UKERC workshop - "Women Buying Green" - Empowering female consumers to reduce the cost of household energy use.
Programme
9am to 9.30am
Arrival, registration and coffee
9.30 to 9.40am
Welcome and introduction Dr. Caterina Brandoni, Lecturer in Energy, Centre for Sustainable Technologies, UU
9.40am to 10am
Thermal comfort in domestic household Prof. Philip Griffith, Head of Belfast School of Architecture and Built Environment, UU
10am to 10.20am
Home insulation and local weather Mr Andy Frew, NIHE
10.20am to 10.40am
Retrofit insulation of existing properties Mr Andrew Rennie,Business Development Manager, Kingspan
10.40am to 11am
A comparative study of passive and active wall systems Dr Donal Cotter, Researcher, Centre for Sustainable Technologies, UU
11am to 11.20am
Coffee break
11.20am to 11.40am
“Households’ preferences for future investments in the electricity sector: Evidence from Northern Ireland” Prof. Alberto Longo, School of Biological Science, QUB
11.40am to 12pm
Factors influencing decision making in domestic energy use Dr Conor Doyle, NIFRS
12pm to 12.30pm
Open discussion: what are the information available and needed to make an informed choice?
