HTR Task Releases Major Report on Unintended Consequences
The major report just released by the Hard-to-Reach Energy Users Task delves deeply into the question which unintended consequences arise (and why) when well-intentioned energy interventions don’t turn out the way they were intended.
HTR Task Releases New Report on Co-Designing an Energy Wellbeing Network in Aotearoa NZ
Dr Sea Rotmann, HTR Task Leader (NZ) recently concluded a facilitation / co-design project, funded by the Electricity Retailers Association NZ (ERANZ) to bring together NZ industry, community & frontline providers, and researchers to address the huge issue of energy hardship in New Zealand.
HTR Task released two publications at the ACEEE Summer Study 2024
The Hard-to-Reach Energy Users Task presented two publications at the 2024 ACEEE Summer Study. The first, titled “Addressing Energy Hardship By Putting Communities at the Center – Comparative Approaches in Aotearoa New Zealand, the United States, and Canada” provided an overview of just transition programmes and approaches in our Task participating countries. Its focus was […]
Summary insights from the recent HTR Task workshop elevating Indigenous voices
On June 6, 2024, we held a National Expert workshop for the Hard-to-Reach Energy Users Task, as part of the Users TCP Executive Committee and Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) board meetings in Boston.
Industry-funded research into customers living in hidden hardship inspires Phase 2 of HTR Task
The two largest electricity retailers in Aotearoa New Zealand, Mercury and Genesis Energy funded HTR Task Leader Dr Sea Rotmann to research customers living in hidden hardship. The industry wanted to work alongside the community to find more effective solutions to the problem of engaging hard-to-reach energy users.
Final Country Report of Phase 1 HTR Task: United States
This is the final report deliverable to conclude Phase 1 of our HTR Task, with special focus on our U.S. funder and National Expert, the Consortium for Energy Efficiency. We summarise the main findings and recommendations from each Subtask of our 4-year Task, and provide links to the huge amount of deliverables and work completed […]
HTR Task Leader published in Nature Human Behaviour
HTR Task Leader Dr Sea Rotmann recently co-authored a Comment in Nature Human Behaviour in collaboration with colleagues from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, entitled “To decarbonize our buildings we need to focus on energy sufficiency.” Her contribution ensured providing an equity lens to include marginalized communities and a global perspective to this important topic. You […]
