Outcomes and Lessons Learnt from the Gender and Energy Task
The Gender and Energy Task – full name “Empowering all: Gender in policy and implementation for achieving transitions to sustainable energy” – started in January 2021 and is now about to wrap up three years of successful work.
Household energy choices: A new report from the third OECD EPIC survey data
New report from the OECD in collaboration with Waseda University, Fukui Prefectural University, Chalmers University of Technology, the University of Edinburgh and the International Energy Agency
The paper offers insights on the factors that determine household choices related to energy use, based on data from the third OECD Survey on Environmental Policies and Individual Behaviour Change (EPIC), co-funded by the Users TCP.
Successful Final Event for the Gender and Energy Task
Engaging panel discussions on “Empowering Energy Users” and “Gender-Responsive Energy Policies” as well as an interactive workshop focusing on “Inclusive Energy Technologies” was on the hybrid meeting agenda.
Public Engagement Task concludes work with publication of new Policy Brief
The Public Engagement for Energy Infrastructure Task has concluded its work program, the outcomes of which can be found on their Task webpage. They have published a Policy Brief that summarises the key findings from their research for policy makers.
2023/24 Annual Report now available
The Users TCP has published its 2023/24 Annual Report, it is now available for download here.
New guidebook: Applying behavioural insights to unlock energy demand flexibility
The Users TCP Behavioural Insights Platform has published a new guidebook titled ‘Applying behavioural insights to unlock energy demand flexibility: Guidebook for practitioners’. This guidebook provides essential guidance to policymakers and energy suppliers interested in applying behavioural insights to improve residential demand response.
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 […]
Designing household energy systems to be more inclusive, equal and efficient
Bike to work or install solar panels? Gender affects our view of sustainability and how we plan our energy consumption. In a collaboration between HSB Living Lab and the product design studio Boid, in Gothenburg, Sweden, a concept is now being developed for how households’ energy systems can become more inclusive, equal and efficient.
Users TCP Tasks research published in ERSS on ScienceDirect online
Recent research from our Social License to Automate and Hard-to-Reach Energy Users Tasks have been published online under the Energy Research & Social Science section of ScienceDirect.
Behave Conference 2023 – deadline for submitting abstracts 17th July 2023
Behave 2023, the 7th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency by the European Energy Network (EnR, the network of European energy agencies) will take place in Maastricht, the Netherlands, on 28th and 29th November 2023. The theme of this edition of the conference is ‘Scaling-up behaviour change in the light of the energy and […]
New CampaignXchange Task coordinated by IEA Secretariat
Our new CampaignXchange Task has commenced, coordinated by the IEA Secretariat, designed to support countries running energy savings campaigns.
Annual Report for 2022/23 now available
The Annual Report published by the TCP for the 2022/23 year is now available for download here.
New Policy Brief from Social License to Automate Task
Our latest Policy Brief is an overview for policy makers highlighting key observations and findings from stage one of the Task which concluded in October 2021 with the publication of their final report “Social License to Automate” Emerging Approaches to Demand Side Management”.
New Users TCP Task “Social License to Automate 2.0” launches November 23rd 2022
The follow-up Task “Social License to Automate 2.0” aims at developing a more in-depth and expanded understanding of how the granting of a social license to automate can be supported in a more inclusive and community-oriented manner.
2021 Annual Report now available
The 2021 Annual Report is now available to view. This report provides an overview of the activities and outputs of the UsersTCP and its Tasks during 2021.
Are we getting the best out of Smart Home Technologies? The Role of Usability.
This joint report with the 4E TCP Electronic Devices & Networks Annex investigates ‘usability’ issues associated with energy smart digital devices. Download the report here.
Business Models and Systems Task launches Fit to Serve platform
As the Business Models and Systems Task ends its work program, they have gathered the main results of the Task into one outreach channel, the Fit to Serve platform at https://www.fittoserve.eu/
2020 Annual Report published
The 2020 Annual Report is now available to view. This report provides an overview of the activities and outputs of the UsersTCP and its Tasks during 2020.
Plug and Play Devices project gets started with Energy Systems Catapult
The joint project on Plug and Play Devices with the Electronic Devices and Networks Annex of the 4E TCP has commenced, with Energy Systems Catapult leading the research.
First Policy Brief from Behavioural Insights Platform
Following on from the December 2020 publication of the report ‘Behavioural insights for demand-side energy policy and programmes: An environment scan’, the Energy Sector Behavioural Insights Platform has prepared the first UsersTCP Policy Brief based on this work.
INATBA Launches Task Force with Global Observatory on Energy Trading (GO-P2P)
Initiative will tackle standardisation gaps around energy trading using distributed ledger technologies.
Newsletter Issue No. 2
Latest updates from our TCP Projects, Tasks & Academy.
A message from our Chair – Q2 2020
Resetting or restarting the global economy – How can this crisis help us fight the next?
Energy Sector Behavioural Insights Platform launches international survey
The Energy Sector Behavioural Insights Platform is conducting research on how organisations are leveraging behavioural insights to shape energy policies and programmes.
IEA publishes Annual Global Energy Review 2020
A new report released 30 April 2020 by the International Energy Agency provides an almost real-time view of the Covid-19 pandemic’s extraordinary impact across all major fuels.
New Users TCP Task on Gender and Energy gets the go-ahead
We are excited to announce that a new international research collaboration – Empowering all: Gender in policy and implementation for achieving transitions to sustainable energy – has been approved by the UsersTCP Executive Committee.
Canada joins the UsersTCP
We are delighted to welcome Canada as the first country to join the UsersTCP since we relaunched in Melbourne, Australia late last year.
Highlights of the 2nd Meeting of the Global Observatory on Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Task- Feb 2020
Our second event took place on 17-18 February 2020 in Florence, Italy, at the European University Institute (Florence School of Regulation, FSR). The event was attended by 65 stakeholders from industry, policy and academia, representing 13 countries.
Anne Bengtson (1954-2020) – the foundation upon which the UsersTCP is built
Anne Bengtson, the UsersTCP Secretary and eceee’s Executive Assistant, has suddenly left us after a brief period of illness.
Users TCP Workshop at the Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference
Users TCP Workshop at the Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference – 4 December 2019
Launch of the User-Centred Energy Systems TCP
The User-Centred Energy Systems Technology Collaboration Program (Users TCP), was officially launched today at the All-Energy Australia conference held in Melbourne.
October 2019 Melbourne Workshop – All-Energy Australia and Energy Efficiency Expo Conference
More than 200 prominent speakers presented at All-Energy Australia 2019, delivering two days of presentations across an expanded 7-stream conference program. The sessions covered the latest innovations, energy policy and government initiatives and project developments across solar and wind, hydrogen, bioenergy, energy storage and more.
