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Save the date! Webinar – Energy Communities and Inclusion – 25 November 13:00–14:30 CET
In this webinar, we bring together experiences from Sweden, the Netherlands and Ireland, using the panel to discuss similarities, differences and what we can learn across contexts.
The HCB Network meets in Buenos Aires
Today the IEA EBC Annex 95 and Users TCP – Human-Centric Buildings for a Changing Climate are delighted to kick off ☀️ Building|s for People 2026 at ITBA Universidad Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, followed on 6–7 October by the 5th IEA EBC Human-Centric Buildings (HCB) Network Experts Meeting.
New survey report on citizens’ willingness to engage with emerging energy infrastructures
A new report by the Public Engagement for Energy Infrastructure Task finds that most of the citizens surveyed in Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom are willing to engage with local infrastructure projects for renewable hydrogen, carbon capture utilisation and storage, and advanced nuclear, but that how they want to be engaged differs by country and by technology.
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Repoliticising users in energy transitions: A critique of dominant ideas and their effect in policy and practice
Who is “the energy user”, and what role are they expected to play in the energy transition? This new review article argues that energy research and policy often rely on simplified, depoliticised pictures of users. These pictures hide the diversity, agency and unequal power relations that shape how people actually live with energy systems.
Slide Pack: Engagement preferences for renewable hydrogen, CCUS, and advanced nuclear technologies: Insights from a cross-country online survey
The Public Engagement for Energy Infrastructure Task summarises the key findings of its new report into a slide pack.
Engagement preferences for renewable hydrogen, CCUS, and advanced nuclear technologies: Insights from a cross-country online survey
A new report finds that most of the citizens surveyed in Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom are willing to engage with local infrastructure projects for renewable hydrogen, carbon capture utilisation and storage, and advanced nuclear, but that how they want to be engaged differs by country and by technology.
The UsersTCP Academy builds on the success of a half century of webinars delivered through the DSM University. The new series provides access to the knowledge developed through our research programme and the work of our partners.