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New retrofit standards, new roles, existing policy, do they all fit together?

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Marina Topouzi, Research Associate in Energy Demand at the Environmental Change Institute, has been involved in developing retrofit standards for low energy buildings that involve specifications for new roles and skills. She recently attended a training course to become qualified as a ‘Retrofit...

Early insights into the scale-up of smart local energy systems.

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The scale-up of smart local energy systems (SLES) that combine renewable energy (RE) and smart technologies for system flexibility has been seen as a potential way to accelerate the energy transition to deep decarbonisation (Ford et al, 2019).

What we need to do now: For a Zero-Carbon Future – Chris Goodall

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Oxford Energy Society presents author, businessman and climate change expert Chris Goodall on Wednesday, 21 October.  Goodall’s ‘What We Need To Do Now: For a Zero-Carbon Future’ was short-listed for the 2020 Wainwright Prize for writing on global conservation. His latest book,...

Summer webinars exploring renewable energy solutions

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Register now for your free place on a series of very interesting webinars from the Oxford Martin Programme on Integrating Renewable Energy. Hear about progress from Project LEO, and how AI could be useful in energy and helping the fuel poor.

Knowledge Transfer Network

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The Energy Catalyst Programme is open to all energy technology from any sector. However, to be in scope for round 8 your project must address the following 3 subjects: energy access, the energy ‘trilemma’, gender and social inclusion.

MSc in Energy Systems 2019-20, University of Oxford

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We are in the final weeks of the first year of the inaugural cohort for the MSc in Energy Systems. Thankfully the classroom teaching was not disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the University closure. Only minor changes to two of the non-taught assessments were made. We are in the process of m...