK vehicle stock," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 20(8), pages 766-780, August.
38. Sorrell, Steve, 1992. "Working together for a better environment: Challenges for transport : Royal Institute of Public Administration Conference (RIPA), London, UK, October 1991," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 20(4), pages 378-379, April.

Chapters

1. Steve Sorrell, 2009. "The Rebound Effect: Definition and Estimation," Chapters, in: Joanne Evans & Lester C. Hunt (ed.), International Handbook on the Economics of Energy, chapter 9, Edward Elgar Publishing.

Books

1. Steve Sorrell & Eoin O’Malley, 2004. "The Economics of Energy Efficiency," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 2607.
2. O'Malley, Eoin & Scott, Susan & Sorrell, Steve, 2003. "Barriers to Energy Efficiency: Evidence from Selected Sectors," Research Series, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), number PRS47, June.
3. Steve Sorrell & Jim Skea (ed.), 1999. "Pollution for Sale," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 1696.