User-Centred Energy Systems Academy
The UsersTCP Academy builds on the success of a half century of webinars delivered through the DSM University. The current 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.
Next Webinar: 22 May at 3pm CEST
Can we achieve a just transition when so many energy users remain hidden?
The Users TCP Hard-to-Reach Energy Users (HTR) Task has recently started Phase 2, which focuses on energy users that are not just hard-to-reach, but who remain hidden from the attentions of policy makers, programme managers and researchers. There are several reasons why they may remain hidden:
1) because they are not prioritised (e.g., home-based micro businesses);
2) because they do not want to be a burden on society (e.g., bereaved elderly);
3) because they are the “squeezed middle” without assets who are not income-eligible for support;
4) because they live in overcrowded conditions but only the bill payer is known (e.g., student flatters); and
5) some remain hidden on purpose (e.g., criminalised or illegalised groups).
We believe that a truly just energy transition is not possible unless these hidden voices get not just acknowledged, but prioritised by policy makers and programme managers designing energy system interventions. That means, reaching out and building trusted relationships with their community, and particularly frontline support agencies. This webinar will present our field research to date, and hopes to invite questions and commentary from parties interested in, and focusing on, hidden energy users around the world.
Presented by;
- Dr Sea Rotmann, Task Leader of the Users TCP Hard-to-Reach Energy Users Task.
Academy Webinar Catalogue
- #46 Part 1 Boosting the number and diversity of energy professionals in the building sector - Part 1 '5 passi da Ingegnara', Mariagiovanna Gaglione (Enea, Department of Energy Efficiency, Italy)
- #46 Part 2 Tackling the lack of skilled workers in the building sector - the Swiss Way, Barbara Schafli (SFOE, Switzerland)
- #45 An interactive tool for guiding meaningful public engagement in energy infrastructure projects - Diana Süsser (IEECP), Nathália Fernandes Pimentel and Ira Shefer (RGI).
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- #44 Introducing a new guidebook to improve consumer engagement with demand-response initiatives - Jesper Akesson and Ondrej Kacha from The Behaviouralist
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- #43 Tracking energy-related behaviours to inform communications - Ireland's BETT - Hannah Julienne, Programme Manager, Behavioural Economics, SEAI
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- #42 IEA Analysis of the 2023 Energy Efficiency Market Report
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- #41 Behavioural Energy Economics: Promises, Lessons & Challenges for Sustainable Energy Use - Luis Mundaca - Professor at IIIEE, Lund University, Sweden
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- #40 Understanding the role of gender, age and income in demand side management participation potential - Lisa Diamond - Social License to Automate Task Leader (AIT), and Giulia Garzon - Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz
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- #39 Are the majority of energy users really hard to reach? Or are we not doing enough to support them? - Dr Sea Rotmann, HTR Energy Users Task Leader
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- #38 100 Villages P2P Project in Portugal - Andreia Carrero, Innovation Strategy Director at Cleanwatts
- #37 Clean heat standards: USA and European approaches to accelerating heat decarbonisation - Marion Santini, Regulatory Assistance Project.
- #36 How to support efficient heating (& cooling) by profiling and nudging energy consumers – Filippos Anagnostopoulos, IEECP, NUDGE project coordinator.
- #35 How an EU Renovation Loan can fill the finance gap for European homeowners – Peter Sweatman, Climate Strategy & Partners.
- #34 Taking the burn out of heating for low-income households – Louise Sunderland, Regulatory Assistance Project
- #33 Recent IEA Analysis from the Energy Efficiency Market Report 2022.
- #32 Gender, expertise and control in Dutch smart grid pilots. Interoperability of smart energy management and household management – Sylvia Breukers, DuneWorks, Netherlands
- #31 Passing a social tipping point: why achieving consensus on climate action just got a lot harder and what it means for the energy transition – David Shipworth.
- #30 Energy Retrofits: The One Stop Shop as a solution to Consumer Hesitancy and Supply Chain Growth in Ireland – Josephine Maguire, SEAI (Ireland)
- #29 How are energy communities/districts contributing to energy transition? – Selin Yilmaz, Senior Researcher and Teaching Fellow @University of Geneva
- #28 Project LEO – understanding the power of flexibility in a smart local energy system – Saskya Huggins, Low Carbon Hub, and Charlotte Hewes, SSEN
- #27 The tokenization of energy assets – The jump starter for decentralized energy markets – Kai Siefert, Managing Director of Riddle & Code Energy
- #26 How can energy standards help to promote Gender Equality and Social Inclusion? – Reihana Mohideen (Australia), Greg Adamson (IEEE) and Anna Åberg (Sweden).
- #25 Introducing a new toolkit to apply behavioural insights to energy policy – Jesper Akesson & Ondrej Kacha, The Behaviouralist (UK)
- #24 How to engage hard-to-reach energy users – case study examples from around the world – Dr Sea Rotmann (NZ) and Dr Danielle Butler (UK).
- #23 Recent IEA Analysis from the Energy Efficiency Market Report 2021. Speakers – Emi Bertoli and Nicholas Howarth, IEA.
- #22 Regulating peer-to-peer energy trading and community self-consumption models.
- #21 Are we getting the best out of Smart Home Technologies? The role of usability. Speaker – Tom Furlong, Energy Systems Catapult, UK.
- #20 Hard to decarbonise and hard to reach: developing solutions that work for planet and people - Professor Aimee Ambrose, Sheffield Hallam University, Chair of the Fuel Poverty Research Network and Professor Rokia Raslan, Vice Dean for Innovation and Enterprise, University College London.
- #19 Encouraging heat pump adoption in Ireland: Insights from Behavioural Economics - Karl Purcell, Program Manager of the Behavioural Economics Unit, SEAI (Ireland)
- #18 Including gender: policy choices towards a just energy transition. Presented by Mariëlle Feenstra – University of Twente, Joy Clancy – University of Twente and Martin Hultman – Chalmers University.
- #17 Making a social license to automate demand side flexibility. Presented by Dr Sophie Adams and Dr Declan Kuch (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) Task Leaders of the UsersTCP “Social License to Automate” Task.
- #16 What’s the right method to find how much energy smart meters save? Presented by Andrew Schein (BIT) and Kevin Gornall (BEIS).
- #15 The world after Covid – How have behavioural changes affected energy demand and what does this mean for the future? Jeremy Sung (IEA), David Shipworth (UsersTCP Chair/UCL) and Linda Steg (University of Groningen) joined a discussion following a presentation of findings from Energy Efficiency 2020 and the World Energy Outlook 2020 which show the IEA’s latest analysis on Covid-19 related behaviour changes.
- #14 What can entrepreneurs and their business models contribute to accelerating the energy transition? – Dr. Ruth Mourik (DuneWorks B.V.), Operating Agent for the UsersTCP Business Models and Systems Annex.
- #13 Time to step up performance-based energy efficiency measurement and verification efforts in Europe – Claudia Canevari from the EU Commission, Samuel Thomas from the Regulatory Assistance Project and Mark Lister from the Efficiency Valuation Organization.
- #12 Introducing the Global Observatory on Peer-to-Peer, Community Self-Consumption and Transactive Energy Models (GO-P2P) – Alexandra Schneiders, GO-P2P Operating Agent.
- #11 Applying behavioural insights to demand side energy policies and programmes: where do we stand? – Elisabetta Cornago from the International Energy Agency.
- #10 Power to the people: shifting control over electricity to citizens and consumers – David Robinson from the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.
- #9 “Households are happy to join together and provide power flexibility for climate action.” – Pierre Bivas from Voltalis.
- #8 Smart, Energy-Saving Homes: What’s Stopping Us? – Steven Beletich, Operating Agent, 4E TCP Electronic Devices and Networks Annex.
- #7 How to reach the hard-to-reach (energy users)? – Dr Sea Rotmann, Operating Agent, HTR Annex, Users TCP.
- #6 Using human-centred design to improve energy efficiency policy – David Pryor (New South Wales Government, Australia).
- #5 How do countries legislate to support renewables to meet the needs of domestic consumers and renewables producers – Professor Penelope Crossley, University of Sydney.
- #4 Recent IEA Analyses on behind-the-meter energy system trends – Jeremy Sung and Tim Goodson, IEA.
- #3 Entrepreneurship in the Energy Transition – Ruth Mourik, Operating Agent Annex on Energy Services Supporting Business Models and Systems.
- #2 Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading and Community Self-Consumption in St. Gallen – Verena Tiefenbeck, ETH.
- #1 Putting users at the centre of EV grid integration Julia Hildermeier and Christos Kolokathis, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP).
