Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC)

Title	This is Fuel Poverty
Description	This is Fuel Poverty which is a zine presenting six stories about the lived reality of fuel poverty. The stories of Joao, Joe, Mary and David tell of people who felt trapped and powerless in cold home. The stories of Samantha, Hector and Farah are more hopefully - they show that when the right funding and support is available, people's circumstance can be improved. The stories are all based on real people we have met during our time researching fuel poverty. The zine was produced by Fuel Poverty Evidence, including also research undertaken by CREDS and EDRC researchers.
Type Of Art	Artwork
Year Produced	2023
Impact	The zine brought together different stories from research undertaken in multiple projects in the UK. It has been widely shared on social media and via networks such as the Fuel Poverty Research Network.
URL	https://www.fuelpovertyresearch.net/thisisfuelpoverty/

Description	Citation in European Commission' report on the findings of the study "Barriers for demand response participation in electricity markets and State aid support"
Geographic Reach	Europe
Policy Influence Type	Citation in other policy documents
URL	https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/state-aid/publications_en

Description	Citation in UK Government consultation on "Reforms to the Energy Performance of Buildings regime"
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Citation in other policy documents
Impact	The research developed the methodology for the Energy Flexibility Certificates (EFC), which provide a systematic assessment of the demand flexibility potential of buildings, in a similar way by which Energy Performance Certificates assess the energy efficiency of a dwelling. The main report on the EFC methodology was cited in 2024 by the UK Government's consultation on Energy Performance Certificates reform (https://bit.ly/42ohNb7).
URL	https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforms-to-the-energy-performance-of-buildings-regime/te...

Description	Citation in, and review, of RAP report Flex-ability for all: Pursuing socially inclusive demand-side flexibility in Europe
Geographic Reach	Europe
Policy Influence Type	Citation in other policy documents

Description	Co-Lead response to ESNZ Committee consultation on workforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL	https://www.edrc.ac.uk/publications/workforce-planning-to-deliver-clean-secure-energy-esnz-committee...

Description	Contributed to Climate Change Committee's 7th Carbon Budget Report
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact	The 7th Carbon budget report provides the UK Government on a limit on the UK's greenhouse gas emissions over the five-year period 2038 to 2042, is 535 MtCO2e, including emissions from international aviation and shipping. the report provides a balanced pathway with clear actions and impact assessement for the Government to implement, therefore likely to have significant impact across all sectors of the economy and communities.
URL	https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/the-seventh-carbon-budget/

Description	Coordination of Ofgem high-level workshop on flexibility and equity
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review

Description	DESNZ Panel of Technical Experts Meeting
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact	This work directly influences multi-billion-pound energy investments, ensuring the reliability of the UK's electricity system. The total budget for the Capacity Market for the 2024 auctions was approximately £3.6 billion for the 2026-27 delivery year alone.
URL	https://bit.ly/4ge3GYX

Description	DESNZ consultation on: Reforms to the Energy Performance of Buildings regime
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL	https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforms-to-the-energy-performance-of-buildings-regime/re...

Description	Engagement and secondment with Climate Change Committee to discuss and input into the 7th Carbon Budget
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL	https://www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/The-Seventh-Carbon-Budget.pdf

Description	Evidence submission (written and oral) to Scottish Affairs Committee inquiry on GB Energy
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review

Description	Evidence submission to Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee inquiry on retrofitting homes
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL	https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/664/energy-security-and-net-zero-committee/publications/w...

Description	Heat networks regulation implementing consumer protections
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL	https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/heat-networks-regulation-implementing-consumer-protectio...

Description	Input to and peer review of IEA Energy Efficiency 2024 report
Geographic Reach	Multiple continents/international
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL	https://www.iea.org/reports/energy-efficiency-2024

Description	Integrated National Transport Strategy: EDRC Response to Consultation
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL	https://www.edrc.ac.uk/publications/integrated-national-transport-strategy-edrc-response-to-consulta...

Description	Invited participant at ministerial roundtable on enabling green choices and behaviours, London, 14.01.2025
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health

Description	Member of Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC), Department of Transport
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact	DPTAC has appointed more people who have lived experience of invisible disabilities, which is my main contribution to the role, as well as research in transport poverty space.

Description	Membership of Scottish Parliament People's Panel Steering Board
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
URL	https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/committees/current-and-previous-committees/sessio...

Description	Ofgem consultation on: Engaging domestic consumers in energy flexibility
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL	https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/engaging-domestic-consumers-energy-flexibility

Description	Ofgem's 'Distribution System Operator Performance Panel'
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact	The Panel's influence on policy and practice ensures that Distribution System Operators (DSOs) are held accountable for delivering network investments that support the transition to a low-carbon energy system. By assessing performance annually between 2024 and 2028, the Panel directly impacts the level of financial incentives awarded, driving improvements in network flexibility, reliability, and efficiency. This oversight encourages DSOs to prioritise investments in infrastructure upgrades for heat pumps, electric vehicles, and low-carbon generation, ultimately benefiting consumers by enabling a more resilient and sustainable electricity system. Evidence of impact includes the allocation of the £22.2 billion RIIO-ED2 investment package and ongoing performance evaluations that guide how these funds are spent.
URL	https://bit.ly/3E7bqip

Description	POSTnote Planning for net zero
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL	https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0736/

Description	Participation on Future Homes Standards Working group on Grid & Flexibility
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
URL	https://www.futurehomes.org.uk/

Description	Provided evidence to House of Commons Energy Security and Net Zero Committee's inquiry, Workforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy.
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
URL	https://committees.parliament.uk/event/23542/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/

Description	Response to Ofgem call for input on "Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the energy sector"
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL	https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-policy-and-regulation/policy-and-regulatory-programmes/artificial-in...

Description	Response to Ofgem consultation "Innovation in the energy retail market", November 2024
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL	https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/consultation/innovation-energy-retail-market

Description	Response to the Climate Change Committee consultation for the 7th Carbon Budget
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL	https://www.edrc.ac.uk/publications/response-to-the-climate-change-committee-consultation-for-the-7t...

Description	Retrofitting our homes for a net zero future: one-off ESNZ Committee session
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL	https://www.edrc.ac.uk/publications/retrofitting-our-homes-for-a-net-zero-future-one-off-esnz-commit...

Description	Shaping the debate on fossil fuel companies' responsibilities in the energy crisis
Geographic Reach	Multiple continents/international
Policy Influence Type	Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact	The process is ongoing,

Description	written evidence Transport Select Committee on Strategic Transport Objectives
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL	https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/123908/pdf/

Description	Electrification of the residential heat sector: Spatial and temporal analysis of electricity demand and flexibility
Amount	£250,000 (GBP)
Funding ID	NIA2_NGESO096
Organisation	National Energy System Operator
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	05/2024
End	12/2025

Description	Nesta/EDRC secondment extension
Amount	£16,623 (GBP)
Organisation	Nesta
Sector	Charity/Non Profit
Country	United Kingdom
Start	01/2025
End	06/2025

Description	Strategic Innovation Fund - KnowMyFlex
Amount	£162,518 (GBP)
Funding ID	10061354
Organisation	Ofgem Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	03/2024
End	06/2024

Description	Strategic Innovation Fund - MaxFlex
Amount	£157,334 (GBP)
Funding ID	10106524
Organisation	Ofgem Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	03/2024
End	06/2024

Description	pump:chic - test drive a heat pump to support uptake of low-carbon heating
Amount	£25,557 (GBP)
Funding ID	KEI2024-01-39 HEIF ESC FELL
Organisation	Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	06/2024
End	06/2025

Title	UK Atittudes Towards Low-Carbon Domestic Heating Survey 2023-24
Description	To address the shortcomings in understanding the drivers concerning transition to low-carbon heating by households, the present data collection involves a two-wave online survey of households in the UK, administered in two waves between September 2023 and March 2024. The initial revealed preference (RP) survey (Wave 1) seeks to understand the current context of households which serves as inputs to creating tailored stated preference (SP) scenarios (Wave 2) covering the choice of heating technology, retrofit option and ownership structure. The current survey content draws extensively from past research and survey efforts such as BEIS (2020), Fylan et al. (2020) and ARUP (2022). The survey design was peer-reviewed by practitioners and researchers from the energy industry, to ensure alignment with industry practice, taxonomy or categorisation, to maximise the subsequent relevance and impact. The revealed preference survey covers a number of areas, including attributes of the property (size, age, insulation, appliances), heating system (source of heat, temperature settings, perception of the heating performance, energy consumption), heating costs, household attributes (size and composition, income) and lifestyle (work from home, typical activities at selected times of day), general attitudes towards environmental issues and trust in information sources as well as towards various heating technologies and possible assurances and incentives. In Wave 2, the subsample of households that own the property (hence primarily gas boiler owners, which are the primary target for heating transition facilitation) are invited to participate in three SP exercises. In the first SP exercise, individuals are set in the hypothetical scenarios of having to replace their current, gas-based heating system with either a hydrogenready boiler or an air-based heat pump, in addition to being able to remain with their current system. The available alternatives are characterised by different installation costs and operating options, alongside maintenance visit requirements, CO2 emissions and nuisance (noise, space) as well as incentives. The associated capital and operating costs are simulated on the basis of Wave 1 responses, using comprehensive models and databases used previously for whole-system technology scenario comparisons in the UK (Olympios et al., 2022). In the second SP exercise, the survey is looking at the nature of replacement of the heating, between deep retrofit (which includes changes to how heating is distributed in the property, possibly even insulation options) as opposed to more tactical retrofit, including primarily to heat appliance replacement. The associated costs are based upon data published officially by the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS, 2020b). In the third SP exercise, individuals are asked about their preferences concerning ownership and control structure, ranging from full ownership, through shared ownership to service based heating. The alternatives are associated with different levels of equipment and operation costs, contract duration, energy pricing schemes as well as presence of demand side response events.
Type Of Material	Database/Collection of data
Year Produced	2025
Provided To Others?	Yes
Impact	Currently two papers are being prepared for publication.

Title	USL Heating Survey - Wave 1
Description	Revealed preference survey of 900 homeowners across England, with details of the current heating systems in their home and their utilisation, as well as general attitudes and preferences towards the low carbon heating transition.
Type Of Material	Database/Collection of data
Year Produced	2023
Provided To Others?	No
Impact	The data is still under analysis, with a student project underway.

Description	Cross-Consortia Engagement
Organisation	UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC)
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	EDRC and UKERC are collaborating in the Cross-Consortia Engagement which involves several research centres.
Collaborator Contribution	EDRC helped to organise the Cross-Consortia Engagement Meeting 3 which focused on discussing impact and engagement.
Impact	Cross-Consortia Engagement Meeting 3 Stakeholder meetings Early Career Research conference
Start Year	2023

Description	Fuel Poverty Evidence
Organisation	Sheffield Hallam University
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	The "Fuel Poverty Evidence" initiative is an online database and social media account that seeks to raise the public and media profile of academic research on fuel poverty. The project has hired a commmunications expert at Leeds, developed a policy briefing, and engageed with MPs in parliament, with ongoing meetings and commentary on fuel poverty. Mari Martiskainen and Neil Simcock are involved from the FAIR project.
Collaborator Contribution	Communications, developing a policy briefing, stakeholder engagement
Impact	Policy Briefing and media commentary
Start Year	2023

Description	Fuel Poverty Evidence
Organisation	University of Leeds
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	The "Fuel Poverty Evidence" initiative is an online database and social media account that seeks to raise the public and media profile of academic research on fuel poverty. The project has hired a commmunications expert at Leeds, developed a policy briefing, and engageed with MPs in parliament, with ongoing meetings and commentary on fuel poverty. Mari Martiskainen and Neil Simcock are involved from the FAIR project.
Collaborator Contribution	Communications, developing a policy briefing, stakeholder engagement
Impact	Policy Briefing and media commentary
Start Year	2023

Description	RBG and EDRC
Organisation	KiWi Power
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Design of demand side response trials, and currently the analysis of data from the demand side response trials conducted in 2020-2021
Collaborator Contribution	The Royal Borough of Greenwich and Kiwi Power were jointly responsible for conducting a range of demand side response trials, and collecting the resulting data through surveys, smart meters and mobile phone apps. They are making this data available for further research and analysis as part of the EDRC project.
Impact	The data from these trials are currently being analysed and will contribute toward the development of the models embedded within our prototype demand simulator, and also a paper summarising the results of the analysis.
Start Year	2023

Description	Scottish Power Energy Networks Strategic Partnership
Organisation	Scottish Power Ltd
Department	Scottish Power Energy Networks
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	The SPEN strategic partnership's mission is to unlock the value of Whole System thinking, by collaborating not only with other electricity companies, but also with academics and other key stakeholders such as network users, Local Area Authorities and communities to ensure efficient investment in the electricity network and to achieve a just transition to Net Zero. As part of this partnership, we are engaging with other partners to identify key potential areas for collaboration. This will, whenever feasible, lead to the development of new bids for funding to support further research into the identified issues.
Collaborator Contribution	As a Distributor System Operator, SPEN is ideally position to coordinate a partnership such as this one, and bring together a range of partners under a common umbrella to pursue shared goals. In addition to this, SPEN also has the ability to contribute more tangible resources to any potential projects arising from this partnership, as their access to the markets and system operation infrastructures allows them to have a unique level of insight and access to data which would otherwise be inaccessible to researchers. Whole System thinking will require new tools and processes to consider investment opportunities and manage business governance. The Strategic Partner should work with SP Energy Networks to identify, develop and support the implementation of these tools and processes.
Impact	As of yet, no tangible outputs have emerged from this partnership. However, we are planning a series of theme-oriented engagement sessions to bring together members of the different EDRC themes and discuss some of the research opportunities within each theme that could benefit from a more active SPEN participation.
Start Year	2023

Description	WSCC and EDRC
Organisation	West Sussex County Council
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Public
PI Contribution	My research team (USL, Imperial College London) are analysing the data provided by the WSCC to develop an understanding of the variance and potential flexibility in non-residential energy demand data.
Collaborator Contribution	WSCC have provided temporally detailed energy demand data for all their non-residential buildings over a one year period.
Impact	Analysis of the WSCC is currently underway, and there is a working paper. Specific outputs will shortly be generated based on this analysis.
Start Year	2023

Description	"Transforming Urban Transport" Festival of Debate at Sheffield Hallam
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Greg Marsden spoke on the Transforming Urban Transport panel at Festival of Debate at Sheffield Hallam on 15 May
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://festivalofdebate.com/2024/transforming-urban-transport#:~:text=Limiting%20climate%20change%2...

Description	'Inclusive energy upgrades in rented housing', Humboldt University, Berlin, 27th of October 2023;
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Public forum and debate on energy efficiency in the PRS and knowledge transfer across countries.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	(Im)possible energy geographies: Modalities of social reproduction and precarity. University of Gdansk, 22nd May 2024.
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	Seminar at the University of Gdansk (Poland) to discuss emergent EDRC findings.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	(keynote) 'Ensuring Justice in Climate Transition - Leaving no one behind in the EU' conference, Lisbon, Lisbon, 22nd January 2024.
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Keynote at interbnational conference
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://bolster-horizon.eu/bolster-mid-term-conference-press-release/

Description	(organiser and presenter) 'Demand-side energy security' workshop, University of Warwick, 6th February 2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	UKERC/EDRC joint workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/energy-demand-and-security-towards-a-research-and-policy-agenda-ticke...

Description	(workshop) Opportunities in Energy Poverty alleviation, 16th February 2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Workshop with REVALUE.IO - US-based retrofit intermediary- focused on KE between the US and UK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	A Local Green New Deal for Brighton and Hove
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	60 people attended an event on low carbon solutions for Brighton and Hove, with academic presentations and introduction by a local politician.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.climatechangebh.org.uk/perspectives/a-local-green-new-deal-for-brighton-and-hove

Description	A news story in the print edition of the Times reported the findings of the policy brief co-authored by Andy Yuille, Alice Garvey, Sarah Higginson.
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact	The news item refers to the executive summary of the policy brief: "This briefing reports on the findings of the Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) Citizens' Panel, which considered the question "What could a healthier and more sustainable national diet look like, what may prevent or support us reaching that, and how we can ensure that changes work for everyone?" Findings from the panel are being used to generate updates to the Positive Low Energy Futures model."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025
URL	https://www.edrc.ac.uk/publications/engaging-citizens-on-policy-scenarios-for-dietary-change/

Description	Adept Autumn conference
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Named speaker on a panel at the ADEPT Autumn Conference in Nottingham attended by 220 delegates from local authorities across England, corporate partners, professional bodies, and civil servants.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.adeptnet.org.uk/news/creating-strong-places-leadership-ground-adept-autumn-conference

Description	Article in ElementalLONDON on "Making flexibility work for social housing", November 2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	The article summarises the findings of several recent Nesta projects, one of which was supported by my secondment in association with EDRC, and related the findings to the social housing sector.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://elementallondon.show/features/making-flexibility-work-for-social-housing/

Description	Attendance of UKERC 20th anniversary reception, House of Lords
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	50 people attended a reception at House of Lords to mark UKERC's 20th anniversary. The event also invited EDRC's co-directors Mari Martiskainen and Sara Walker to have an opportunity to network and promote the newly established centre.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Attendance of UKRI Building a Green Future congress, 07.10.2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	This was a UKRI Building a Green Future congress which included mainly PIs of UKRI grants. Mari Martiskainen attended as Director of EDRC and had networking for example with officials at the Department for Transport, leading to requests for further information.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	BBC Radio Cumbria - Talk
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	Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact	Our PI, Sara Walker, was on BBC Radio Cumbria on the 14th of November, 2024, discussing Geen Hydrogen- what it is, and why it's so important.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	BIEE Webinar: The critical role of transport in alleviating short and long-term pressures on the energy system
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Mari Martiskainen presented a talk titled "Why we need to address transport poverty in the Net Zero transition" as part of a BIEE webinar.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.biee.org/meeting/demand-management-transport/

Description	Birmingham Decarbonisation Summer School
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Prof Sara Walker was invited as a keynote speaker at the summer school.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	British Academy Round Table discussion - How can our public participation strategy for net zero ensure no one is left behind?
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	In 2019, an independent review strongly proposed that a public participation strategy for the UK's transition to net zero was essential to the successful adoption of low-carbon measures by UK communities and to the fulfilment of the government's UK policy for net zero. However, no such public participation or public engagement strategy exists as yet. This roundtable, under Chatham House rules, asked how we can bring household and community policy together with NZ policy, technology, innovation and investment.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	CIBSE DESNZ Built Environment Research & Insight Online Workshop, 16th October 2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Attendance of CIBSE DESNZ Built Environment Research & Insight Online Workshop, which fed into DESNZ developing insights into research gaps in built environment.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Call to Action: Stakeholder Forum in England
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	The event was attended by 42 people from industry, policy, government, charities and think tanks, as well as our EDRC team members and UKRI funders. This event is part of a series of in person stakeholder events taking place in each of the UK nations, building on the official EDRC online launch in late 2023 and our call-to-action report. The report sets out the benefits of pursuing demand-side reduction and flexibility as a net-zero transition course, and outlines EDRC's planned research activities within our 5 central 'themes' of Futures, Flexibility, Place, Governance and Equity. This event brought together EDRC researchers and panellists to discuss why energy demand matters and why more action is needed on this vital topic as we move towards a fair transition to net zero. The event included a short introduction to EDRC's key areas of work, a panel discussion and Q&A, followed by networking.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.edrc.ac.uk/news-blog/edrcs-call-to-action-on-energy-demand-the-final-countdown/

Description	Co-organised workshop: Building inclusive pathways to a skilled housing retrofit workforce: Shared insights from across Europe and the United Kingdom. 18 January 2024.
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	This workshop brings together EU and UK academics and policy practitioners focused on housing retrofit recruitment, skills development and retraining to understand how this challenge is being tackled at different governance levels and geographies. At the European policy level, we are interested in how the recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) could be enhanced to make greater provision for retrofit skills development and (re)training within and across Member States. We seek to learn from exemplar European municipalities making advances in relation to this challenge. We also aim to highlight the innovative partnerships and delivery models being developed by the devolved nations of the UK (especially Scotland and Wales), and at the regional level by leading combined mayoral authorities in England.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Commute Zero: What still needs to be done?
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Greg Marsden spoke on a panel for a free webinar put on by Landor Links and Mobilityways 'Commute Zero: What still needs to be done'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://youtu.be/ANrmLfVM9C8?si=yu_atW_SwRVWTYD3

Description	Conference keynote (Bigcomp STP session, IEEE)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Keynote speaker for conference organised by Ajou University, and taking place in Thailand. Title: Policy Considerations for the Energy Transition, at the IEEE Bigcomp STP session. 21 people attended with a mix of online and in person attendance.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	DEFRA EAP Meeting, London
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Attended DEFRA EAP Meeting in London.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	DESNZ Alternative Energy Markets Dissemination Session (London)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Attended DESNZ Alternative Energy Markets Dissemination Session in London.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Demand-side energy security: The contours of an emergent policy sphere, Chatham House, 11th of March 2024.
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	First international workshop to explicitly connect energy demand reduction with energy security policy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Dialogue with the National Retrofit Hub
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	EDRC has had several meetings with the National Retrofit Hub, for which an EDRC member leads a working package. This dialogue has led to EDRC and the Hub developing a joint seminar series.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Digitising Transport - the Rise of Mobility as a Service
Form Of Engagement Activity	A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Invited by the coordinator of Institute of Mechanical Engineers' Impulse to Innovation' podcast series to contribute as one of two interviewees (seperately interviewed) to talk about the potential for Mobility as a Service to fulfil promises of efficiency and accessibility and challenges that remain unaddressed. Timely in relation to the UK Government's production of a Code of Practice for Mobility as a Service in 2023.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://imeche.podbean.com/e/season-5-episode-3-digitising-transport-the-rise-of-mobility-as-a-servi...

Description	ECR Net Zero Conference 2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	This two-day conference, hosted by C-DICE, GGR-D (CO2RE), EDI+, EDRC, ERA, Hi-ACT, IDRIC, Ignite Network+, Supergen Bioenergy Hub, Sustain, UKCCSRC, UKERC and UK HY-RES brought together early career researchers (ECRs) from across the net zero community. It will include a mix of keynote speakers, parallel sessions (skills based and topic based) and a networking dinner.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.edrc.ac.uk/events/ecr-net-zero-conference-2024/

Description	EDRC Advisory Board
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	EDRC has set up a high level Advisory Board consisting of the following organisations: Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) Camirus Limited Climate Change Committee Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Department for Transport Green Alliance International Energy Agency Ofgem National Energy Action National Grid Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) UKRI - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) UKRI - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Scottish Government University of Liverpool Welsh Government
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023,2024

Description	EDRC Bluesky account
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	An account was created in January 2025 for better visibility of the centre across social media, to follow the latest news and trend, and to be a part of different communities. Stats from 11.03.2025: Total Posts: 27 Followers: 168 Average Likes per Post: 1.19 Average Posts per Day: 1.24
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025
URL	https://bsky.app/profile/edrc-uk.bsky.social

Description	EDRC HMT Meeting on Flexibility Cost Curves
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	EDRC HMT Meeting on Flexibility Cost Curves
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	EDRC LinkedIn account
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	An account was created in October 2023 order to help attract traffic to our website, to help build brand reputation and share our expertise, news, and job opportunities. The account is creating connections which in turn demonstrates credibility in our industry and highlights our achievements. Stats from 11.03.2025: Total followers: 2027 Impressions: 89563 Reactions: 2225 Comments: 60 Reposts: 76 Page views: 2572 Unique visitors: 1319 Followers background report: Research 614 Education 342 Operations 181 Business Development 166 Engineering 165 Media and Communication 110 Program and Project Management 97 Community and Social Services 88 Administrative 67 Information Technology 54
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023,2024,2025
URL	https://www.linkedin.com/company/98764673/admin/feed/posts/

Description	EDRC Newsletter (online)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	First newsletter was published in February 2024 with 355 subscribers. Its am is to introduce and promote EDRC. Some of the sections included are EDRC Launch video, Overview, Achievements, Theme Spotlight, Jobs, Funding Opportunities. Latest newsletter was sent February 2025 to 585 subscribers. 14 newsletters shared to date.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024,2025
URL	https://eocampaign1.com/web-version?p=40fad2bc-c039-11ee-81b4-ab127c691da8&pt=campaign&t=1706706856&...

Description	EDRC Theory of Change workshop with external stakeholders
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	EDRC organised a workshop with 15 stakeholders from policy and industry, to discuss and develop the centre's Theory of Change (ToC).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	EDRC Twitter account
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	An account was created for better visibility of the centre across social media, to follow the latest news and trend, and to be a part of different communities. Update in March 2025: EDRC has opened a BlueSky account and moved away from X to mainly post on BlueSky and LinkedIn.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023,2024
URL	https://twitter.com/EDRC_UK

Description	EDRC Wales Stakeholder Forum: Energy Demand Reduction & Place-Based Energy Retrofit
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	The event took place on 29 April 2024 in Cardiff and introduced the EDRC's vision and plan to research reducing energy demand. Welsh stakeholders shared their views on a place-based approach to energy demand reduction and achieving net zero. The EDRC team hosted 25 stakeholders from different sectors in Wales, including government, industry, academia, local authorities, and energy network companies. After opening remarks from the event chair and EDRC's Flexibility theme leader Jacopo Torriti, the EDRC Director Mari Martiskainen provided an overview of EDRC and its vision: to inform and inspire energy demand reductions for a Net Zero society, delivering impactful research with actionable solutions for industry, policymakers, practitioners, and charities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.edrc.ac.uk/news-blog/edrc-wales-stakeholder-forum-energy-demand-reduction-place-based-en...

Description	EDRC YouTube Channel
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	An EDRC YouTube channel was set up in 2023 in order to improve the centre's visibility across social media, and to publish and share Energy Demand Research Centre Launch online event which was filmed. Stats from 11.03.25: Year 2024 Views 74 Impressions 128 Impressions click-through rate 7.00% Watch time (hours) 7.9 Subscribers 2 Year 2025 Views 207 Impressions 314 Impressions click-through rate 4.50% Watch time (hours) 32.2 Subscribers 3
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023,2024,2025
URL	https://www.youtube.com/@EnergyDemandResearchCentre

Description	EDRC blogs on website
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Blogs increase EDRC's visibility and provide an engaging way for people to learn about research. Unlike research papers, which can be dense and technical, blogs are written in a conversational style.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023,2024,2025
URL	https://www.edrc.ac.uk/news-and-blog/

Description	EDRC team presentation to Energy Systems Catapult
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	EDRC team visited and presented the work programme to Energy Systems Catapult team in Birmingham. 21.08.2023. EDRC team included: Dr Donal Brown, Sussex (Place theme, focus on retrofit delivery, business models) Prof Tim Foxon, Sussex (Governance theme, wellbeing indicators) Prof Mari Martiskainen, Sussex (Director, fuel / transport poverty, energy vulnerability) Dr Janine Morley, Lancaster (Governance theme, heating and comfort) Dr Kate Pangbourne, Leeds (Governance theme, place based solutions, esp. on transport) Dr Jose Remirez-Mendiola, Reading (Flexibility theme, demand side flexibility) Prof Peter Taylor, Leeds (Flexibility theme, demand solutions in industry) Dr Faye Wade, Edinburgh (Place theme, skills and supply chain issues) Prof Sara Walker, Newcastle (TBC) (Co-Director, flexibility). This meeting has led to further meetings and discussions, especially relating to the EDRC's planned Equity Living Lab.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	EDRC website
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	A website was created in 2023 as a tool to give better visibility for the research centre, make it easier for people to find EDRC, and to better advertise/expose events/news/blogs/publications/jobs within the centre. Stats from 11.03.25: Year 2024 Active users: 2900 Views: 17000 Sessions: 7800 Year 2025 (up to March 2025) Active users: 978 Views: 6800 Sessions: 3000 User demographics: Country Percentage United Kingdom 72.00% India 2.19% United States 1.72% Germany 1.41% China 1.07%
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023,2024,2025
URL	https://www.edrc.ac.uk/

Description	EDRC/CCC Economy-wide energy demand meeting
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	EDRC/CCC Economy-wide energy demand meeting: Meeting with Carbon Budgets team (led by Hannah Williams) on role of EDR in CCC results
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Electrification of Heat Workshop
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	The workshop aimed to engage with NESO regarding ongoing efforts to estimate the spatial and temporal electricity consumption of heat pumps in residential buildings across Great Britain for future years. The methodology includes calculating annual heat demand using EPC data and SAP assumptions, developing a lumped parameter model to generate half-hourly heat supply profiles, and translating these profiles into electricity consumption using real COP data from heat pumps. Feedback and comments were gathered on the industry's needs and perspectives from an industrial standpoint.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	End Fuel Poverty Coalition
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The End Fuel Poverty Coalition is a broad coalition of anti-poverty, environmental, health and housing campaigners, charities, local authorities, trade unions and consumer organisations. EDRC attends some of these meetings, bringing an academic perspective and input.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk

Description	Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory programme (EDOL) Workshop (online)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	First EDOL Stakeholder Workshop held on 1 November 2023.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Energy Demand Research Centre Online Launch
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 launch event outlined plans for the Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) over the next 5 years and welcomed a keynote presentation from Bea Natzler from The Climate Change Committee, a Call to Action on Energy Demand and research summaries from our 5 Theme Leads. During our launch we addressed the unique opportunity to realise benefits from energy demand reductions in industry, businesses, transport and homes and explored the delivery of integrated technological and social change to rapidly reduce emissions, secure prosperity, reduce inequality and improve quality of life.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/news-and-events/news?id=62710

Description	Energy Demand and Security: Developing a Research and Policy Agenda (workshop)
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	Joint UKERC & EDRC workshop; Steve Pye presented on the PLEF modelling and James Price presented on impacts of EDR on oil and gas consumption
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025

Description	Energy Demand and Security: Towards a Research and Policy Agenda (Workshop)
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	Joint UKERC & EDRC workshop; Steve Pye presented on the PLEF modelling and James Price presented on impacts of EDR on oil and gas consumption
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Energy Poverty in Rented Housing policy forum
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Online event - Energy Poverty in Rented Housing policy forum, online, 9th of October 2023;
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Energy Systems Catapult Seminar
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Jacopo Torriti gave a presentation on Demand Side Flexibility - Opportunities and Challenges at the Energy Systems Catapult Seminar in July 2024.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Energy vulnerability and fire risk
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Webinear within European Fire Safety week
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.europeanfiresafetyalliance.org/european-fire-safety-week/edition-2023/european-fire-safe...

Description	Engagement with BRE Group
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	EDCR Director and Co-Director team met with the BRE Group team in 2023 and presented EDRC outline programme. This led to a Letter of Support for EDRC from BRE and requests of further information. EDRC presented to BRE's Research & Innovation Lunch & Learn seminar in February 2024, with discussions about further engagement going forward.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023,2024

Description	Engagement with HM Treasury
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Meetings with HMT around the development of work on public spending investments in Energy Efficieny vs Direct Bill support for tackling fuel poverty
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.edrc.ac.uk/publications/the-economy-wide-impacts-of-different-approaches-to-addressing-f...

Description	Equity theme engagement with DESNZ Social and Behavioural Energy and Research team
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	An introduction meeting to DESNZ colleagues working in the Social and Behavioural Energy Research team to discuss the work of the equity theme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Event at All Energy 2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	CEP hosted an event at All Energy 2024 conference focused on equity and energy demand with speakers from flexiblity theme, Scottish Government, and Scottish Power
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/centreforenergypolicy/events/allenergy24-equity/

Description	Flexing Energy Demand to the timing of Renewables Global Environmental Challenges Seminar Series, National History Museum, London
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Jacopo Torriti gave a presentation on Flexing Energy Demand to the timing of Renewables at the Global Environmental Challenges Seminar Series that was held at the National History Museum, London on 14th November 2024.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://research.reading.ac.uk/uor-nhm-partnership/seminar-series/

Description	Follow up meeting with BRE
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Follow up meeting with BRE to discuss Governance Theme after the initial introductory meeting by EDRC.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Follow up meeting with CSA Richard Prager September 2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Update to Richard Prager and other staff on progress made in EDRC
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Funding 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	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Broadcast introduced the newly funded EDRC centre on the Sussex University website, as this is where the centre's hub is.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/61382

Description	Future Rail Demand workshop
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Workshop with ITS researchers and Great British Rail focussed on sharing insights, identifying uncertainties, and building cross-sectoral relationships
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Greg Marsden Spoke at Local Transport Summit 2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Greg Marsden spoke at the Local Transport Summit 2024 on the panel for "Professional Practice next steps: How we can incorporate themes from the summit into our activities at national, regional and local level?"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.landorlinks.uk/local-transport-summit-2024

Description	Greg Marsden featured on 'What has the environment ever done for us' podcast
Form Of Engagement Activity	A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Greg Marsden was the featured guest on the Driving Sustainable Transport episode of the podcast 'What has the environment ever done for us'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://open.spotify.com/episode/4hbDpqDBiErn8UPXv0kf9W?si=mRck8yxWTQCgtJCWrjyrJA

Description	How to Fix...podcast: How can we build a future where we don't need to own a car
Form Of Engagement Activity	A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	How To Fix is a podcast from the University of Leeds providing hopeful solutions to the greatest challenges humanity faces, directly from the scientists and researchers on the front line. This episode focusses on what a future where we don't need to own a car might look like Host Rich Williams is joined by Greg Marsden, Professor of Transport Governance, Dr Ian Philips, Senior Research Fellow exploring sustainable and equitable transport, and Jillian Anable, Professor of Transport and Energy at the Institute of Transport Studies
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://open.spotify.com/episode/3i1XL2fnEoBDn1PyIIj6AP

Description	IPPR transport decarbonisation event
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	EDRC attended an invite only workshop organised by IPPR on transport decarbonisation. Following the workshop there were requests for further meetings with IPPR on transport poverty in particular. IPPR was also represented as a panel member at an EDRC stakeholder forum.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	ITF Roundtable 'Managing Competing Sectoral Demands for Renewable Energy in the Transition to Sustainable Transport Roundtable'
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Greg Marsden spoke at the International Transport Forum Roundtable: 'Managing Competing Sectoral Demands for Renewable Energy in the Transition to Sustainable Transport Roundtable' This Roundtable assessed the constraints on the transport sector arising from the potential scarcity of renewable energy supply over the coming decades. The project supports governments in long-term planning to decarbonise the transport sector, accounting for energy system constraints and supply bottlenecks, and facilitating international cooperation where appropriate. This workshop also investigates potential equity concerns given the regional differences in the availability of low-carbon energy supply and demand. The results of this roundtable will be concluded in a final report with recommendations to policy makers, which directly shape policies of the 66 member countries at national and international levels.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023,2024
URL	https://www.itf-oecd.org/managing-competing-sectoral-demands-renewable-energy-transition-sustainable...

Description	Impossible Until It's Done: A Celebration of Sussex Research - invited Keynote talk 12 June 2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Supporters
Results and Impact	Impossible Until It's Done: A Celebration of Sussex Research was Sussex's flagship event of 2024, showcasing research to the university's donors and friends. Mari Martiskainen was one of four invited keynote speakers. Her talk focused on creating a sustainable and fair energy system, with action needed on energy demand.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/65196

Description	International Energy Agency Workshop, Demand Side Flexibility, Paris - Key Messages
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Attended International Energy Agency Workshop, Demand Side Flexibility in Paris.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	International review of DLR - German Aerospace Centre
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	The event took place in Cologne, Germany. Expert evaluator of the energy element of DLR's work, as part of the Helmholtz Institute. Raised the profile of HI-ACT.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025
URL	https://www.dlr.de/en/research-and-transfer/energy/energy-research-areas/energy-systems-analysis

Description	Interview for Yahoo News: Why are UK homes so rubbish at staying warm? We asked the experts, 06.12.2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact	Mari Martiskainen was interviewed by Yahoo News for an article titled: "Why are UK homes so rubbish at staying warm? We asked the experts."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://uk.news.yahoo.com/heating-uk-home-winter-insulation-cold-191422173.html?guccounter=1&guce_re...

Description	Interview for media article
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Interview on heat pumps and 'home energy nerds' for Bloomberg Green
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-19/solar-panels-heat-pumps-ev-chargers-the-home-ener...

Description	Interview for regional news on climate change impacts on UK homes - ITV London and ITV Meridian, 19.11.2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact	Mari Martiskainen was interviewed by ITV news on 19 November 2024 on climate change and what impact it is having in UK homes.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Interviewee on Zero Ambitions podcast
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	Michael Fell was interviewed about work using realist synthesis approaches in relation to energy; on flexibility; and on heat pump uptake.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://open.spotify.com/show/5cbMUMaGsXdM4nm6BDEuVP

Description	Invitation to Prof Karen Turner to present to Ofgem staff
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	An invitation from Ofgem Principal Economist for Karen Turner to present work on economy wide impacts of energy efficiency vs direct bill support measures in tackling fuel poverty One concrete outcome: to talk to teams working on social/flexible tariffs
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025

Description	Invited Keynote Speakers IGEC-XVI (2024)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Lirong Liu gave the keynote Maximising equity outcomes of Net Zero energy transitions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.iage-net.org/igec2024

Description	Invited online talk, Data-oriented Area Studies Unit End-Year Workshop 2024, Kyoto University
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	An invited talk about my work on using Large Language Models in social energy research. The audience was staff at a number of academic departments at Kyoto University. I had never previously been in touch with the organisers, and they have expressed interest in future collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Invited panel member for Nesta Scottish Policy Plan for Clean Heat Stakeholder Workshop event 30th October 2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Invited panel member for Nesta Scottish Policy Plan for Clean Heat Stakeholder Workshop event 30th October 2024. Purpose of the day was to support development of a Scotland-focused plan for clean heat
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Invited participant at private retrofitting supply chain solutions workshop with DESNZ and BIT
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Workshop organised by DESNZ and BIT on how to address key barriers to entering the energy efficiency retrofit labour market. Particularly focusing on how to enable social/college leavers, existing construction workers, the under/unemployed and entrants from horizontal sectors, as well as currently underrepresented groups, to apply for roles in insulation and solar PV installation, and retrofit coordination, design and advice. What: Expert consultation & solutions workshop with DESNZ & BIT - increasing capacity and diversity in the retrofit labour market Draft agenda: Research background, aims & approach Summary of our key research findings to date Initial reflections & questions on the findings 3x workshop activities where we will brainstorm, shortlist and refine ideas to address the identified barriers When: Wednesday 26th February, 1-4pm. The session was held virtually.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025

Description	Invited participant for DESNZ/ Committee on Fuel Poverty workshop
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	I was invited to two online workshops organized by DESNZ / Commitee on Fuel Poverty to discuss issues around measurements of and solutions to fuel poverty.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025

Description	Invited presentation at Ofgem
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	I presented on the meaning of "Energy Equity" and related concepts at a workshop at Ofgem on "Ofgem-EDRC Consumer Flexibility Workshop".
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025

Description	Invited presentation to DESNZ on inclusive flexibility
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The presentation covered the concept of flexibility capital, how it can be built and unlocked, and the role of policy and regulation in enabling this. Around 30 civil servants from across DESNZ attended. There were a lot of questions, and feedback during the talk was good, with several requests for follow-up discussions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Invited presentation to Energy UK DSR working group
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	I was invited to give a presentation about my EDRC (and Nesta secondment) work on inclusive flexibility to the Energy UK Demand Side Response working group. Feedback during the session suggested attendees found the flexibility capital framework I presented to be a helpful way of thinking about this topic, and so far there was one request for a discussion around potential collaboration, as well as an invite to present results of the research in due course.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Invited presentation to Housing, Social Justice & Net Zero Seminar by Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), 02.10.2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Invited presentation to Housing, Social Justice & Net Zero Seminar organised by MCCLG, 2nd October 2024. Presentation focused on the lived experience of energy and transport vulnerability, especially in context of net zero transition and energy demand action. Participant feedback was positive, with policymakers indicating that they would consider people's whole lives more in policy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Invited presentation to Ofgem on inclusive flexibility (Policy Pulse webinar)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Michael Fell and Jacopo Torriti gave an invited presentation as part of the Ofgem Policy Pulse series of webinars. Up to ~240 Ofgem staff joined at any one time. The talk introduced the flexibility capital concept and considered its application to energy regulation. The talk promoted good Q&A discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Invited roundtable discussion by UKERC/Centre for Energy Policy
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Mari Martiskainen attended an invite-only roundtable event on discussion on energy policy, including also energy demand. Attendees included academia, industry, policy and NGOs. This led to further meetings with industry participants in particular, resulting in a Letter of Support for EDRC as well as further plans for joint collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Invited speaker for Ipsos 'Understanding Society' Just Transition Dialogue series. 29 August 2023.
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Presentation on the 'vision for 2040' on Scotland's future building and construction sector to citizen's panel put together by Ipsos. The purpose of the dialogue is to understand public opinion on the fair distribution of costs and benefits in three key sectors - transport, buildings and construction, and land and agriculture - to inform the Scottish Government's just transition plans. Presented to a panel of 30 Scottish residents put together by Ipsos.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/understanding-society

Description	Invited talk - European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Mari Martiskainen was invited to talk at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on 3rd EESC Conference on Energy Poverty. Martiskainen presented on "The intersection of energy poverty and transport poverty". The event was attended by European policy makers and researchers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/events/tackling-energy-poverty-just-transition/progr...

Description	Invited talk - POWER UP project meeting, Skopje, North Macedonia, 13th November
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Sharing of knowledge and experience between EDRC and the POWER UP project consortium (https://energy-cities.eu/project/power-up/)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Invited talk at Local Trust event Supporting effective community leadership, London, 26.11.2024.
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Mari Martiskainen was invited to present at an event focusing on Community energy leadership organised by Local Trust. Her talk focused on energy demand action at community level and what role community leadership can have in that. The audience consisted of an audience who were familiar with community leadership, but less so with community energy, providing an opportunity to present EDRC and energy demand action more generally to new audiences. The event was followed by the organisers writing a blog post which included key take aways from the event.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://localtrust.org.uk/news-and-stories/blog/four-key-elements-for-supporting-effective-community...

Description	Invited talk, LOCATEE project inaugural meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 8th November 2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Sharing experiences on bottom-up retrofit from EDRC with the newly-commenced EU-funded LOCATEE project (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/projects-details/43252405/101167621/LIFE2027)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	John Barrett and Rebecca Willis were interviewed for a newspaper article in The Guardian.
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	John Barrett and Rebecca Willis interviewed for an article in The Guardian titled 'Disappointing and surprising': Why isn't this a climate election in the UK?
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/10/disappointing-and-surprising-why-isnt-this-...

Description	Key Note at UTSG 2024 "Post Car-Ownership: A Critical Juncture"
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	Greg Marsden gave a key note at UTSG 2024 "Post Car-Ownership: A Critical Juncture"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://utsg.net/annual-conference_2024

Description	Key note Swiss Mobility Conference 2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	Greg Marsden gave the Key Note presentation on 12th Sept at the 2024 Swiss Mobility Conference
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.unil.ch/files/live/sites/igd/files/Colloques/2024/SMC2024_Program.pdf

Description	Keynote, European Energy Efficiency Academy, 5th of June 2024.
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Keynote at high-profile European Sustainable Week Event
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://help.leonardo-energy.org/hc/en-us/articles/13961414913948--EEA09-Tackling-energy-poverty-in-...

Description	Knowledge exchange on influencing roles within energy advice - relational map of retrofit NRH workshop
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Knowledge exchange with National Retrofit Hub to discuss the relational map of retrofit.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	LCS-RNet 15th Annual Meeting
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Invited presentation at the Leveraging a Climate-neutral Society Strategic Research Network (LCS-RNet) annual meeting. The network is led by research institutes from five countries (Japan, Germany, France, Italy and the UK). Approx 50 international policy, business and academic attended. Peter Taylor invited to submit a "Notes and Comments" article on future research directions in the field of industrial decarbonisation in the UK following on from presentation https://www.iges.or.jp/en/events/20241219-20
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.iges.or.jp/en/events/20241219-20

Description	Launch of Brighton & Hove City Council Decarbonisation Pathways Report
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	I was one of three panellists responding to the launch of the Brighton & Hove Decarbonisation Pathways report. The event was sold out and there are a number of working groups on e.g. heat networks, community engagement, that have been formed as a result
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.climatechangebh.org.uk/perspectives/event-report-tim-rowkins-net-zero-keynote-and-launch...

Description	Learning event, Social Innovation in Renewable Energies, Association for the Environment and Security in Aquitaine, 26th June 2024
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	Trans-national learning event to engage with policy-makers and practitioners in France
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFhg03wawk-aWB7ceo7gwPaVABQbQOM8uETInfuNjJyYvT8Q/viewform

Description	Local Green New Deals report launch event
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	200 stakeholders attended a webinar with academic presentations and responses from politicians, policymakers and NGO representatives.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.creds.ac.uk/which-net-zero-policies-do-people-want-launching-the-local-green-new-deals-r...

Description	Local Transport Summit 2023
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Greg Marsden spoke on a panel at the event "A review of the local transport landscape: Where are we now?" which has already sparked a follow up meeting with South Yorkshire Combined Authority
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.landorlinks.uk/local-transport-summit-2023

Description	Lunchtime discussion with the Minister for Energy and Climate Change
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Lunch and debate with the Minister, Graham Stuart. Six invited guesses to discuss energy and climate change with the Minister and the permanent secretary for DESNZ. Lead to presentation to DESNZ senior group on missing policies to deliver climate ambitions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Media engagement with BBC Radio Scotland
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Professor Karen Turner interviewed by BBC Radio Scotland on Scottish Government's plans for 'greening up' people's homes
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://twitter.com/StrathCEP/status/1729796723109732704?s=20

Description	Meeting Energy Systems Catapult
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Discussed collaboration between ESC and EDRC
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Meeting and presentation to Disability Poverty Campaign Group
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	Presentation to Disability Poverty Campaign Group meeting by Prof Mari Martiskainen on fuel and transport poverty and how people with disabilities may be affected particularly. The meeting also included an introduction to the work EDRC is doing on equity.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Meeting on decarbonising industrial SMEs DESNZ/EDRC
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presentation to DESNZ IDET team to discuss current knowledge on industrial SME decarbonisation to inform future funding bids With Mari and Katherine Sugar
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Meeting with CSA Prof Paul Monks March 2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	S Walker discussed latest research outcomes on HI-ACT and EDRC with DESNZ CSA Paul Monks
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Meeting with CSA Professor Paul Monks August 2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Meeting with DESNZ CSA Professor Paul Monks, to give regular update on HI-ACT and EDRC
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Meeting with CSAs Professor Sutcliffe and Professor Sharples
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	In person meeting with two CSAs, Professor Sutcliffe and Professor Sharples
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Meeting with Centre for Net Zero Smart Building Rating & Demand Flexibility Certificate Introductions
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Meeting with Centre for Net Zero Smart Building Rating & Demand Flexibility Certificate Introductions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Meeting with DESNZ Energy Innovation team
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	12 attendees from the DESNEZ's Energy Innovation team participated in a session where we presented our research activities. This was followed by an hour of questions and discussion, with the identification of a set of collaborative research ideas to follow-up on.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Meeting with Energy Minister Amanda Solloway MP
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Meeting with Energy Minister Amanda Solloway MP and several civil servants as part of join fuel poverty action with charities working in fuel poverty. 15 people attended the meeting.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Meeting with Octopus Energy
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	EDRC Sussex team meeting with Octopus Energy to discuss EDRC's research portfolio.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Meeting with Officers from Brighton and Hove City Council
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Meeting with Executive Director, Economy Environment and Culture and colleagues at Brighton and Hove City Council to discuss findings of Local Green New Deals report and opportunities for further collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Meeting with Richard Prager DLUHC CSA
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	S Walker meeting with Richard Prager DLUHC CSA to introduce EDRC
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Meetings and workshop with NHS Grampian on fuel and transport poverty
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	EDRC met with Grampian NHS in 2023 to discuss findings from CREDS research on fuel and transport poverty. As a result of these meetings, EDRC and Grampian NHS organised a joint workshop to present lived experience research and how that could be utilised in policy making. The workshop included 40 attendees from charities, policy and practitioners. EDRC and Grampian will also work to produce an output from the workshop that participants can use.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023,2024

Description	NEPC Roundtable - Consumers, Flexibility and Efficiency (London)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	NEPC Roundtable - Consumers, Flexibility and Efficiency held in London
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Nelson Mandela University-Sussex Priority Research Areas Workshop
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Workshop with university leads from Nelson Mandela University to identify areas for potential research collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Northern Ireland Stakeholder engagement event
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	As part of the project's launch, EDRC hosted stakeholder forum events in each of the four home nations: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. At these events, regional stakeholders are invited to comment on the Call to action on energy demand and to help shape EDRC's research agenda. The Northern Ireland stakeholder event took place on 28th March at Queens University Belfast.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.edrc.ac.uk/news-blog/driving-down-energy-consumption-in-northern-ireland/

Description	Observers at citizens' panel sessions
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Interested parties are able to observe the deliberative process of the citizens' panel by arrangement. This can raise awareness of both the specific topics under discussion and the methodological innovation of combining modelling and deliberation amongst key audiences. We allow up to 5 observers per session. Speakers often choose to observe sessions before or after their contributions. To date (February 2025) we have had observers from DESNZ, CCC, Scottish Government, various private and 3rd sector organisations, and researchers and postgraduate students from EDRC.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024,2025

Description	Ofgem Academic Panel, London
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Attended Ofgem Academic Panel in London.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Ofgem Standing Charges Roundtable (online) - End Fuel Poverty Coalition Members
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Ofgem organised round table on 19th December 2023 from 10:00 to 12:00, Following the publication of our Call for Input on Standing Charges on 16 November. The virtual roundtable was led by Melissa Giordano, Deputy Director, and James Crump who are both part of the Consumer Protection and Retail Markets Team. The roundtable focused on providing an overview of the call for input and seek views from stakeholders. The evidence we gather will be instrumental in helping us determine whether and how we might change our approach to standing charges in consumers' best interests.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Our Energy Futures citizens' panel Reference Group
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	The Reference Group acts as an advisory body for the citizens' panel, providing input and advice on the content of evidence to be provided to panel members and on appropriate speakers to present that evidence. They also represent key audiences for the outcomes of the project, particularly the overarching aim of demonstrating ways to combine citizen deliberation with technical modelling in order to produce modelling that better reflects social intelligence. Membership is drawn from DESNZ, the CCC, the Scottish Government, the Royal Academy of Engineering, Greenpeace, Energy Systems Catapult, National Grid ESO, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, and academics working at the interface of participation and modelling. They will meet 8 times over 2024-26.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024,2025

Description	PTRC Fireside Chat "Climate Action: Shared Goals, Different Forms, Personal Motivations"
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Online panel discussion organised by CILT
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.youtube.com/live/aZAljG8kVyo?si=N-D4qx5uii19nkzR

Description	Panelist for discussion "How can evaluation insights respond to and inform public debates about the energy transition?" organized by Energy Evaluation
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	15 people attended the online panel discussion, with ~100 receiving a summary of the session.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7210915115452321793/

Description	Panellist at the Launch of the Brighton and Hove City Council Decarbonisation Pathways Report
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	BHCC had a launch event for their Decarbonisation Pathways report that was attended by about 150 people from across the region. There was widespread interest and several citizens working groups formed as a result to help advance BHCC decarbonisation work.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tim-rowkins-net-zero-keynote-and-launch-of-decarbonisation-pathways-s...

Description	Paper on gender and energy, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy summer study, Lac d'Ailette, 11th June 2024.
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Study participants or study members
Results and Impact	Presentation to discuss work on energy and gender across EDRC and related projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.edrc.ac.uk/news-blog/edrc-participation-in-the-european-council-for-an-energy-efficient-...

Description	Paper presentation, 'Energy advice as social infrastructure', Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society, 29th August 2024.
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Study participants or study members
Results and Impact	The presentation was part of two conference sessions on social infrastructure, as a building block towards the establishment of an international network on the topic.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Parliamentary inquiry into Racism and Climate Change, All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Race and Community and APPG for the Green New Deal, House of Commons
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Discussion on inclusive retrofit as it applies to ethnic minority members in particular. See also comments by Nannette Yousef at: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nannette-youssef-0a830b129_for-the-past-6-months-i-have-been-working-activity-7136026560880349184-wG0Y/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nannette-youssef-0a830b129_for-the-past-6-months-i-have-been-working-...

Description	Presentation at Citizens Advice Meeting net zero in our homes, Southeast Conference 2024 (title: Meeting net zero - consumer confidence)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Presentation to Citizens Advice Southeast Conference 2024, which focused on the topic of "Meeting net zero in our homes". Presentation focused on the role of consumers in net zero and rising consumer confidence on energy demand actions such as cleaner heating.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Presentation at Influencing Policy as researchers, C-DICE event, London, 31.10.2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	Mari Martiskainen was invited by C-Dice to present at this event which focused on how to achieve policy impact as researchers. C-DICE hosted this exclusive, one-day event in Westminster where researchers and academics can delve into energy and net zero policymaking in the UK, and gained invaluable insights on how to effectively engage with policymakers in Parliament. Other speakers at the event included Chief Scientific Advisor Paul Monks, House of Commons Committee Clerk Stephen McGinness, Keith Bell of the Climate Change Committee, Senior Library Clerk at House of Commons Library Suzanna Hinson, SCI group technology director Andy Walker, COE of Faraday Institution Martin Freer, and CTO of Energy Systems Catapult John Saltmarsh. Mari presented on a topic: "Experiences from developing research to inform Net Zero policymaking". EDRC was asked for further meetings with the House of Commons Library after the event, which took place on 20 November and focused on discussing EDRC's Equity theme and recent report on "Addressing fuel poverty: what are the relative benefits of public spending on direct bill support or energy efficiency?". HoC found the report and linked policy brief useful in preparation of a report on fuel poverty. There are also plans for further engagement with Energy Systems Catapult. The organisers provided the following feedback from participants at the event, who explicitly mentioned how useful Mari's talk had been, including the selection of topics, pace and style of delivery, way of communicating the content which was easy to understand and relate to, real life lived examples for case studies that will be useful for them and how 'genuinely passionate the speaker' has been with the presentation as well as the research behind it.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.cdice.ac.uk/influencing-policy-as-researchers/

Description	Presentation at the 7th SUDBE (Sustainable Development in Building and Environment) Conference, University of Aalto (Helsinki, Finland)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presentation at the 7th SUDBE (Sustainable Development in Building and Environment) Conference, University of Aalto (Helsinki, Finland) on 16 August 2023 "Dynamic Anthropogenic activities impacting heat emissions (DAVE) and energy demand - time-use surveys''
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Presentation at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Jacopo Torriti gave a presentation at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim on the 8th November 2024.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Presentation on the incorporation of resource and energy efficiency measures into the UK's local industrial decarbonisation plans at eceee summer study
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Presentation at eceee summer study, France about the progress of local industrial decarbonisation plans
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Presentation to Climate Change Committee CEO
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The Climate Change Committee's CEO Chris Stark visited the University of Sussex in November 2023. Prof Mari Martiskainen presented the Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC), followed by discussion on the centre's key aims and objectives.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Presentation to Cross-Consortia Engagement Meeting (CCEM3)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Prof Mari Martiskainen presented EDRC to the Cross-Consortia Engagement Meeting (CCEM3), followed by discussion on engagement and impact.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Presentation to DESNZ Local Net Zero, Business and Public Engagement Team Meeting 4 Dec 24
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presentation to Local Net Zero, Business and Public Engagement Team Meeting on local industrial decarbonisation plan project
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Presentation to DESNZ Clean Power 2030 team on Energy Demand Reduction
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Presentation to DESNZ Clean Power 2030 team on Energy Demand Reduction
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Presentation to Decarbonising Midlands Aerospace Cluster team meeting on Local Industrial Decarbonisation Plans
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Presentation to approx 20 members of Decarbonising Midlands Aerospace Cluster (DMAC) on work on Local Industrial Decarbonisation Plans and key findings. Sparked debate on questions of wider industrial SME engagement and the ways in which a sector based approach might assist. The project manager reported that the subsequent DMAC strategy document will take into account these discussions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Presentation to Government inter-departmental group on Green Choices
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Invited presentation to a cross departmental group on the role of social change in delivering energy demand reduction and the current areas where government is falling short.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Presentation to Local Industrial Decarbonisation Conference on Local Industrial Decarbonisation Plans
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Presentation on findings from research on Local Industrial Decarbonisation Plans to key stakeholders, Innovate UK and DESNZ. Impacts include stakeholders agreeing to provide letters of support for future work.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025

Description	Presentation to Parliamentary Labour Group
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	An invited talk on the role of energy demand reduction to the Parliamentary Labour Party including a number of the Climate team advising the shadow cabinet.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Presentation to Scottish Government
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	About 30 employees of the Scottish Government attended a talk on the impact of the Cost-of-Living crisis on energy use in Scottish homes. This sparked discussions and follow-up interest.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Presentation to the Local Net Zero, Business and Public Engagement Team. Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	A presentation to share details of the Transitions in Place research with the Local Net Zero, Business and Public Engagement teams working within the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. The presentation was given as part of their quarterly programme of meetings. It provided an introduction to the Societal Readiness Framework, the stages of the project and selected case study sites. Attendees at the meeting requested to be updated with respect to the findings as they emerge.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025

Description	Press release & media for "Can rail reduce British aviation emissions?"
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	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Press release (https://www.leeds.ac.uk/news-environment/news/article/5699/switching-planes-for-trains-to-decarbonise-holidays ) and media coverage, including an interview on BBC National Radio Print edition of Yorkshire Evning Post https://phys.org/news/2024-12-planes-decarbonize-holidays.html https://airqualitynews.com/cars-freight-transport/can-we-take-the-pain-out-of-getting-the-train-to-spain/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/09/eurostar-the-worst-performing-rail-service-in-europe-campaigners-find https://www.portfolio.hu/ingatlan/20241210/szomoru-helyen-szerepel-magyarorszag-a-vasuti-rangsorban-igy-teljesit-a-mav-728803 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00261fp https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1066579
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00261fp

Description	Press release and subsequent press coverage on policy briefing report "Engaging citizens on policy scenarios for dietary change"
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	A press release was published on the Lancaster University website and sent to key contacts in the media to publicize the findings of the policy brief report "Engaging citizens on policy scenarios for dietary change". I was interviewed by the environment correspondent for The Times (London) A short article was published in the print version of The Times on 12.02.25. A longer article was published on the website About Manchester.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025
URL	https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/reducing-food-emissions-what-citizens-want

Description	Press release with Friends of the Earth about bus cuts
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	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	https://friendsoftheearth.uk/climate/bus-services-outside-london-plummet-new-research https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/69051243/2024-11-sustainable-bus/18 Mentioned on Wake up to money programme BBC Radio 5 Live
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://friendsoftheearth.uk/climate/bus-services-outside-london-plummet-new-research

Description	Private IPPR workshop to inform report on public attitudes to transport
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Private workshop with invited experts to inform the development of an IPPR report on public attitudes to transport in the UK.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.ippr.org/articles/who-gets-a-good-deal

Description	Professor Jacopo Torriti was interviewed on BBC One Politics South Show
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	Professor Jacopo Torriti was interviewed on BBC One Politics South Show on the 19th January 2024 on how the electrification of heating and transport, along with investments in data centres, will reshape energy demand.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025
URL	https://lnkd.in/dT6uz5x2

Description	Professor Jacopo Torriti was interviewed by BBC Radio Berkshire
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact	Professor Jacopo Torriti was interviewed by BBC Radio Berkshire on the 20th January 2024 on the rising demand for energy due to power-intensive computing and data centres.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025
URL	https://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=5920&DateTime=1%2F20%2F2025+7%3A15%3A07+AM&u=286111&...

Description	Professor Jacopo Torriti was quoted by BBC News
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	Professor Jacopo Torriti was quoted by BBC News on the 21st January 2024on the rising demand for energy due to power-intensive computing and data centres.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025
URL	https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87d152ljvlo

Description	Public Hearing, Committee on Petitions, European Parliament, 'The responsibilities of fossil fuel companies in the cost of living crisis', Brussels, 14th February 2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	High profile public hearing in the European Parliament
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/280620/Draft%20PROGRAMME_%20PETI%20Hearing%20Fossil%20fuel%20...

Description	Quote in BBC article
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact	Prof Mari Martiskainen was interviewed for a BBC article on heatpumps.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67511954

Description	Quote in Euractiv on energy poverty
Form Of Engagement Activity	A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact	Mari Martiskainen quoted in an article on "Energy poverty on the rise in Europe, statistics show" 21 Jul 2023.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/energy-poverty-on-the-rise-in-europe-statistics-show/

Description	Quote in newspaper (The Guardian)
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	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Quoted in The Guardian on health effects and costs of woodburners.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/15/pollutionwatch-health-cost-of-burning-wood-to-wa...

Description	Quoted in national BBC magazine
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	Sara Walker quoted in Future Earth newsletter, as a result of engaging with request from media contact.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025

Description	REMA and the route to net zero: a design philosophy for a decarbonised power system, London - In Person Event
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	REMA and the route to net zero: a design philosophy for a decarbonised power system - on 27 September 2023, as part of ongoing series of events on the UK's path to net zero, speakers across the energy industry were invited to discuss REMA, its implications, and the challenges and opportunities policymakers and the industry face.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Ran expert workshop as part of skills review project
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	An online workshop, designed to gather expert perspectives on the potential for energy efficiency, heat and transport decarbonisation to generate green jobs. The workshop is a critical component of a project in which we are asking: How robust is the evidence on the potential for energy demand reduction approaches to generate green jobs? 12 experts attended from across the building and transport sectors.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Reaching Net Zero - why a focus on equity matters
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	The event together a panel of experts from across the University of Strathclyde and the new UKRI-funded Energy Demand Research Centre to discuss why a focus on equity matters in realising Net Zero. Moreover, the contribution that research and knowledge can make to decision-making, particularly in the run up to the 2024 General Election where the cost-of-living and Net Zero are likely to be two core issues on the agenda. Speakers included: Christian Calvillo, Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde; Gesche Huebner, University College London; Lirong Liu, University of Surrey ;Nick Kelly, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde; Liliana Fonseca, European Policies Research Centre; Hannah Corbett, Centre for Energy Policy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reaching-net-zero-why-a-focus-on-equity-matters-tickets-739396162827?...

Description	SMEs and industrial decarbonisation
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	1.5 hour workshop for DESNZ on latest research on small-medium enterprises and industrial decarbonisation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	SPEN Strategic Partnership - Overview of EDRC Themes' research
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Presented an overview of the research programmes across the EDRC themes for the members of the SPEN strategic partnership group
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	SPEN Whole System Summit 2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Round table discussion on SPEN programmes relevant to decarbonisation of energy system
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Scottish EDRC Stakeholder Fourm - No Home Left behind - equitable and sustainable heating for all in Scotland
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	The Centre for Energy Policy (CEP) and the UKRI-funded Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) brought together representatives from the Scottish Government, Scottish Power, Energy Action Scotland, and CEP to discuss what a sustainable adn fair heat transition could look like in Scotland.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/centreforenergypolicy/newsblogs/2024/nohomeleftbehind-edrceventb...

Description	Scottish Government Climate Change Seminar Series
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Jacopo Torriti gave a presentation about Demand Side Flexibility - Opportunities and Challenges at the Scottish Government Climate Change Seminar Series on the 30th January 2024.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Scottish Government Climate Change Seminar Series, Demand Side Flexibility - opportunities and challenges (online)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Scottish Government Climate Change Seminar Series Online Event, Demand Side Flexibility.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Seminar, Bath Business School
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	Research seminar, Bath Business School
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025

Description	Social inclusion as an energy poverty reduction approach, Municipality of Centar, Skopje, North Macedonia, 5th April 2024
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	International knowledge transfer of EDRC findings to Western Balkan region
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Society for Risk Analysis Shifting the focus towards a Net Zero Carbon Future: the role of Risk Research, Brussels
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Jacopo Torriti gave a presentation on Shifting the Focus towards a Net Zero Carbon Future at the Society for Risk Analysis, Brussels on 13th March 2024.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Society for Risk Analysis meeting 2024 - UK chapter - Session title: Foundational issues on risk
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Delivered a session on Shifting the focus towards the role of Flexibility in delivering Net Zero goals and the associated risks
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://sraeurope.eu/1st-annual-sra-e-uk-conference

Description	Stakeholder forum with IPPR, Octopus Energy and RAP - London
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	EDRC organised a stakeholder forum in London on 5 March 2024 to present the centre's key research themes and opportunities for lower energy demand futures. The event included panellists' reflection and Q&A with IPPR, Octopus Energy and Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP). The event was attended by 42 people from policy, industry and third sector. Several EDRC team members made plans for further activity, including regular meetings with policy makers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Steering Group member and Panel Chair, Energy and Complexity 2025 Conference
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Energy & Complexity 2025: Towards a new complex-systems research agenda for a just energy transition
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025
URL	https://urbanheatsystems.leeds.ac.uk/energy-complexity-conference-2025/

Description	Strategic Partnership Whole System Summit - SP Energy Networks
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Strategic Partnership Whole System Summit - SP Energy Networks
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Submission to Cliamte Change Committee consultation on seventh carbon budget advice
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Written submission to CCC consultation plus direct engagement with HM Treasury and CCC Chief Executive in developing consultation response and associated brief.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	Talk at Linkoping University - Planning in Transition
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	Greg Marsden gave a talk on Planning in Transition at Linkoping University as part of their International Lecture Series
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://liu.se/en/organisation/liu/tema/temat/international-lecture-series-planning-in-transition

Description	Tepeo | ERDC - Visit
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Tepeo | ERDC - Visit
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	The ECR Net Zero conference 2024 - Session title:  Net Zero & The Built Environment
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	Delivered a talk as part of the panel discussion on Net Zero & The Built Environment
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://ukccsrc.ac.uk/event/ecr-net-zero-conference-birmingham-27-28-february-2024/

Description	UK industrial decarb meeting for thinktanks, NGOs 11 Dec 24
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	Attendance at NGO workshop on industrial decarbonisation to discuss latest policy developments. Requested to contribute to shared civil society messaging on decarbonisation of foundation sectors document
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	UKERC Politics of Net Zero workshop
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Workshop with academics from across the UK to inform the research agenda for the new UKERC politics research theme for the next five years.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	UKERC at 20 event
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	UKERC at 20 celebration event. HI-ACT PI took part in panel session and wrote a blog on engagement between different energy projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://ukerc.ac.uk/events/ukerc-at-20/

Description	Unlocking Local Energy Plans Workshop held at University of Reading Campus
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Unlocking Local Energy Plans Workshop was held at University of Reading Campus on the 13th December 2023 designed for local authority, researchers, business, system operators, policy-makers and others interested in current challenges and the future direction of local energy plans with particular focus on greater electrification of demand and distributed electricity generation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Video: Discover the impact our research is having on society
Form Of Engagement Activity	A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Undergraduate students
Results and Impact	Mari Martiskainen took part in a video which highlights research impact at the University of Sussex Business School. The video features four Sussex professors who discuss the type of research that is being undertaken at the Business School and what impact it may have. Mari Martiskainen highlights energy demand as one key topic in the video.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023,2024
URL	https://youtu.be/VggNNdwAoZY

Description	Virtual workshop Imperial - NTU
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Undergraduate students
Results and Impact	25 UG and PG students attended a virtual workshop organised by the Imperial College's USL research group and NTU Singapore's LIFT research group, where we presented the data and analysis and tools that were jointly developed. This was followed by questions and discussion and the generation of ideas for further research that the participating students identified.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Visit to UCLouvain
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Undergraduate students
Results and Impact	Lecture to UCLouvain for the EU Global Green project on Multi-level Governance of Energy Transitions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://euglobalgreen.eu/speakers-series/

Description	Visiting Lecture
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Undergraduate students
Results and Impact	A guest lecture to students on the EU Global Green program at UC Louvain in Brussels on the Multi-Level Governance of Energy Transitions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://euglobalgreen.eu/event/conference-multi-level-governance-of-energy-transitions/

Description	Webinar "The role of science, engineering and innovation in delivering the energy transition"
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Panel event featuring Prof Sara Walker, Prof Jim Skea, and George Pitt, chaired by Chief Scientific Adviser Paul Monks.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025

Description	Wevo | ERDC - Visit
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Wevo | ERDC - Visit
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023

Description	Zero Carbon commuting Conference
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Greg Marsden spoke at the online Zero Carbon commuting Conference and also uploaded his presentation to Youtube which has had hundreds of views and multiple likes and comments
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2023
URL	https://youtu.be/Rt2h5yyE9VE

Description	lecture at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	Greg Marsden gave a lecture at KTH Royal Institute of Technology Title: Planning to Fail? From Ambition to Reality - the Unwinding of Carbon Reduction Commitments in the UK Transport Sector
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024
URL	https://www.sams.kth.se/calendar/open-lecture-with-prof-greg-marsden-planning-to-fail-1.1338777?date...

Description	meeting with DESNZ staff to present and discuss citizens' panel and link with modelling
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	John Barrett, Rebecca Willis and I were invited to present to teams at DESNZ on the citizens' panel - the modelling that informed the deliberative process and how deliberation subsequently informed new modelling. We also presented some of the early findings from the panel.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2024

Description	particiaption in Local Energy Market Alliance
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Initial roundtable discussion to open markets for domestic users in demand side response
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2025