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CenSES annual report 2013
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Some highligts from the 2013 international cooper-
tion follows here:
IEA-DSM subtask workshop
The International Energy Agency’s Demand Side
Management subtask visited Trondheim and CenSES
in May 2013 to discuss new approaches to energy
efficiency policies. Researchers from seven countries
(Italy, Switzerland, New Zealand, The Netherlands,
Sweden, Norway and UK) presented case studies from
various energy efficiency projects, as well as discuss-
ing methodologies for evaluating policies and pro-
grammes.
Henrik Karlstrøm, the subtask national expert for
Norway, presented a more in-depth analysis of the
Norwegian energy story in general, as well as cases
ranging from the exceptionally successful electric ve-
hicle adoption policies of Norway - to specific building
retrofit projects that incorporate inhabitant participa-
tion in the decision making process.
With the express purpose of moving away from simple
information and price based approaches to achieving
energy efficiency goals, among the topics that were
discussed was the literature on behavioral «nudging»,
and especially the increasing focus on using strategies
from ames design, so-called gamification.
For more information or to view videos from the work-
shop contact henrik.karlstrom@ntnu.no.
Cooperation with Shanghai Jiao Tong
As a part of the Joint Research Centre between NTNU
and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, CenSES arranged a
summer school for PhD students in Shanghai in June
2013. The objective for the course was to develop an
understanding of social, economic and environmen-
tal aspects of energy generation and consumption in
China. The course had ten Norwegian students partici-
pating as well as Chinese students and professors
from Jiao Tong.
The curriculum targeted both technology and so-
cial sciences students. An introduction in methods
and theory from social sciences was given with the
purpose to enable analysis of the energy system
from a multi-diciplinary perspective, crossing both
diciplinary, cultural and national borders. Researcher
Gard Hopsdal Hansen was responsible for the course
together with post doc. Henrik Karlstrøm and PhD
student Marius Korsnes.
Post doc Henrik Karlstrøm presented at
the IEA-DSM subtask workshop.
International Cooperation
PhD students attending summer school in Shanghai