Aging Population Attitudes to Sensor Controlled Home Energy
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Strathclyde
Department Name: Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Abstract
It is generally accepted that energy saving measures whether at the individual building level or aggregated up to the community level need to be automated in order to maintain a sustained and consistent response to demand reduction. APAtSCHE proposes to look at the technical and social issues surrounding developing and deploying home automation technologies in social housing inhabited by senior citizens. The attitudes of this age group and their willingness to invest in and trust energy saving technology are very important given that the UK population is aging and that this demographic will come to dominate in years to come. These attitudes now and in the future will be shaped by experience, fuel costs as a proportion of domestic budget and established technology prejudices, which APAtSCHE intends to study through monitoring the engagement of novel technology with homeowners.Rising energy prices in the UK have stemmed from shrinking domestic generation capacity, increased reliance on imports and increasing fossil fuel costs along with associated levies; these price rises are passed onto the consumer through energy retailers who face these through an increase in wholesale energy prices. As a consequence, fuel poverty is becoming a real threat to a larger sector of UK society as many household economies are dominated by their energy budgets. How this will increase in the coming years will form part of a study in APAtSCHE used to inform hardware trials of the potential usefulness of energy savings.While domestic energy use is a function of the structure and form of the housing stock, the people who live in the housing drive the demands for energy and by their nature, people exhibit autonomous traits that are governed by their routines. APAtSCHE proposes that a combination of occupancy sensing, self learning environmental monitoring and informative control interfaces has the potential to not only constrain variation in domestic load, but provide the necessary information to quantify its changes with respect to the deployed technology.Presently, the opaque nature of energy consumption is cited as a reason for household inefficiencies as behaviour cannot be related to energy use, while loss of control was often cited as a key concern of domestic energy customers in qualitative studies of energy use. Technologies which highlight constituent elements of the overall domestic load and map these to actual activities of the householder could be seen as a vital bridging step in establishing trust in home automation. Identifying room utilization or occupancy and apportioning its load contribution to an overall meter reading would allow activities in the home to be mapped to a particular level of energy consumption. An existing product, the Energy EGG, already available to the public, forms the hardware basis of this area of research - this uses motion sensing technology to detect when a room is empty and switches off appliances using its patent pending technology which differentiates between a user sitting still and an empty room before it switches appliances off. Giving homeowners the option of allowing loads to be switched off automatically when they are not in the property or in part of the property, can produce a cost saving with no additional effort on their part. One research stream in APAtSCHE is dedicated to improving the measurement of occupancy, studying occupancy variability and quantifying the cost benefit of automating domestic loads on the basis of occupancy. Unifying sensor data with the predicates of household activity and appliance control requires data interchange standards for automated storing, assimilation and analysis which will be developed by APAtSCHE by extending current industry standards, to provide appropriate visualization for automated control development and intuitive and habit forming cues for understanding where and how much energy is being used without it becoming an overhead on householders' daily routine.
Planned Impact
A number of different groups will derive both societal and economic benefit from the outcomes of the APAtSCHE research:
*Housing Associations - will be in a more advised position to make their building stock more energy efficient and provide their tenants with additional peace of mind regarding energy bills.
*Charities (e.g. Age Concern) - would be able to provide better informed and sustainable assistance to their clients (beyond just financial help) with ongoing savings in their energy bills while protecting their health, well-being and comfort
*Consumer Groups (e.g. Which? CSE) - would have a more informed perspective on fuel poverty and would be better positioned to advise the public and government on measures to mitigate its onset
*Metering Companies - will be better informed of the communications requirements within the massively heterogeneous UK housing stock, intelligence that can be incorporated into Smart Meters and standards for appliance interoperation
*Energy Retailers - can benefit through adopting the technologies developed as part of APAtSCHE and offer these as energy services both as support to their customers most at risk from fuel poverty and those seeking to adopt more efficient patterns of consumption
*Research Institutes/Consortia - such as EPRI and DERRILab will be able to advise their industry partners such as electrical plant manufacturers, transmission network operators, distribution network operators and generators - of the implications home automation will have on their operations and future plans
*Generation Companies - greater understanding of domestic loads and their variability would allow generation companies to make more accurate forecasts of capacity requirements and assess the extent to which margins can be reduced without compromising security of supply. The removal of needless spinning reserve would both save on generation fuel costs and therefore reduce emissions.
*Standards bodies (IEC) - will have a tested implementation of the extension of the CIM standard down to the Low Voltage network and into the home area network.
*Distribution Network Operators - the increasing penetrations of distributed generation (DG) have presented a challenge to companies in charge of installing and maintaining plant and cabling on the low voltage level. Without adequate estimates of the variability of domestic loads and mechanisms that future Smart Grid technologies could use to constrain them, DNOs may be faced with reversed power flows on sections of network that cannot provide demand to absorb generation, or faced with costly upgrades on underspecified feeders. While APAtSCHE has focused only on the energy use in single buildings, provision is left to scale this up to the feeder level and consequently to the distribution level.
* Devolved Governments - aggregating modelled trends found in the individual building level will inform the devolved governments, such as the Welsh Assembly and the Scottish Government, of their future energy policies and housing standards
*Community Groups (e.g. Sustainable Blacon, Fintry, Muswell Hill) - will be empowered through their active involvement in the research process and feedback sessions. This will benefit them directly and, through their networking with Development Trusts and other Community Trust organisations, the wider sector of community asset management.
*Housing Associations - will be in a more advised position to make their building stock more energy efficient and provide their tenants with additional peace of mind regarding energy bills.
*Charities (e.g. Age Concern) - would be able to provide better informed and sustainable assistance to their clients (beyond just financial help) with ongoing savings in their energy bills while protecting their health, well-being and comfort
*Consumer Groups (e.g. Which? CSE) - would have a more informed perspective on fuel poverty and would be better positioned to advise the public and government on measures to mitigate its onset
*Metering Companies - will be better informed of the communications requirements within the massively heterogeneous UK housing stock, intelligence that can be incorporated into Smart Meters and standards for appliance interoperation
*Energy Retailers - can benefit through adopting the technologies developed as part of APAtSCHE and offer these as energy services both as support to their customers most at risk from fuel poverty and those seeking to adopt more efficient patterns of consumption
*Research Institutes/Consortia - such as EPRI and DERRILab will be able to advise their industry partners such as electrical plant manufacturers, transmission network operators, distribution network operators and generators - of the implications home automation will have on their operations and future plans
*Generation Companies - greater understanding of domestic loads and their variability would allow generation companies to make more accurate forecasts of capacity requirements and assess the extent to which margins can be reduced without compromising security of supply. The removal of needless spinning reserve would both save on generation fuel costs and therefore reduce emissions.
*Standards bodies (IEC) - will have a tested implementation of the extension of the CIM standard down to the Low Voltage network and into the home area network.
*Distribution Network Operators - the increasing penetrations of distributed generation (DG) have presented a challenge to companies in charge of installing and maintaining plant and cabling on the low voltage level. Without adequate estimates of the variability of domestic loads and mechanisms that future Smart Grid technologies could use to constrain them, DNOs may be faced with reversed power flows on sections of network that cannot provide demand to absorb generation, or faced with costly upgrades on underspecified feeders. While APAtSCHE has focused only on the energy use in single buildings, provision is left to scale this up to the feeder level and consequently to the distribution level.
* Devolved Governments - aggregating modelled trends found in the individual building level will inform the devolved governments, such as the Welsh Assembly and the Scottish Government, of their future energy policies and housing standards
*Community Groups (e.g. Sustainable Blacon, Fintry, Muswell Hill) - will be empowered through their active involvement in the research process and feedback sessions. This will benefit them directly and, through their networking with Development Trusts and other Community Trust organisations, the wider sector of community asset management.
Organisations
- University of Strathclyde (Lead Research Organisation)
- Building Research Establishment (Collaboration)
- Glasgow School of Art (Collaboration)
- Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DHCP) (Collaboration)
- Findhorn Community College (Collaboration)
- University of Kyoto (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE (Collaboration)
- Glasgow Housing Association (Collaboration)
- Heriot-Watt University (Collaboration)
- TreeGreen Ltd (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Open Grid Systems Ltd (Project Partner)
- D&G Housing Partnership Ltd (Project Partner)
- Blacon Community Trust Ltd (Project Partner)
- Remcon Environmental Control Ltd (Project Partner)
Publications
Altrabalsi H
(2014)
A low-complexity energy disaggregation method: Performance and robustness
Barnacle M
(2015)
Multi-objective transmission reinforcement planning approach for analysing future energy scenarios in the Great Britain network
in IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution
Barnicoat G
(2015)
The ageing population and smart metering: A field study of householders' attitudes and behaviours towards energy use in Scotland
in Energy Research & Social Science
Chaney J
(2016)
An evidence based approach to determining residential occupancy and its role in demand response management
in Energy and Buildings
Chaney J
A multi sensor approach to detect occupancy
in Journal of Energy and Builidings
Harvey P
(2016)
Classification of AMI Residential Load Profiles in the Presence of Missing Data
in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
Peacock A
(2013)
Assessing the potential of residential demand response systems to assist in the integration of local renewable energy generation
in Energy Efficiency
Title | APAtSCHE Home nergy Interfaces |
Description | Physical prototypes for a flexible home energy control system Prototype interfaces - thermal printer, television energy hub, energy display, energy controllers Let by user centred design principles Based on the needs/requirements on the older people participating in APAtSCHE |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Impact | Creates an awareness of the needs of the elderly in the energy sector |
URL | http://www.itl-energy.com/ |
Title | Images of Research |
Description | The elderly are faced with a broad range of challenges that impact on energy use and technology acceptance. The marketplace relieson digital or online solutions, but this is not always what is needed. The image shows a conceptualisation derived from a qualitative design exercise with elderly focus groups to give energy advice, visual feedback and a simple interface. Understanding people's real needs and requirements often reveals something unexpected. |
Type Of Art | Image |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Impact | Visibility of one of the APAtSCHE Energy Prototypes (Thermal Printer) Images of Research offers a unique opportunity to captivate an audience through an eye catching image, and successful entries are offered the chance to showcase their research to a public audience of thousands throughout the West of Scotland. |
URL | http://www.imagesofresearch.strath.ac.uk/2015/gallery.php |
Description | A study of older tenants energy use in rural Scotland has been investigated. Participants in the energy trials are no different to others and want their energy service needs to be met afford-ably and flexibly. We have identified a lack of understanding around energy use, efficiency and technology in this age demographic Older people are embracing new technologies but there has been little to no consideration given over to how they might use them. A lack of trust of the energy incumbents limits the potential for this age demographic to engage. Conclusions identify significant implications for future research - technical and policy. |
Exploitation Route | We have only began to touch the surface of this area Policy, tariffs, technology, interfaces ... still unclear what is best Software that we developed has already been reused by EU and EPSRC projects Data from the project will be made available to all The aesthetics and their adoption in peoples homes/lives continues to be ignored A further study that extends the footprint to address policy and fiscal issues would be of interest. Equally more user-centred tariff as opposed to bland ill informed ToU would be very timely. I would also like to close the loop and extend the APAtSCHE trial to more homes/ differer areas/different buildings to evaluate the prototype interfaces we developed -- what is the next generation of design. |
Sectors | Creative Economy Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Electronics Energy Healthcare Government Democracy and Justice |
Description | Our APAtSCHE project was focused on the energy use and behaviours of older tenants in rural Scotland has identified a range implication for future research and policy. The main findings centred around the affordability of energy, the ability to understand and address energy saving ideas and the suitability of different energy interfaces. While the work was successful in identifying and quantifying some of these features and the associated challenges, the majority are still with us today (perhaps even more so). As a result, more work needs to be done if we are to expect the aging population demographic to be active participants in the energy system. APAtCHE was used as the context piece for the launch of the Demand Side Trilemma at Westminster in March 2016 that was led by the University of Strathclyde's Centre for Energy Policy. The idea was that the Energy Trilemma that most people were familiar with was too energy 'generation' centred and if this was reframed, from the energy demand side, this was more meaningful to a range of consumers including the elderly. The research work undertaken was also brought to the attention of Scottish Government, Local Energy Scotland, Citizen's Advice Scotland, DNOs, and Ofgem as part of our engagement activities. |
First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Energy |
Impact Types | Societal Policy & public services |
Description | Economy Energy and Tourism Committee, Scottish Parliament |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Infrastructure and Innovation Fund Panel Member |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | IIF supports grant funding for communities to investigate and develop projects that link local energy generation with local energy use, or projects that wish to develop innovative distribution and storage solutions. The overall aim of IIF is to stimulate innovative approaches to unlock potential for local renewable energy generation. The following areas are priorities for the fund : overcoming barriers relating to grid capacity issues; energy storage and active network management; linking local energy demand with local renewable energy generation; delivering renewable heat and electricity to local consumers; addressing barriers that communities face in areas of constrained electricity networks. |
URL | http://www.localenergyscotland.org/media/34208/IIF-Leaflet-a4.pdf |
Description | Local Energy Challange Fund - Panel Memeber |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | The Local Energy Challenge Fund supports large-scale local low carbon demonstrator projects which show a local energy economy approach linking local energy generation to local energy use. This includes projects looking to develop innovative energy distribution and storage solutions that have an overall aim of creating more local value and benefit. |
URL | http://www.localenergyscotland.org/funding-resources/funding/local-energy-challenge-fund/ |
Description | Beltane Award |
Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
Department | Beltane Public Engagement Network (Beltane) |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2014 |
End | 06/2015 |
Description | Beltane Public Engagement Scholarship |
Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
Department | Beltane Public Engagement Network (Beltane) |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2014 |
End | 06/2014 |
Description | Datalab |
Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | The Data Lab - Innovation Centre |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2015 |
End | 05/2016 |
Description | Development and field testing of a multi-sensor occupancy informed thermostat SMART Award applied for in collaboration with Treegreen Ltd |
Amount | £87,917 (GBP) |
Organisation | Scottish Enterprise |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2015 |
End | 12/2015 |
Description | EPSRC/Energy Systems Catapult Whole Energy Systems Scoping Studies |
Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2017 |
End | 10/2017 |
Description | Impact Acceleration Scheme |
Amount | £44,730 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/K503915/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2016 |
End | 02/2017 |
Description | Strathclyde Knowledge Transfer Account - to set up multidisciplinary Energy Demand Cluster |
Amount | £6,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2012 |
End | 03/2013 |
Title | Collected data |
Description | Power readings (aggregate and individual appliance consumption), environmental conditions, and occupancy from 17 houses occupied by elderly in Dumfries and Annan over a period of 18 months |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | The collected raw data can be used for different modelling and data analysis purposes as it captures energy consumption patterns of elderly population that is mostly hit by fuel poverty |
Description | Automated Control of Residential Heating Systems |
Organisation | Building Research Establishment |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Adapted the ITL cloud based metering software developed during the course of the EPSRC APAtSCHE project to enable the remote control of an air source heat pump. This load was operated in a flexible manner within the context of perceived thermal comfort within the (remotely sensed) premises provided by BRE. |
Collaborator Contribution | Energy Services Research Unit (ESRU), led the project and provided hardware expertise; BRE provided a building for running tests. |
Impact | This research extended the outcomes of the APAtSCHE project by going beyond monitoring the environmental conditions within residences and moved towards controlling these. Flexible loads will be essential in future power systems to accommodate legacy infrastructure and integrate renewable generation. Load flexibility may be incentivised financially leading to new market players in the energy sector. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Automated Control of Residential Heating Systems |
Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Adapted the ITL cloud based metering software developed during the course of the EPSRC APAtSCHE project to enable the remote control of an air source heat pump. This load was operated in a flexible manner within the context of perceived thermal comfort within the (remotely sensed) premises provided by BRE. |
Collaborator Contribution | Energy Services Research Unit (ESRU), led the project and provided hardware expertise; BRE provided a building for running tests. |
Impact | This research extended the outcomes of the APAtSCHE project by going beyond monitoring the environmental conditions within residences and moved towards controlling these. Flexible loads will be essential in future power systems to accommodate legacy infrastructure and integrate renewable generation. Load flexibility may be incentivised financially leading to new market players in the energy sector. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Castlemilk Energy Monitoring Trial |
Organisation | Glasgow Housing Association |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The APAtSCHE project deployed sensor technology in several households owned by GHA in order to gain understanding of how the over 55 age group utilised energy and the levels of thermal comfort they preferred. |
Collaborator Contribution | Facilitated engagement with social housing tenants; GHA fuel advisers provided context on household budget challenges faced by tenants and current means of support. |
Impact | Understanding of shortcomings of energy billing, home energy interfaces (thermostats, storage heating control) and general understanding of the link between routine behavior and energy usage along with how this impacts on bills. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Findhorn Foundation |
Organisation | Findhorn Community College |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Engagement with the Findhorn community on complementary energy systems Technical support/advice relating to electrical systems Installation of measurement sensors |
Collaborator Contribution | Participation in energy interviews Access to energy data |
Impact | Energy data sets for the Sollsie housing and district heating scheme |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Joint research with Glasgow School of Art |
Organisation | Glasgow School of Art |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | University of Strathclyde researchers worked on this project with researchers from Glasgow School of Art |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Joint research with Heriot-Watt University |
Organisation | Heriot-Watt University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | University of Strathclyde researchers worked on this project with researchers from Heriot-Watt University |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Kyoto University |
Organisation | University of Kyoto |
Country | Japan |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Kyoto University visited the UK in September 2012 following an initial meeting at the British Embassy in Tokyo; through this meeting, the areas of human factors and societal impact from home automation and energy reducing technologies was introduced which had not previously been considered in their research. A follow on meeting in March 2013 in Kyoto exchanged further knowledge on the subject which resulted in Strathclyde input being provided to a Japanese Government feasibility study. |
Collaborator Contribution | Through a tour of Kyoto University lab facilities including their 'living lab' apartment, the Japanese perspectives on home automation and energy interfaces was introduced. Academics at Kyoto University also made introductions to European partners which have assisted in developing future grant proposals. |
Impact | The partnership resulted in support being provided by Strathclyde University to a Japanese Government funding application (CREST) feasibility study. This application included Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Toyota Europe and Ghent University/iMinds. The collaboration is currently active through an EU Horizon 2020 proposal 'Thermal Urban Battery', submitted in response to the June 2015 Demand Response in blocks of buildings call which iMinds is a partner and Kyoto University is an associate partner. The project proposed is costed at EU3.94M. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Project partnership with Treegreen Ltd |
Organisation | Treegreen Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Treegreen Ltd worked with the research team and assisted/contributed to the project outcomes |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Sheltered housing in Catherinefield, Dumfries |
Organisation | Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DHCP) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We installed developmental occupancy sensing instrumentation, data logging and a ground truth system in a sheltered housing belonging to DGHP and occupied by an elderly resident. This enabled us to gather data from multiple sensors and test an occupancy detection algorithm ability to predict occupancy and compare results with ground truth data. |
Collaborator Contribution | DGHP provided a sheltered housing unit, management technical and care staff to enable the team to install the instrumentation and communications and regularly access the building to collect data. |
Impact | Occupancy and ground truth data set. The data set was then used to test an occupancy detection algorithm leading to a paper being submitted which is under review for an academic journal at the time of writing. Extra funding was then obtained from a FP7 Collaborative award to install the system in a second building in the Findhorn Community in Morayshire. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Title | ITL Metering Software |
Description | ITL provides a secure cloud based repository for energy and environmental metering data which has been used throughout the APAtSCHE project and interfaced with a number of legacy and proprietary systems; the software is provided under an nonrestrictive open source license through the public Github repository. |
Type Of Technology | e-Business Platform |
Year Produced | 2013 |
Impact | This software is used as the basis of the EU FP7 funded ORIGIN system. This software was also used extensively in a Top and Tail Transformation project funded through HubNet. |
URL | https://github.com/itlenergy/ |
Company Name | Auraventi |
Description | |
Year Established | 2015 |
Impact | The company is nascent and impacts will be developed in the coming years. Funding for product development is being sought. |
Description | A feedback session with participants held in Dumfries on 15th of April |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | A feedback session was held in Dumfries on 15th of April, roughly six months after the deployments. The APAtSCHE team gave an overview of the project, current progress and explained the process of collecting and processing the data. Privacy issues were also discussed. Next steps were presented including future deployment plans related to advanced occupancy sensing, future interviews and small-group studies. The volunteers were given individual energy feedback and advice using the data collected and processed during the past six months. The session was interactive, with opportunities for the volunteers to ask questions and get clarifications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | APAtSCHE WS4 Press Release |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | The press release was designed to raise awareness of the WS4 APAtSCHE activities in Catherinefield Dumfries. lead to a television magazine article on ITV Border Life Episode 34, November 3rd 2014 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.itv.com/news/border/story/2015-03-09/watch-border-life-2014-episodes/ |
Description | CESI Workshop: Interdisciplinary research for energy systems integration |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The workshop provided a structured discussion between researchers, businesses, other research users and stakeholders, developing good practice guidelines for effective and coherent energy systems integration research in the UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.ncl.ac.uk/cesi/events/past_events/interdiscresforesi_usersneeds/ |
Description | Digital Innovations for Energy Management and Demand Reduction |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Invited speaker at this BuildTeddi /Innovate UK event in Canary Warf London |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://teddinet.org/ |
Description | Findhorn Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | On June 4th 2015, EU FP7 Project ORIGIN hosted a collaborative conference 'Harnessing Community Energies - Optimising the Benefits of Renewable Energy' in the beautiful and relaxed setting of the Findhorn ecovillage, one of the ORIGIN demonstration sites. Dr Galloway and Prof Danson from the APAtSCHE project reported on the research findings. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.origin-energy.eu/node/94 |
Description | Glen Dimplex Meeting, Sapporo, Japan |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | University of Strathclyde and Glen Dimplex (Europe) had collaborated previously on the SSE funded Northern Isles New Energy System (NINES) project. The visit took place in the Glen Dimplex HQ in Sapporo, Japan and introduced the company to the more involved societal and demographic considerations of the APAtSCHE project. The key impact was a sustained dialog with Glen Dimplex, both in Japan and Ireland. This resulted in extended discussions on participation in Horizon 2020 proposals and a subsequent offer of support. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Hubnet Symposium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The HubNet Smart Grids Symposium 2014 took place at the University of Strathclyde on Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th September. The Smart Grids Symposium is an annual event that showcases outcomes from the UK Smart Grid research community to a broad audience of stakeholders. Presented on EU FP& ORIGIN and APAtSCHE Research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.hubnet.org.uk/events/smartgrids_symposium/sept2014 |
Description | Introduction to the APAtSCHE project - IBM Japan |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | IBM Japan run a number of community energy projects; at the time, project management were focused primarily on the technology rather than the human aspects - given Japan's more serious problem with an aging population, the purpose of this meeting was to draw their attention to the potential for increasing participate project engagement through consideration of social factors alongside technical ones. Follow on presentation to more senior staff resulted the following day. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Invited Presentation at Scottish Paliament |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Dr Owens gave a 40 minute presentation on two research projects, ORIGIN and APAtSCHE to an invited group of MSPs and the public in the Robert Burns room at the Holyrude Parliament. Much interest was shown by Joan McAlpine MSP and several members of NGOs present in the audience. This lead to an invitation to give evidence to the energy policy review undertaken by the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee of the Scottish Parliament. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Orkney Science Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The talk started discussion on the subject of renewable integration on Orkney, general trends in energy pricing and the perceived inherent injustices in the current business and technical arrangements for energy supply on the islands. Clarified misunderstandings by some elderly residents on their energy billing arrangements that had resulted in a longstanding reluctance to change energy supplier. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
URL | http://oisf.org/portfolio-items/oisf-festival-2012-2/ |
Description | Pitlochry (Rotary) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited presentation to Pitlochry Rotary Club |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Presentation on "Occupancy sensing in sheltered housing" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk was well received and it was noticeable that the approach taken to detecting changes in occupancy was of interest to other research groups. It was also commented that APAtSCHE were one of few research groups looking at the interaction between the elderly and home energy automation. Increased awareness of the work of others in the TEDDINET community in this area and an increase in their awareness of our research in APAtSCHE |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Radio Scotland Interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interviewed by Radio Scotland on Smart Metering Roll-Out, DCC, SmartEnergyGB |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Reasoning daily activities in elderly homes based on energy monitoring presented at OB-14 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk generated interest in the developed data monitoring and processing methods and the conclusions from the study. Increased visibility of the project and its results |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | TEDDINet/EPSRC Data Management Workshop, Bath, March 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The APAtSCHE project data outcomes and general methodology were presented at a data management workshop hosted by EPRSC funded TEDDINet. The workshop generated proposals for additional workshops in areas not previously covered by this network. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | TEDDINet/ReCoVER/CliMathNet Workshop, Birmingham, January 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This event brought together meteorologists, architects, mathematicians, civil and electrical engineers to discuss the modelling challenges associated with changing climates. The varying levels of preferred thermal comfort and the energy requirements associated with them was presented from the APAtSCHE project. Discussions on engaging further with at least one of the workshop participants are ongoing, |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Talk on Community Energy with Introduction to the APAtSCHE Project - British Embassy, Tokyo |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The contacts made resulted in a follow on visit to Japan in 2013, a number of reciprocal visits by Japanese delegates present (Hitachi, Nitto Denko, Japan Association of Corporate Executives, University of Tokyo and Kyoto University). This began dialog that to date has resulted in involvement in two collaborative research proposals being undertaken with Kyoto University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | University of Strathclyde - Centre for Energy Policy - Demand Side Trilemma |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The workshop will provide an opportunity to network, hear about the Energy Trilemma from a Demand Side perspective and of case studies already working in the field, as well as a Q and A session. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://www.strath.ac.uk/media/cross-functional/ippi/centreforenergypolicy/Demand_side_trilemma_brie... |