Hard-to-Reach Energy Users Task Releases Case Study for Aotearoa NZ’s “20 Degree Vision”
What if the ultimate outcome of a housing intervention programme wasn’t just warmer homes, but a fundamental culture shift in how Aotearoa New Zealand thinks about housing, health, and
Public Engagement Task publishes review report on social acceptance and public engagement in emerging energy infrastructures
A new review report highlights the critical role of public trust, risk perceptions and local context in shaping acceptance of emerging energy technologies such as green hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, and small modular nuclear reactors.
Public Engagement Task Meets at RVO in Utrecht
On the 1st April, the Public Engagement for Energy Infrastructure Task convened in Utrecht at the premises of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) for its latest progress meeting.
Unlocking Residential Demand Flexibility: Webinar presents evidence from large scale field experiments
As electricity systems transition to renewables, balancing supply and demand is becoming more complex. Demand flexibility (i.e., encouraging households to shift when they use electricity) has moved from theory to policy priority. But what actually works in the real world?
EmPOWERing All Task Newsletter #6
The latest newsletter from the new phase of the EmPOWERing All: Just and Inclusive Energy Transition Task is now available.
UTS (Australia) becomes sponsor of Social License to Automate Task
The University of Technology Sydney (Australia) has this month been confirmed as a Task sponsor of the new phase 3 of the Social License to Automate Task.
The engage4energy community of practice officially launches
The engage4energy community welcomes experts from the energy industry, academia, policymaking, and international non-profit organizations to become part of a multidisciplinary knowledge-sharing network. Engage4energy’s goal is to develop and
EnR and Users TCP collaborate on flexibility at BEHAVE 2025
Users TCP and EnR (European Energy Network) curated a session at the recent BEHAVE conference in Paris as part of the Memorandum of Understanding between the two organisations.
Newsletter Issue no. 12
Explore the latest news and updates from the TCP projects, Tasks And Academy.
New Users TCP Task launched on Public Engagement for Energy Infrastructure – Phase 2
The second phase of the Users TCP Task on Public Engagement for Energy Infrastructure will use primary research methods to explore effective public engagement strategies for emerging energy technologies,
Phase 3 of Social License to Automate Task commences
Led by Selin Yilmaz, an assistant professor in the Institute of Geography and Sustainability at University of Lausanne, Phase 3 of the Social License to Automate Task commenced in November 2025 with a two year work plan.
New report evaluates the flexibility potential of heat pumps and electric vehicles
In a new report, commissioned by the Users TCP and 4E TCP EDNA Platform, the Austrian Institute of Technology conclude that unlocking flexibility is primarily a societal and institutional challenge, rather than a purely technical one. Technical readiness is already high, but behavioural factors significantly limit practical deployment.
New Policy Report: Battling Exclusion in Energy Transitions
In a new report from the EmPOWERing All Task, researchers show how current energy systems exclude users and explore the role of gender and social perspectives for equitable, effective energy transitions. The report includes new research from Task members, good practice examples, and the aggregated knowledge of current state of the art research within the energy field.
New publication from the Hard-to-Reach Energy Users Task analyses 67 energy hardship programmes in over 25 countries
This is a systematic cross-country policy analysis of 67 energy hardship programmes from over 25 OECD countries.
Academy kicks off the new season with the 60th webinar
Our first Academy webinar for 2025/26 will be the 60th in the series since the Users TCP Academy succeeded the DSM University in late 2019.
Behave 2025 – Call for extended abstracts announced
The call targets both academic and policy/practice contributions. Authors and researchers are invited to submit their extended abstracts before 7th July 2025.
Just released! 2024/25 Annual Report
The Users TCP Annual Report for our 2024/25 financial year has been published and provides an overview of the work and achievements of the TCP and its Tasks over
Second HCB Network experts meeting – May 14-16, Spokane, Washington, US
Research is underway in this joint Users TCP and EBC TCP Task. The second experts meeting will take place from May 14 to 16, 2025 at Washington State University Spokane Health Sciences Campus, Spokane, Washington, U.S.A.
Save the date! Behave 2025 conference on 11th and 12th December 2025
Save the date! On 11th and 12th December 2025, Behave 2025, the 8th European conference on energy efficiency by the European Energy Network (EnR), will take place in Paris, France. ADEME, the French Agency for Ecological Transition, are organising this edition on the theme “From energy efficiency to sufficiency: the need for a change in lifestyles to ensure a just transition to carbon neutrality”.
Ainslee Emerson elected as new User-Centred Energy Systems TCP Chair
Ainslee is Senior Director of the Strategic Policy and Analysis Division in the Office of Energy Efficiency at Natural Resources Canada. She brings a wealth of experience from her work on energy policy in Canada, chairing the International Energy Agency’s Gender Advisory Council and representing Canada on the steering committee of the Clean Energy Ministerial.