The Net Zero Innovation Network brings together local authorities, universities and other stakeholders to address climate challenges at the local level, and seek routes to achieve council’s net zero commitments.

As part of the Network's programme of activities we are delighted to bring you this one-hour seminar exploring engagement across the academic-policy boundary, and how to turn research in to action on the ground. Our panellists will discuss the challenges, benefits, pitfalls and successes of working together as well as their personal experiences of working on net zero challenges.

Panel:

Professor Tadj Oreszczyn, Professor of Energy and Environment at the UCL Energy Institute.

Tadj has for 34 years undertaken energy and building research with a particular focus around the performance gap between theory and practice and the unintended consequences (health, comfort, etc.) of building energy efficiency. Tadj was the founding Director of the UCL Energy Institute, Principal Investigator of the EPSRC funded Smart Energy Research Lab (SERL) and Buildings theme lead for the Centre for Research in Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS).

Chris Nicholls, Senior Economist, Home Energy Analysis and Research, BEIS.

Chris leads a team of analysts responsible for advising on optimal design for policies aimed at improving the energy efficiency of domestic residential buildings. He has also worked on understanding energy use and abatement opportunities in non-domestic buildings, and renewable heat policies. Most of his career has focussed on the built environment. Before moving into central government he was an economic consultant and the economist for the Construction Confederation, a construction trade association. He also co-authored the Barker Review of Housing Supply, an independent review of the UK’s new housing market.

Chaired by Kate Richardson, Strategy and Partnership Lead for Sustainability, Lewes District and Eastbourne Borough Councils.

Kate has been working in organisational environmental management for nearly 15 years having started her career as the manager of an ISO14001 system at Lewes District Council. 9 years later she returned via energy, sustainability and transport work in London, New York and East Sussex. Kate has recently completed the separate Climate Change Strategies for both Lewes and Eastbourne both of which have a Net Zero target of 2030 and is working with the University of Sussex’s Donal Brown on the LGA’s Net Zero Innovation Fund project ‘Alternative Financing for net zero projects’.

This is a co-hosted event between UCL and the LGA. Your registration information will be processed by the UCL Public Policy department for the purpose of administering the event. For further information on how UCL processes personal data, please see the UCL privacy policy. The LGA privacy policy provides further information on how it processes personal data.

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