Sally Blackwell is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Sustainability investigating the role of ‘middle actors’ in the socio-technical transition to better performing housing. Middle actors include people such as builders, tradespeople, home performance advisors or architects and designers. Sally has a background in developing and delivering programmes to improve the performance of existing
To drive or not to drive, that is the question: generation Y research. (Click here to read blog)
There is huge potential for electric vehicles in New Zealand because of our vast renewable energy sources. From a sustainability perspective, this is quite important, as it could offer a way to reduce our carbon emissions. Transport consumes the most energy in New Zealand. In fact, over a third of all energy consumption in the
John A. “Skip” Laitner is a resource economist based in Tucson, Arizona. In this talk, Skip looks at the constraint imposed on the global economy by the inefficient use of energy. During his visit he presented a seminar in which he discusses ways to improve the current level of efficiency and
Members of the Energy Cultures Project are continually reaching out to all those with interest in the Energy Field. Janet Stephenson was recently interviewed by the New Zealand Treasury’s National Infrastructure Unit newsletter. Read her interview here. niu-news-2013-8
