Workshops

Climate Change in the Media and in Everyday Life: A UK-Taiwan Comparison of Energy Use and Its Media Representation, 17-21 November 2014

Posted on November 21, 2014

This workshop was held as part of a week-long visit of four DEMAND academics to Taipei and specifically to the National Chenghi University. This was the first part of an international partnership and mobility project (funded by the British Academy and Taiwanese Ministry of Science and Technology) that runs for a year until November 2015. (more…)

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Social practices, energy demand and time use data –methodological lessons from DEMAND, 17 October 2014

Posted on October 17, 2014

This workshop provided an opportunity to present, share and discuss some of the analysis techniques developed and data challenges encountered in DEMAND so far and to bring together others working on energy, mobility and Time Use data. Results and data challenges from these analyses were presented to provoke discussion on the main advantages and challenges of using Time Use data to investigate…

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Justice, Governance and energy services, 25-26 September 2014

Posted on September 26, 2014

Access to those goods and services considered essential for a decent quality of life is widely established as a matter of justice, and also talked about through ethics, needs and rights framings. (more…)

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Shifting Routines, Changing Demand, 28-29 May 2014

Posted on May 29, 2014

Workshop on the dynamics of household energy demand during daily and network peaks; convened by Yolande Strengers (@YolandeStreng), Ben Anderson (@dataknut), and Mike Hazas (@MikeHazas) (more…)

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Spatial Variation in Energy Use, Attitudes and Behaviours: Implications for Smart Grids and Energy Demand, 7 February 2014

Posted on February 7, 2014

Whilst publicly available data on the spatial variation of existing energy demand has improved significantly in recent years (e.g. DECC Sub-national Energy Consumption Statistics), the focus of analysis is still overwhelmingly at the national or regional level. However, local and regional variation in energy use habits, in perceptions and uptake of low carbon technologies (electric vehicles,…

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