ESRI - UCD Energy Research Conference: Technology and people in energy systems

Venue: ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2

This is a half-day multidisciplinary energy research conference presenting recent work by researchers from the ESRI and UCD. The agenda covers a wide range of topics including energy efficiency, market design, interconnection, storage and consumer behaviour.

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Programme

08.45 Registration and Coffee
09:15 Welcome Address: Alan Barrett, Director, ESRI and Mark O’Malley, UCD

SESSION 1: ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR

Chair: Lisa Ryan, UCD

09.30The role of consumers trust and involvement in their evaluation of Building Energy Rating (BER) labels.                Geertje Schuimeta (UCD), Claudia Aravena Novielli (TCD/ESRI) and Eleanor Denny (TCD/ESRI) Presentation

09.50 Modelling the Residential Consumer: Electricity Demand & Price Response
Killian McKenna (UCD),Pádraig Daly (UCD), Lisa Ryan (UCD) and Andrew Keane (UCD) Presentation

10.10 Examining the determinants of residential energy efficient retrofit intensity in Ireland
Matthew Collins (ESRI/SEAI) and John Curtis (ESRI) Presentation

10.30  A hole in the wall: energy and air quality implications of ventilation practice in Irish social housing
Will Turner (UCD), Oliver Kinnane (Queens University Belfast), and Derek Sinnott (WIT) Presentation

10.50 Tea/Coffee

SESSION 2: WIND AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT

Chair: John Fitzgerald,TCD and ESRI

11.20 The North Atlantic Oscillation and wind speeds in Europe
Laura Zubiate (UCD) and Frank McDermott (UCD) Presentation

11.40 Incorporating deep costs and an auction framework into renewable energy connection decisions
Mel Devine (ESRI), Niall Farrell (ESRI/EPA) and Alireza Soroudi (UCD) Presentation

12.00 Efficient large-scale energy storage dispatch
Ciara O’Dwyer (UCD), Lisa Ryan (UCD) and Damian Flynn (UCD) Presentation

12.20 Impact of new interconnection lines on the EU electricity market
Valeria Di Cosmo (ESRI), Valentin Bertsch (ESRI) and Paul Deane (UCC) Presentation

12.40 Incentivising reliability through capacity payment mechanisms
Muireann Lynch (ESRI) and Mel Devine (ESRI) Presentation

13.00 Close and lunch