Constructive Narratives for Home Heat Decarbonisation
A new report from our latest research project responds to the Users TCP call for evidence on Constructive Narratives for Home Heat Decarbonisation. Its objective was to provide policymakers with a stronger evidence base on how communication strategies can support the adoption of heat pumps, and how narrative campaigns interact with policy design, market conditions, and public perceptions.
Evaluating Electric Vehicle and Heat Pump Flexibility Potential: Linking Technology, Economics, Regulation, Behaviour and Policy
In a report, commissioned by the Users TCP and 4E TCP EDNA Platform, the Austrian Institute of Technology explores how flexibility can be understood, quantified, and enabled in practice.
Are we getting the best out of Smart Home Technologies. The Role of Usability.
Smart Home Technologies (SHTs) are believed to have potential to support reduced carbon emissions. These technologies can include, but are not limited to, smart heating, lighting and cooling, electric vehicle charging and a broad variety of smart domestic appliances.
Fit to Serve? The story about energy service supporting business models and systems
Thanks to the Paris agreements, Al Gore, Greta Thunberg, and the relentless flow of numbers and figures that provide proof of global warming, the sense of urgency to reduce energy consumption and stimulate the use of renewable energy has increased enormously over the past years.