User-Centred
Energy Systems

About Us

The User-Centred Energy Systems mission is to provide evidence from socio-technical research on the design, social acceptance and usability of clean energy technologies to inform policy making for clean, efficient and secure energy transitions.

Tasks
About Hard-to-Reach Energy Users
This Task focuses on hard-to-reach energy users in the residential and non-residential sectors. We believe this incorporates over 2/3 of all energy users.

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About Social License to Automate
This Task builds case studies of leading automated demand side management projects to understand key social, organisational, economic and regulatory determinants of successful engagement and...

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About Global Observatory on Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading
The Observatory is a forum for international collaboration to understand the policy, regulatory, social and technological conditions necessary to support the wider deployment of P2P...

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About Energy Sector Behavioural Insights Platform
The Energy Sector Behavioural Insights Platform brings together government policy makers and other experts to share knowledge and experiences applying Behavioural Insights to energy...

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About Gender & Energy Task
The Gender & Energy Task will gather researchers from the fields of gender and energy in a global network to analyse energy policy and technologies from gender perspectives and provide recommendations for policy design and implementation.

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About The Academy

The UsersTCP Academy builds on the success of a half century of webinars delivered through the DSM University. The new series provides access to the knowledge developed through our research programme and the wider work of our partners. The Academy is active through monthly webinars.

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