Workshop: Towards a Consumer-Driven Energy System

Organizer

IEA's Experts Group on Energy R&D and Priority Setting

Energy production, distribution and consumption all have technical and human components, though little research exists on the latter. However, there is an increasing focus beyond technology and economics towards the societal aspects of energy technologies.

In this regard, human-centred methods are essential to capturing the role of humans in shaping energy use and consumption, including attitudes, habits and experiences. Individuals and their choices matter and may influence patterns and modes of consumption far more than expected.

Therefore understanding individual and organisational behaviour and decision-making is critical to accelerating the transition to an energy-efficient and low-carbon energy future. To be effective, policies and measures should consider the consumer as central to current and future energy systems.

Day 1

Session 1: Introduction

Chair: Birte Holst-Jorgensen, Danish Technical University

• 9:00 Welcome
  Dr. Katrine Krogh Andersen, Dean of Research, Senior Vice President, DTU
• 9:15 Introduction
  Rob Kool, Chair EGRD, Netherlands Enterprise Agency
• 9:30 Accelerating energy technologies in the Danish context
  Anders Hoffmann, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate
• 10:00 Coffee break

Session 2: Setting the Scene

Chair: Atsushi Kurosawa

• 10:30 Behaviour change research collaboration: Insights, tools and results
  Sea Rotmann, CEO, Sustainable Energy Advice
• 11:00 What drives energy consumers?
  Thijs Bouman, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen
• 11:30 Multi-perspective system analyses for robust energy decision support
  Bert Droste-Franken, Head of Energy Department, EA European Academy GmbH
• 12:00 Discussion

Session 3: Human-centred analytics to enhance policy effectiveness

Chair: Rob Kool

• 13:30 Prosumers
  Mathew Kennedy, International Energy Research Centre
• 14:00 Business models for a more effective market uptake of DSM energy services
  Ruth Mourik, DuneWorks B.V.
• 14:30 Impacts of energy choices - examples of research approaches with quantitative data collection and analysis
  Tiina Koljonen, Research Team Leader, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
• 15:00 Coffee break
• 15:30 Applying Behavioural Economics to Move to a More Sustainable Future
  Karl Purcell, Programme Manager, Behavioural Economics Unit, Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI)
• 16:00 Influencing Business Behaviour and Decision Making to Improve Energy Efficiency
  Carrie Pottinger, Programme Manager, Energy Technology R&D Networks, IEA
• 16:30 Discussion

Day 2

Session 4 : The consumer at the centre of a distributed energy system

Chair: Johannes Tamborino

• 9:00 Energy for society
  Prof. Benjamin Sovacool, University of Sussex and Aarhus University (virtual)
• 9:30 The consumer at the centre of a distributed energy system
  Elisabeth Düttschke, Fraunhofer ISI
• 10:00 Residential behaviour-based energy efficiency programmes and activities in Japan
  Dr. Ji XUAN, Ph.D., Jyukankyo Research Institute
• 10:30 Coffee break
• 11:00 City of Tomorrow (E_PROFIL) - neighbourhood profiles for optimised energy transformation processes
  Daniel Latzer, Doctoral Researcher, Technical University of Vienna
• 11:30 Behaviour and decision-making concerning energy efficiency in the chemical industry
  Lieven Stalmans, Borealis, Co-Chair, European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC)
• 12:00 What do people want from (low carbon) heat at home and how can we find out?
  Matthew Lipson, Head, Consumer Insight, Catapult
• 12:30 Discussion
• 13:00 Lunch

Session 5: R&D policies and decision making

Chair: Herbert Greisberger

• 14:30 Knowledge-action networks
  Erik Phil, Future Earth Stockholm
• 15:00 R&D policies and programmes with (and for) citizens
  Annika Sohre, Swiss Centre for Excellence for Energy, Society and Transition (SCCER-CREST)
• 15:30 Coffee Break
• 16:00 EU: the role of behaviour past Horizon 2020 European Commission

Session 6: Summary and workshop close

Chair: Birte Holst Jorgensen

Kurzbericht

Executive summary

Target Audience

In addition to EGRD members and national experts, we are seeking input from RD&D decision-makers, strategic planners, and program managers from industry, academia, think tanks, national laboratories, and government. Participation is by invitation only.

Claudia Dankl, ÖGUT - Austrian Society for Environment and Technology
E-Mail: claudia.dankl@oegut.at

Herbert Greisberger, eNu
E-Mail: herbert.greisberger@enu.at