Environmental Sousveillance, Citizen Science and Smart Grids

Bruce Baer Arnold

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-2155-9_14

Environmental Sousveillance, Citizen Science and Smart Grids

Bruce Baer Arnold

Canberra Law School

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Abstract

Enhancing water, energy, transport and communication infrastructure through a distributed or centralised sentience—‘smart grids’—involves questions about power. Those questions are as much about data, knowledge and environmental activism as they are about technical protocols for internet refrigerators, congestion pricing of road networks and remote reading of domestic electricity meters. This chapter explores who gets to collect, access and use data from smart grids. It highlights emerging debate about privacy, including systemic surveillance by grid operators/partners, and security. It discusses scope for environmental mashups that inform public policymaking and environmental activism but conflict with legal frameworks for the ownership of data and quarantining of knowledge. It looks ahead to ask whether citizens can establish participatory environmental monitoring networks that are independent of grids operated by network providers such as power and water utilities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Intellectual Property and Clean Energy
Subtitle of host publication	The Paris Agreement and Climate Justice
Editors	Matthew Rimmer
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	14
Pages	375-398
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811321559
ISBN (Print)	9789811321542
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2155-9_14
Publication status	Published - Oct 2018

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 13 Climate Action

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