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Speakers: 

Prof. Gioia Falcone, James Watt School of Engineering

‘Glasgow Centre for Sustainable Energy: a platform for collaborative research’ 

The Glasgow Centre for Sustainable Energy (GSCE) was established in December 2023, building on the University’s decades of research on adaptive, diversified, accessible and resilient technologies for the supply, storage, distribution and efficient use of renewable energy.  GCSE brings all these activities under a single banner to help us contribute to the local, national and international decision-making about a just energy transition, where energy acts as a service to sustainable development.

Professor Gioia Falcone, Rankine Chair of Energy Engineering is the centre’s inaugural Director. She will give an overview of GCSE, its upcoming activities and how to get involved.

 

Dr Ewan Gibbs, School of Social and Political Sciences

‘Sustainable Energy: An Economic and Social Perspective’

Sustainability is increasingly being understood through social and economy lenses as well as in environmental terms. This contribution addresses what policymakers can learn from past energy transitions, including the rundown of employment in coal mining during the second half of the twentieth century, as Scotland once again faces another major change to regional economies and labour markets associated with the transition from the oil and gas industry towards renewable electricity generation. 

 

Prof. Qunshan Zhao, School of Social and Political Sciences

‘Understanding building energy efficiency with new forms of data and deep learning’

One of my recent research focuses on better understanding building energy efficiency with the openly available administrative and building data (i.e. Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) and general building attributes) and new forms of data (i.e. street view images, high resolution satellite thermal images). To achieve the overarching goal of net-zero carbon emission in the building sector, a reliable and affordable prediction of building energy efficiency is necessary. We are trying to draw information from globally available satellite and street view images to provide initial picture of low energy efficiency areas. The analysis findings will serve as an important baseline for setting priorities and incentives for energy retrofitting efforts in the UK.

Now our analysis mainly focuses on Glasgow and Edinburgh, and we would like to further extend it to other cities and countries.

 

 

First published: 5 August 2024

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