Registration for Users TCP Heat Pump Workshop, 17 June – Stockholm, Sweden
As part of the 11th Users TCP Executive Committee meeting, we will hold a joint workshop with the Heat Pumping Technologies TCP hosted by the Swedish Energy Agency (SEA)
Just released! 2024/25 Annual Report
The Users TCP Annual Report for our 2024/25 financial year has been published and provides an overview of the work and achievements of the TCP and its Tasks over
2024/25 Annual Report
The 2024/25 Annual Report is now available to view in an online version. This report provides an overview of the activities of the Users TCP and its Task during the 2024/25 year.
2024/25 Annual Report
2024/25 Annual Report DOWNLOAD PRINT VERSION Chair’s Statement Ainslee Emerson Chair March 2025 I am delighted to take this opportunity to reflect on the last year and introduce myself,
Second HCB Network experts meeting – May 14-16, Spokane, Washington, US
Research is underway in this joint Users TCP and EBC TCP Task. The second experts meeting will take place from May 14 to 16, 2025 at Washington State University Spokane Health Sciences Campus, Spokane, Washington, U.S.A.
Save the date! Behave 2025 conference on 11th and 12th December 2025
Save the date! On 11th and 12th December 2025, Behave 2025, the 8th European conference on energy efficiency by the European Energy Network (EnR), will take place in Paris, France. ADEME, the French Agency for Ecological Transition, are organising this edition on the theme “From energy efficiency to sufficiency: the need for a change in lifestyles to ensure a just transition to carbon neutrality”.
Ainslee Emerson elected as new User-Centred Energy Systems TCP Chair
Ainslee is Senior Director of the Strategic Policy and Analysis Division in the Office of Energy Efficiency at Natural Resources Canada. She brings a wealth of experience from her work on energy policy in Canada, chairing the International Energy Agency’s Gender Advisory Council and representing Canada on the steering committee of the Clean Energy Ministerial.
Behave 2025 – 8th European Conference on Behaviour & Energy Efficiency (11-12 December 2025)
On 11th and 12th December 2025, Behave 2025, the 8th European conference on energy efficiency by the European Energy Network (EnR), will take place in Paris, France. ADEME, the
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 – Unintended Consequences Report
This report is the first major milestone of Year 1 Phase 2 of the Hard-to-Reach Energy Users Task. It delves deeply, via mixed methods research, into the question why well-intentioned energy
interventions don’t always turn out the way they were intended.
Gender & Energy Task Newsletter #5
The final Newsletter from Phase 1 of the Empowering All Task (Gender & Energy) is now available with highlights, new publications and announcement of Phase 2.
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.
Making an inclusive and gender aware energy policy
This paper presents a synthesis of three case studies carried out within the sub-task 2 of the Gender and Energy Research Programme with some supporting evidence from other sources. The sub-task set out to gain an understanding of the systematic inertias in the sociotechnical energy system hindering the formation of gender aware policies and interventions and then to identify ways of countering the inertias.
Gender just lens to analyse energy policies
Gender inequality, social injustice and unequal access to energy is a global concern embedded in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that call for action at the national policy level.
Facilitating Community – Industry Engagement in Aotearoa New Zealand
This research, funded by the Electricity Retailers Association New Zealand (ERANZ), will inform Subtask 5 of Phase 2 (Co-Design of Engagement Strategies For Chosen Priority Audiences) of the HTR Task.
Expert Survey Results. Phase 2 Subtask 2 – Energy Justice Landscape & Stakeholder Analysis
This report summarises the findings from our HTR Task Phase 2 Subtask 2 expert survey. 72 experts from 16 countries answered our Qualtrics survey (ran from November 2023 to March 2024), providing insights into their experiences with hidden energy users, energy justice and just transition programmes, engagement with community and Indigenous organisations, and examples of unintended consequences they encountered. The latter informed our Unintended Consequences report, the major milestone of Year 1 of Phase 2.
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
Policy Brief – Gender Just Energy Policy
The overarching aim of the EmPOWERing All task is to bring science-based evidence on how to formulate and implement clean, effective and inclusive energy policy and technological interventions, building on perspectives from gender research. This policy brief provides an introduction on how to address and assess energy policy using the gender just energy policy framework.
Human-Centric Buildings For A Changing Climate
Human-Centric Buildings for a Changing Climate Overview Task Duration: November 2024 to May 2029 Participating Countries: Canada, United States Contact: For more information on the Task see https://annex95.iea-ebc.org/ Download
EmPOWERing All Task
EmPOWERing All: Gender in policy and implementation for achieving transitions to sustainable energy Synopsis The EmPowering All Task will gather researchers from the fields of gender and energy in
