Events

The ZERO Institute Founders Network and Oxford Edge are pleased to announce the launch of new ‘Office Hours’ sessions: an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to meet one-on-one with experts in entrepreneurship and innovation in Oxford. Every Wednesday 1pm – 3pm during Trinity term. Each Office Hours session gives attendees the opportunity to meet different people and tap their unparalleled expertise in [...]

The ZERO Institute Founders Network and Oxford Edge are pleased to announce the launch of new ‘Office Hours’ sessions: an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to meet one-on-one with experts in entrepreneurship and innovation in Oxford. Every Wednesday 1pm – 3pm during Trinity term. Each Office Hours session gives attendees the opportunity to meet different people and tap their unparalleled expertise in [...]

The ZERO Institute Founders Network and Oxford Edge are pleased to announce the launch of new ‘Office Hours’ sessions: an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to meet one-on-one with experts in entrepreneurship and innovation in Oxford. Every Wednesday 1pm – 3pm during Trinity term. Each Office Hours session gives attendees the opportunity to meet different people and tap their unparalleled expertise in [...]

The ZERO Institute Founders Network and Oxford Edge are pleased to announce the launch of new ‘Office Hours’ sessions: an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to meet one-on-one with experts in entrepreneurship and innovation in Oxford. Every Wednesday 1pm – 3pm during Trinity term. Each Office Hours session gives attendees the opportunity to meet different people and tap their unparalleled expertise in [...]

The ZERO Institute Founders Network and Oxford Edge are pleased to announce the launch of new ‘Office Hours’ sessions: an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to meet one-on-one with experts in entrepreneurship and innovation in Oxford. Every Wednesday 1pm – 3pm during Trinity term. Each Office Hours session gives attendees the opportunity to meet different people and tap their unparalleled expertise in [...]

The ZERO Institute Founders Network and Oxford Edge are pleased to announce the launch of new ‘Office Hours’ sessions: an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to meet one-on-one with experts in entrepreneurship and innovation in Oxford. Every Wednesday 1pm – 3pm during Trinity term. Each Office Hours session gives attendees the opportunity to meet different people and tap their unparalleled expertise in [...]

This event is fully booked but it will be live streamed on Oriel’s YouTube channel Professor Jan Rosenow will be jointed by Greg Jackson, one of the world’s leading energy innovators and founder and CEO of Octopus Energy. The discussion will explore how digital technologies, renewable energy, and electrification are reshaping energy systems in the UK and around the world. Drawing on [...]

Architect, scholar and Professor of Architectural Engineering, Sue Roaf will discuss her new book with Dr Radhika Khosla, where she explores the “building revolution” needed to ensure that people can remain not only comfortable but thermally safe indoors in a heating future. The talk will be preceded by a complementary light lunch.

Summary: It has been nearly a decade since China began to be recognised as a global clean energy technology leader, rather than just a low-cost manufacturing centre for commoditised or copycat goods. What policies, institutions, and economic forces support clean energy innovation in China? What can other countries learn from China’s success, if anything? Will China have a permanent or [...]

Summary: The main goal of this talk is to provide a current overview of the challenges and opportunities for electric energy systems resulting from the build-up of AI data centers. The talk will begin with the latest data on ongoing and projected growth in electric power load growth along with a discussion of key uncertainties and barriers. Next,  the impacts [...]

Summary: While support for net zero has become more fragmented, the majority of the UK public are still concerned about, and support action on, climate change. Recent research suggests that the level of ambition for demand-side measures in meeting our climate targets has been too constrained. This seminar will discuss the results of a two-year citizens’ panel exploring the social [...]

Summary: Transport is electrifying, and the transition is accelerating. The question is not so much whether electricity is the future of energy for (most) transport, but rather what modes of electrically powered transport are available in which geographies and for whose use? How are the energy and transport systems integrated – and how does that shape or reflect the built [...]

Summary: David installed a 4 kWp solar array and a 10 kWh battery system at his home in Oxford in 2023. In this talk, David will share what the data so far reveal about system performance, including operational modes, energy production and throughput, and the resulting cost savings and payback. He will also use historical data to explore how different [...]

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