Organisations and institutions of many kinds play important roles in maintaining and transforming energy systems, not least through their direct contributions to energy demand. Major service‐providing institutions such as universities and hospitals have especially large and complex demands. Facing pressures to reduce environmental impacts and costs, many of these organisations are trying to reduce their energy consumption—with varying degrees of success. The responsibility for pursuing this goal in practice often lies with practitioners here referred to as Energy Management Professionals (EMPs). However, there has been little systematic investigation of EMPs' practices and their energy implications. Using qualitative evidence from English universities and hospitals, we argue that three types of work are marginalised in EMPs' practices, namely: (a) change‐focused work, and within that; (b) work engaging with people and what they do, and within that; (c) work engaging with institutional policy‐making. We argue that these marginalisations limit the scale and scope of demand reduction efforts, and also show how they arise from interacting dynamics of national policies and priorities, institutional structures and professional practices, and the influence of neoliberal governance, among other things. Finally, we discuss how rethinking institutional energy governance could help reduce energy demand and reflect on wider lessons for research and policy on organisational sustainability.

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组织中的能源管理：能源管理专业人员，边缘化做法以及变更的限制

许多组织和机构在维护和改造能源系统中都发挥着重要作用，尤其是它们直接对能源需求做出了贡献。诸如大学和医院之类的主要提供服务的机构的需求特别大而复杂。面对减少对环境的影响和降低成本的压力，这些组织中的许多组织都在设法减少能源消耗，并取得了不同程度的成功。在实践中实现此目标的责任通常在于此处称为能源管理专业人员（EMP）的从业人员。但是，对EMP的做法及其对能源的影响几乎没有系统的调查。利用来自英国大学和医院的定性证据，我们认为EMP实践中三种工作被边缘化，即：（a）以变革为重点的工作，并在其中；（b）在此范围内与他人互动以及他们所做的工作；（c）参与机构决策的工作。我们认为，这些边缘化限制了减少需求工作的规模和范围，并且还表明了它们是如何因国家政策和优先事项，体制结构和专业实践的互动变化以及新自由主义治理的影响而产生的。最后，我们讨论了对机构能源治理的重新思考如何有助于减少能源需求，并反思有关组织可持续性研究和政策的更广泛的经验教训。我们认为，这些边缘化限制了减少需求工作的规模和范围，并且还表明了它们是如何因国家政策和优先事项，体制结构和专业实践的互动变化以及新自由主义治理的影响而产生的。最后，我们讨论了对机构能源治理的重新思考如何有助于减少能源需求，并反思有关组织可持续性研究和政策的更广泛的经验教训。我们认为，这些边缘化限制了减少需求工作的规模和范围，并且还表明了它们是如何因国家政策和优先事项，体制结构和专业实践的互动变化以及新自由主义治理的影响而产生的。最后，我们讨论了对机构能源治理的重新思考如何有助于减少能源需求，并反思有关组织可持续性研究和政策的更广泛的经验教训。