UCL R User Group end-of-year Meetup! Register to hear the from V&A data scientist Bhavesh Shah followed by peer-programming and networking! eventbrite.com/e/ucl-r-user-g…

Great video in keeping cool in your home :)

Great thread!

Staggering new chart from the IMF. We all know that increasing energy costs hit low income households hardest, but in the UK that impact will be the second biggest in the world, and the differential with the best off will also be the biggest. What is the gov’t going to do?

Thanks BBC Radio 4 #YouandYours for flagging our guidance on how save ££ with a few adjustments to your condensing combi boiler 83% of condensing boilers are C-E-Rated in the home, not A-Rated. Equivalent to just 75-85% efficient Our tips to clawing back some efficiency here🧵

Liz Truss's energy plan freezes bills – but leaves dysfunctional market intact theconversation.com/liz-trusss-ene… via The Conversation

The UCL R User Group is back! Join us on Thursday for Scientific writing and reproducible research with R Markdown ellenwebborn.com/rusergroup UCL Statistical Science UCL CASA UCL Institute of Education UCL Energy Institute UCL Engineering UCL and the Turing uclengineeringsociety eResearch UCL Code Club @UCL David Colquhoun 🇺🇦 💙

I just called on Rishi Sunak to show climate leadership at COP27. Will you sign the petition too? #greenpeace act.gp/3DQ7xeR

Great article by my colleague Jess Few on the bill savings and #energysavings from adjusting the thermostat temperature in your home @EnergyDemand energysavingstew Save Energy to Stop Russian Agression Young Energy Savers @beisgovuk Smart meters

Staff not allowed to shut the doors in the freezing cold The Works this weekend - shocking waste of energy and money in a #ClimateCrisis and #CostOfLivingCrisis. Plenty of other shops keeping the doors shut, shape up The Works

celebrated my phd graduation a few weeks ago! pictured here using my degree certificate to hide my pregnancy! while I’m overjoyed, it’s also been bittersweet for a reason many people (esp. British academics) would do well to care more about:

NEW PAPER! On heat pumps with 3 different control methods. By Jenny Crawley, Adrià Martín Vilaseca & Clifford Elwell from ERBECDT, Jez Wingfield & me from UCL Energy Institute & Zachary Gill from Energiesprong UK & The Retrofit Academy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…

NEW ANALYSIS: Energy Performance Certificates significantly overestimate energy use in homes in the UK new UCL Energy Institute research finds. Why is this? Some answers in this 🧵 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Just published! Our new Smart Energy Research Lab research comparing the EPC model with metered energy use, finding an increasing gap as EPC rating worsens. Full article here: doi.org/10.1016/j.enbu… Ellen Zapata-Webborn Martin Pullinger UCL Energy Institute [1/7]

Looking for an exciting #PhDposition making a difference tackling climate change and energy costs? Interested in how electric vehicles and heat pumps affect the energy system and its flexibility? See erbecdt.ac.uk/news/4-year-uc… #DataScience #energy FindAPhD ERBECDT Smart Energy Research Lab

Do you know how many excess winter deaths there were in 2022/23, caused by living in cold English, Scottish and Welsh homes? End Fuel Poverty Coalition revealed 4,706 lives were lost, and that the Government has failed to progress with key fuel poverty measures. endfuelpoverty.org.uk/almost-5000-ex…