Partners

Our research is collaborative, working with governments, public bodies, business and civil society, and is geared to co-development of knowledge and capacity building.

We advise Scottish and UK Governments on low carbon heat and energy efficiency strategies, as well as on aspects of climate change plans, fuel poverty, heat supply standards and customer protections.

We also work with leading edge local and regional governments, the Energy Systems Catapult Smart Systems and Heat team, the Sustainable Scotland Network, the UK Committee on Climate Change, the UK Energy Research Centre and the Centre for Research on Energy Demands Solutions.

Some of our recent activities

• Jan Webb is a Commissioner of the Infrastructure Commission for Scotland and adviser to the UK Industrial Strategy Challenge: Prospering from the Energy Revolution
• Faye Wade has joined the editorial team of the new journal Buildings & Cities
• Dave Hawkey served as a member of UK Government Heat Networks Forum
• Jan Webb, Dave Hawkey and Ruth Bush served on multiple working groups and expert commissions supporting the development of Scottish heat policy and regulation.
• Jan Webb served as a member of the Scottish Government Fuel Poverty Review Panel and on the funding panel for the Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme (LCITP) for low carbon investment in Scotland
• In 2017 Jan Webb and Mags Tingey began working with the UK100 initiaitve to share insights and learning from our Local Engagement in UK Energy Systems Research
• In 2016 Jan Webb chaired the Committee on Climate Change 2016 Advisory Group on Energy Efficiency and Heat
• Since 2014 we convened the Scottish Heat Network Partnership Practitioner Group on behalf of Scottish Government and have worked with the Vanguards Network since 2011

Visiting researchers

We have been forutunate in hosting the following visiting researchers:

• Mandy de Wilde, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
• Conrad Kunze, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
• Kerstin Walz, Universität Hamburg, Germany
• Angela Pohlmann, Universität Hamburg, Germany