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Report on EVALUATE Electrification Worksop in Nairobi

On 23 January 2018, Majd Jayyousi and Neil Simcock facilitated the “Energy, Electrification, Equity: the Role of Decentralised Electricity and Storage Systems in Meeting East Africa’s Community Needs” workshop that was held at Strathmore University in Nairobi. The workshop was organised under the EVALUATE project in collaboration with Strathmore Energy Research Centre. The purpose ofContinue reading “Report on EVALUATE Electrification Worksop in Nairobi”

Posted byMajd Jayyousi27 March, 201822 May, 2018Posted inActivity reports, EVALUATE activities, EVENT activities, Event reports, Public engagement

Transformative infrastructures symposium, Manchester, February 2018

Read more about about the final EVALUATE project event, held in Manchester.

Posted bystefanbuzar28 February, 201829 April, 2018Posted inEVALUATE activities, Event reports

An update on the energy poverty situation in Lithuania

Lithuanian Responsible Business Association hosted probably the first seminar on energy poverty in Lithuania. CURE’s Nora Mzavanadze reports

Posted bynoramzavanadze7 June, 201729 April, 2018Posted inCountry reports, CURE member activities, EVENT activities, Event reports, Public engagementTags:building renovation, district heating, electricity, energetika, energetikos politika, energetinis skurdas, Energy, energy efficiency, energy policy, Energy poverty, heating, heating prices, legislation, Lietuva, Lithuania, Poverty, retrofit, skurdas, šildymo kainos

Energy poverty spring tour

ERSS conference location, Sitges. Photo by Harriet Thomson

Over the past few months EVALUATE work has been presented at a number of international conferences, as Harriet Thomson reports.

Posted byHarriet Thomson26 April, 2017Posted inEPOV activities, EVALUATE activities, Event reports, Recent conference presentationsTags:Energy poverty, EPOV

Addressing digital futures and the social impacts of energy efficient buildings

Nora Mzavanadze reflects on a half-day seminar organized by RMIT Europe in Barcelona, Spain on November 28th, 2016.

Posted bynoramzavanadze9 January, 20179 January, 2017Posted incombi-activities, CURE member activities, EVENT activities, Event reports, Public engagement, Recent conference presentations, Topics for discussion, UncategorizedTags:big data, buildings, citizen science, climate change, co-benefits, co-benefits of energy efficiency, combi, digital, digital ethnography, Energy, energy efficiency, energy use, intelligent communities, Low-carbon, Policy, renovation, retrofit, smart cities, smart communities, social impacts, Technology

Report on Greater Manchester fuel poverty workshop

Neil Simcock recently attended a workshop focussed on the development of a fuel poverty strategy for Greater Manchester.

Posted byNeil Simcock23 June, 20166 July, 2016Posted inCURE member activities, CURE project activities, EVALUATE activities, Event reports, Public engagement, Seminar attendance

Notes from the EVALUATE workshop with stakeholders from the Czech energy sector

Saska Petrova reports on a recent EVALUATE project event held in Prague.

Posted bysaskapetrova10 August, 201514 August, 2015Posted inEVALUATE activities, Event reports, Public engagementTags:Czech Republic, energy vulnerability, EVALUATE, PragueLeave a comment on Notes from the EVALUATE workshop with stakeholders from the Czech energy sector

‘We have seen the future and it looks edgy’ – notes on Foresighting a Future for Cities

Joe Ravetz, the Co-director of CURE, reports on the CURE annual forum that was co-organised with cities@manchester. The event took place in Manchester on the 24th of June 2015.

Posted bysaskapetrova14 July, 2015Posted inCURE member activities, Event reports, Public engagement, Topics for discussionTags:AGMA, cities@manchester, communities, CURE, future cities, Great Manchester, localism, MBSLeave a comment on ‘We have seen the future and it looks edgy’ – notes on Foresighting a Future for Cities

Report from the ‘Beyond the Fracking Polemic’ panel discussion

Craig Thomas summarises the discussions that took place during a event organised by the Centre for Urban Resilience and Energy at the University of Manchester.

Posted bystefanbuzar2 November, 20142 November, 2014Posted inCURE member activities, Event reports, Public engagementTags:energy vulnerability, fracking, public participation, unconventional gasLeave a comment on Report from the ‘Beyond the Fracking Polemic’ panel discussion

CHARISMA workshop report: Community retrofit for housing professionals

Jenni Cauvain, a team member of the CHARISMA project reflects on the current issues related to community retrofit and social housing in Greater Manchester, which were debated at the recently organised workshop.

Posted bysaskapetrova21 October, 20141 November, 2014Posted inActivity reports, CHARISMA activities, CURE member activities, CURE project activities, Event reports, Public engagementTags:community, Energy, Manchester, retrofit, social housingLeave a comment on CHARISMA workshop report: Community retrofit for housing professionals

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