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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.
Newsletter Issue no. 13
News and updates from our Users TCP Tasks, projects and Academy.
Tasks
Publications
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.
Hidden Hardship Hui Report
The Hidden Energy Hardship Hui [workshop] brought 87 participants from 52 organisations to Māngere East Hall in Tāmaki Makaurau [Auckland] over 1.5 days in April 2026. It was the third and final National Expert Workshop of Phase 2 of the Hard-to-Reach (HTR) Energy Users Task, hosted in Aotearoa [New Zealand].
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.