EmPOWERing All in the energy transition: Outcomes and lessons learned from the Users TCP task on Gender and Energy
Abstract: The next webinar in our series presented the outcomes of Phase 1 of the Users TCP Task ‘EmPOWERing All: Gender in policy and implementation for achieving transitions to sustainable energy’ . This task has gathered researchers from the fields of gender and energy in a global network to analyse energy policy and technologies with […]
Can we achieve a just transition when so many energy users remain hidden?
The UsersTCP Hard-to-Reach Energy Users (HTR) Task has recently started Phase 2, which focuses on energy users that are not just hard-to-reach, but who remain hidden from the attentions of policy makers, programme managers and researchers.
Are the majority of energy users really hard to reach? Or are we not doing enough to support them?
Abstract: This webinar summarises all the headline findings from the extensive research undertaken in Phase 1 of the Hard-to-Reach Energy Users Task, and aims to answer the important question: “Are the majority (estimated by this research to be at least 2/3 of energy users) of energy users really “hard-to-reach”? Or are we simply not doing […]
Renewable Energy Communities: The key to increase competitiveness and reduce energy poverty – 100 Villages P2P project in Portugal
Abstract: Andreia Carreiro presents the 100 Villages Project in Portugal, which aims to tackle energy poverty in rural communities through access to locally produced clean electricity at affordable prices and no upfront investment needed. Partnering with local organisations, such as parish councils, social institutions, associations and industries, the project helps to create clean energy communities, […]
Taking the burn out of heating for low-income households
Abstract: In this session, Louise Sunderland of the Regulatory Assistance Project presents a recently published paper on the steps needed to ensure the transition to clean heating and the phase out of fossil fuel boilers, which is accelerating in some European member states, does not disadvantage lower income households. The presentation will include a brief […]
How can energy standards help to promote Gender Equality and Social Inclusion?
Abstract: IEEE standards association has launched the “Dignity, Inclusion, Identity, Trust, and Agency” (DIITA) Industry Connections Program to consider causes of exclusion which can be addressed by advancing technology for humanity through standardization and related solutions. Within the program, the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Workstream identify barriers to gender equality and social inclusion […]
How to engage hard-to-reach energy users – case study examples from around the world
Abstract: This webinar presents findings from a Cross-Country Case Study Comparison of over 20 case study analyses in 8 countries, on how to engage hard-to-reach (HTR) energy users in the residential (vulnerable households) and non-residential (small business) sectors. This includes a discussion on: high-level overview of objectives and results from relevant case studies; what audience […]
Hard to decarbonise and hard to reach: developing solutions that work for planet and people
Abstract: Reducing heat sector related carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 involves reducing heat demand, decarbonising the fuel supply and deploying low carbon heating technologies. A main contributor to this challenge is what has been referred to as the ‘Hard to Decarbonise’ building stock (HTD). This term, newly introduced into the built environment, refers […]
Including gender: policy choices towards a just energy transition
Abstract: Aiming at a just energy transition, governments strive to implement an energy transition policy that ‘leaves no one behind’. Resonating the justice discourse, the costs and benefits of the energy transition need to be equally distributed in society taking into consideration the existing inequalities and injustices. In this webinar the gender just energy policy […]
Hard-to-Reach Energy Users Task
Abstract: Energy efficiency is sometimes called “the greatest market failure of all times” – it makes so much sense, is imperative to achieve the energy transition affordably, and yet it remains difficult to achieve the energy efficiency potential that technological and policy innovations promise to deliver. Is this because our technological and policy advances fail […]
