Physicist Emeritus Professor Gerry Carrington , lead author on Royal Society of New Zealand’s recent paper on Facing the Future: Towards a Green Economy for New Zealand, was recently 
interviewed by Shane Gallagher and Samuel Mann on Otago Access
I was recently asked about “rejected energy” by a colleague who had seen it on a website about US energy. This shows that US energy flows include a lot of rejected energy. This happens in other countries too, so it’s helpful to understand why so much energy is unloved. So what
Every day we make decisions about how we travel. These decisions include whether to go somewhere, where to go and how to get there. While we have some control over how we travel, there are a wh
ole range of things that we don’t
Recruitment drive for non-drivers and non-car owners!
As part of the Energy Cultures research programme, we are conducting research into generation Y’s travel behaviours. For this research we require participants who:
o Have grown up in Dunedin (especially ages 14-20)
o Either, not have their drivers licence (or only learners) OR have a licence but have decided not to own a
Barbara Elliston, a former Energy Cultures Masters student and much more, was inspired by her time on the project to carry through with her interest in developing ‘Hot PV’.
Here’s an article by her about the product which starts off with her discussion with us at morning tea.
During March 2014 we hosted two of our international collaborators – Malcolm McCulloch and Skip Laitner.
We kept them busy!
Skip is a resource economist with a particular interest in the economics of energy efficiency. He gave talks at Otago University , the Otago Chamber of Commerce ,
There’s good evidence that car use may have peaked and other forms of transport will take its place.
Listener Article by Rebecca Priestley
Originally aired on Nine To Noon, Thursday 27 March 2014
Malcolm McCulloch is the Head of the Energy and Power Group (EPG) at the University of Oxford. The focus of the EPG is developing and commercialising sustainable energy technologies. Malcolm has active research programmes in the three sectors of domestic energy, transport and renewable
Energy makes everything happen. Without electricity and other fuels, the economy wouldn’t produce goods and services, freight and people would stay in one place, and homes would be cold and dark.
Skip Laitner is a resource economist based in Tucson, Arizona. He is in New Zealand for next week’s Energy Conference in Wellington, and in Dunedin to speak at the University of Otago and the Chamber of Commerce.