User-Centred Energy Systems Academy
The UsersTCP Academy builds on the success of a half century of webinars delivered through the DSM University. The current 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.
Next Webinar: 11 October 2023 at 3pm CEST
Understanding the role of gender, age and income in demand side management participation potential – results of a literature review and two case studies.
In order to reach the full potential of the increased demand side flexibility needed for the energy transition, end-users need to be on board with allowing automated processes to impact their energy consumption. To allow for broad upscaling of such automated demand side management (DSM) programs that provide fair and inclusive participation opportunities, a differentiated perspective on users is needed. We will present insights from a critical literature analysis focusing on consideration of and existing knowledge on the impact of gender, age and income on both participation potential and willingness, as well as core participation barriers that were identified. For a more in-depth look we then delve into two case studies, examining interests and motivations behind energy-related choices in 31 European countries, as well as the results of a field study with an automated home energy management support application from a gender- and diversity-sensitive perspective. We conclude with an outlook on our upcoming activities, aiming to define core factors to consider for inclusive and community-oriented policy and DSM program design to achieve “social license to automate”.
Presented by Lisa Diamond, Scientist at AIT (Austrian Institute of Technology) and Giulia Garzon, Junior Researcher in the Department of Economics at EI-JKU (Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz).
Academy Webinar Catalogue
- #39 Are the majority of energy users really hard to reach? Or are we not doing enough to support them? - Dr Sea Rotmann, HTR Energy Users Task Leader
- #38 100 Villages P2P Project in Portugal - Andreia Carrero, Innovation Strategy Director at Cleanwatts
- #37 Clean heat standards: USA and European approaches to accelerating heat decarbonisation - Marion Santini, Regulatory Assistance Project.
- #36 How to support efficient heating (& cooling) by profiling and nudging energy consumers – Filippos Anagnostopoulos, IEECP, NUDGE project coordinator.
- #35 How an EU Renovation Loan can fill the finance gap for European homeowners – Peter Sweatman, Climate Strategy & Partners.
- #34 Taking the burn out of heating for low-income households – Louise Sunderland, Regulatory Assistance Project
- #33 Recent IEA Analysis from the Energy Efficiency Market Report 2022.
- #32 Gender, expertise and control in Dutch smart grid pilots. Interoperability of smart energy management and household management – Sylvia Breukers, DuneWorks, Netherlands
- #31 Passing a social tipping point: why achieving consensus on climate action just got a lot harder and what it means for the energy transition – David Shipworth.
- #30 Energy Retrofits: The One Stop Shop as a solution to Consumer Hesitancy and Supply Chain Growth in Ireland – Josephine Maguire, SEAI (Ireland)
- #29 How are energy communities/districts contributing to energy transition? – Selin Yilmaz, Senior Researcher and Teaching Fellow @University of Geneva
- #28 Project LEO – understanding the power of flexibility in a smart local energy system – Saskya Huggins, Low Carbon Hub, and Charlotte Hewes, SSEN
- #27 The tokenization of energy assets – The jump starter for decentralized energy markets – Kai Siefert, Managing Director of Riddle & Code Energy
- #26 How can energy standards help to promote Gender Equality and Social Inclusion? – Reihana Mohideen (Australia), Greg Adamson (IEEE) and Anna Åberg (Sweden).
- #25 Introducing a new toolkit to apply behavioural insights to energy policy – Jesper Akesson & Ondrej Kacha, The Behaviouralist (UK)
- #24 How to engage hard-to-reach energy users – case study examples from around the world – Dr Sea Rotmann (NZ) and Dr Danielle Butler (UK).
- #23 Recent IEA Analysis from the Energy Efficiency Market Report 2021. Speakers – Emi Bertoli and Nicholas Howarth, IEA.
- #22 Regulating peer-to-peer energy trading and community self-consumption models.
- #21 Are we getting the best out of Smart Home Technologies? The role of usability. Speaker – Tom Furlong, Energy Systems Catapult, UK.
- #20 Hard to decarbonise and hard to reach: developing solutions that work for planet and people - Professor Aimee Ambrose, Sheffield Hallam University, Chair of the Fuel Poverty Research Network and Professor Rokia Raslan, Vice Dean for Innovation and Enterprise, University College London.
- #19 Encouraging heat pump adoption in Ireland: Insights from Behavioural Economics - Karl Purcell, Program Manager of the Behavioural Economics Unit, SEAI (Ireland)
- #18 Including gender: policy choices towards a just energy transition. Presented by Mariëlle Feenstra – University of Twente, Joy Clancy – University of Twente and Martin Hultman – Chalmers University.
- #17 Making a social license to automate demand side flexibility. Presented by Dr Sophie Adams and Dr Declan Kuch (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) Task Leaders of the UsersTCP “Social License to Automate” Task.
- #16 What’s the right method to find how much energy smart meters save? Presented by Andrew Schein (BIT) and Kevin Gornall (BEIS).
- #15 The world after Covid – How have behavioural changes affected energy demand and what does this mean for the future? Jeremy Sung (IEA), David Shipworth (UsersTCP Chair/UCL) and Linda Steg (University of Groningen) joined a discussion following a presentation of findings from Energy Efficiency 2020 and the World Energy Outlook 2020 which show the IEA’s latest analysis on Covid-19 related behaviour changes.
- #14 What can entrepreneurs and their business models contribute to accelerating the energy transition? – Dr. Ruth Mourik (DuneWorks B.V.), Operating Agent for the UsersTCP Business Models and Systems Annex.
- #13 Time to step up performance-based energy efficiency measurement and verification efforts in Europe – Claudia Canevari from the EU Commission, Samuel Thomas from the Regulatory Assistance Project and Mark Lister from the Efficiency Valuation Organization.
- #12 Introducing the Global Observatory on Peer-to-Peer, Community Self-Consumption and Transactive Energy Models (GO-P2P) – Alexandra Schneiders, GO-P2P Operating Agent.
- #11 Applying behavioural insights to demand side energy policies and programmes: where do we stand? – Elisabetta Cornago from the International Energy Agency.
- #10 Power to the people: shifting control over electricity to citizens and consumers – David Robinson from the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.
- #9 “Households are happy to join together and provide power flexibility for climate action.” – Pierre Bivas from Voltalis.
- #8 Smart, Energy-Saving Homes: What’s Stopping Us? – Steven Beletich, Operating Agent, 4E TCP Electronic Devices and Networks Annex.
- #7 How to reach the hard-to-reach (energy users)? – Dr Sea Rotmann, Operating Agent, HTR Annex, Users TCP.
- #6 Using human-centred design to improve energy efficiency policy – David Pryor (New South Wales Government, Australia).
- #5 How do countries legislate to support renewables to meet the needs of domestic consumers and renewables producers – Professor Penelope Crossley, University of Sydney.
- #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.
- #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).
