Georgios Pardalis

I am an Associate Senior Lecturer at IIIEE, Lund University. My research examines how governance arrangements shape the pace, equity, and material sustainability of energy transitions in the built environment and energy systems. A central strand of my work focuses on large-scale energy renovation. Through research on One-Stop Shop (OSS) models in Sweden and Europe, I conceptualize them as governance instruments that coordinate actors, redistribute risks, and enable decision-making. This work contributed to the establishment of Sweden’s first OSS initiative for residential renovation. I also study sufficiency in the building sector, exploring how governance, design, and institutional incentives can move beyond efficiency toward reducing absolute energy demand across building lifecycles. More recently, I have extended this perspective to energy infrastructures through the concept of Circular Grid Governance, integrating circular economy, lifecycle thinking, and energy justice. My work combines interdisciplinary approaches to support low-carbon, socially inclusive, and materially sustainable transitions.