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User-Centred Energy Systems Academy

The Users TCP 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.

Sign up for our next webinar – How to reach the hard-to-reach (energy users)? with Dr. Sea Rotmann, Operating Agent HTR Task, Users TCP, on 7 April at 11h00 CEST.

Click on the following link to view our most recent webinar: Using human-centred design to improve energy efficiency policy – presented by David Pryor from the Australian NSW Government, or see the Presentation slides.

Upcoming Webinar Schedule

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Date: April 7, 2020 @ 11.00 AM CEST

Topic: How to reach the hard-to-reach (energy users)?

Description:

Energy efficiency is sometimes called “the greatest market failure of all times” – it makes so much sense, is imperative to achieve the energy transition affordably, and yet it remains difficult to achieve the energy efficiency potential that technological and policy innovations promise to deliver. Is this because our technological and policy advances fail to reach all energy users in the same way? We believe that there is a significant percentage of the human population who can be regarded as “hard-to-reach (HTR) energy users”. These are the people policymakers, utility programme managers and research experts often struggle to engage with when designing and rolling out technological and behavioural interventions. Their barriers and needs are different to those “lower hanging fruit” energy users we understand well. This HTR audience segment becomes even larger once we expand from hard-to-reach individuals and groups in the residential, to those in the non-residential, particularly the commercial sector – especially if we look across all fuels and energy services, including mobility. This, potentially very large energy user segment is the focus of this new research collaboration and we present our first findings in this webinar.

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Latest Webinars

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User-Centred Energy Systems Academy

#6 Using human-centred design to improve energy efficiency policy – David Pryor (New South Wales Government, Australia). Presentation slides.

#5 How do countries legislate to support renewables to meet the needs of domestic consumers and renewables producers – Professor Penelope Crossley, University of Sydney. Presentation slides.

#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. Presentation slides.

#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)

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Archived Webinars

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DSM University webinars

1. The Logic of DSM

#9: Behavioural changes are necessary to get the full impact on energy efficiency. What works and what doesn’t (part 1), Ruth Mourik, Task 24
#11: Capturing the Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency, Nina Campbell, IEA

#13: “Do not take away their steering wheel!“ How to achieve effective behavioural change in the transport and SME domain” (part 2), Ruth Mourik, Task 24
#24: Energy Efficiency: A strategy at the heart of the G20, Benoit Lebot and Zoe Lagarde, IPEEC
#27: DSM for the 21st century, Hans Nilsson, DSM TCP
#42: Changing energy behaviour – what works? Karl Purcell, SEAI
#43: Energy Consumption in Europe – why is it increasing and what are the policy implications? Samuel Thomas, RAP

2. Governance

#5: Impact evaluation of Energy Efficiency and DSM programmes, Harry Vreuls, Task 1-9
#19: Energy Efficiency Labels. What can be learnt from the European Success Story, Benoit Lebot, IPEEC
#20: Involving people in Smart Energy: A toolkit for utilities, energy agencies and smart city developers, Ludwig Karg, CEO of B.A.U.M Consult GmbH
#21: Advancing Utility Sector Energy Efficiency in the U.S.: Highlights of the ACEEE National Conference on Energy Efficiency as a Resource, Martin Kushler, ACEEE
#22: Energy savings and greenhouse gas emissions: international standards & harmonised savings calculations in practise, Harry Vreuls Task 21
#25: Energy Efficiency Obligations – A Toolkit for success, Edith Bayer and Eoin Lees, RAP
#28: The IEA Energy Efficiency Market report 2016 – What it means for DSM!, Tyler Bryant, IEA
#30: From programmes to markets – how to leverage market forces for energy efficiency. Jan Rosenow RAP, Richard Cowart RAP and Samuel Thomas, IEA
#35: Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) – An Innovative Programme for Promote Industrial Energy Efficiency, Ajay Mathur, TERI, India
#46: Irish public sector programme. Ryan Alan, Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI)
#51 Ex-post impact evaluations of energy efficiency policies in Europe, Gregor Thenius, Austrian Energy Agency and Jean-Sébastien Broc, Institute for a European Energy & Climate Policy (IEECP)

3. Efficiency – Load Level

#1: ESCo market development: A role for Facilitators to play, Jan W. Bleyl, Task 16
#4: Best Practices in Designing and Implementing Energy Efficiency Obligation Schemes, David Crossley, RAP, Task 22
#7: Customized, Systemic, Strategic – the way to succeed with energy efficiency in industry, Catherine Cooremans, Business School of Geneva
#8: Taking Stock – 40 years of Industrial Energy Audits, Peter Mallaburn, UCL (eceee)
#14: Improving energy efficiency in SMEs – an interdisciplinary perspective, Patrick Thollander, Linköping University
#18: Simplified Measurement & Verification for Energy Savings – the Task 16 approach, Jan W. Bleyl
#26: Energy-Intensive Industries – energy efficiency policies and evaluations, Christian Stenqvist
#32: Big data for greater energy efficiency. Kornelis Blok
#37: How to design, implement and evaluate behaviour change interventions in hospitals. Sea Rotmann, Reuven Sussman and Kady Cowan
#39: Key findings from the IEA’s Energy Efficiency 2017 report. Joe Ritchie, IEA.
#47: The International Energy Agency’s Efficient World Scenario. Joe Ritchie and Kevin Lane, International Energy Agency (IEA).

4. Flexibility – Load Shape

#2: ISGAN Annex 2 Spotlight on Demand Management, Laura Marretta, ISGAN
#3: Using Demand-Side Management to Support Electricity Grids, David Crossley, RAP, Task 15
#15: Smart Grid Implementation – how to engage consumers? Yvonne Boerakker, Task 23
#44: Demand Response in US Markets: Lessons for a low-carbon transformation Mike Hogan, (RAP)
#45: Demand Flexibility as a Resource. Matt Golden, OpenEE

5. Integration

#6: Managing Variability, Uncertainty and Flexibility in Power Grids with High Penetration of Renewables, Lawrence Jones, Alstom
#16: Integrating renewables and enabling flexibility of households and buildings – results and experiences from successfully implemented projects, Task 17, Matthias Stifter AIT, Austria, René Kamphuis TNO, Netherlands
#31: Integration of energy efficiency and renewable energy – multiple benefits!, Peter Lund
#33: Blockchain applications for peer-to-peer community energy trading. David Shipworth
#40: Energy Efficiency for Municipalities, Kaelan Keys, EfficiencyOne, Nova Scotia
#50: Regulatory Sandboxes in the Energy Sector, Alexandra Schneiders.

6. Business Models

#10: How to make the best technology even better, BAT becomes BAT+, Hans Nilsson, Task 3
#12: Consequences of learning curves for energy policy, Clas-Otto Wene, Wenenergy AB, Sweden
#17: From selling Energy Efficiency to creating value, Ruth Mourik, Task 25
#23: Energy efficiency: a profit center for companies! A strategic and financial discussion of the mutliple benefits of energy efficiency, Catherine Cooremans, Task 26
#29: Mind your business, towards a more user-centered businessmodel, Renske Bouwknegt, Task 25
#34: Innovative Business Models for Scaling up Energy Efficiency, Saurabh Kumar, EESL, India
#36: Building Deep Energy Retrofit: Using Dynamic Cash Flow Analysis and Multiple Benefits to Convince Investors, Jan Bleyl, Task 16
#38: Installer Power: unlocking low carbon retrofit in private housing, Catrin Maby, Research and Consultancy
#41: Better Homes: a cooperative business solution. Nils Kåre Bruun, Denmark
#48: From EU Project to Market Enabler: Creating the Marketplace for Sustainable Energy Assets. Caroline Milne, Joule Assets Europe.
#49: Global ESCO market updates. Jessica Glicker, IEA.