1. Energy Innovation Emporium
Energy Efficiency/Demand Side Session
Chair: Dr Edward Owens,
ETP Energy Utilisation in Buildings Theme Coordinator
Wednesday 31st May 2017
TIC, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

2. Energy Efficiency/Demand Side Session Aims
Present
Present research & innovation challenges in light of the draft Scottish Energy Strategy. (SEEP)
Discuss
Discuss innovation and RD&D required to support affordable, low carbon energy provision in the built environment
Discuss avenues of cross-sectoral cooperation to support how to accommodate changing energy practices associated for instance with EV’s, electrification of heat, micro-generation and storage
Outcomes
Produce a summary of suggestions for innovation and RD&D as an output from the session.
Take these discussions further in follow-on Energy Utilisation in Buildings workshop to identify collaborative projects and activities.

3. Panel Introductions Sectors Gordon Cowtan (Fintry Development Trust)
Community
Academic
Public
ETP
Edward Owens
(ETP Theme Coordinator)
Andrew Peacock
(Heriot Watt University)
Gregor MacDonald
(Scottish Enterprise)

4. Some of the big Challenges / Opportunities
Affordability
Fuel Poverty
Progressive Energy Tariffs and Business Models
Energy efficiency and demand reduction.
Security of Supply
Living with Intermittent Generation
Flexible Demand (EVs, IOT, storage heaters)
Distributed energy storage
Healthy Environment
Low energy or low carbon?
Embedded Generation and Community Ownership
Heath and Wellbeing

5. Exploring some key issues
Energy Efficiency
Changing demand side
Micro-generation & Storage
Communications and Control
Building regulations
Modelling
Skilling the sector
Community & Affordability

6. Energy Efficiency
What next for the existing stock after the collapse in installed measures under the ECO and the demise of the Green Deal
How does proposed LHEES interact with Supplier Obligation schemes
Which benefits be measured? – Carbon, Energy, Health
2032 target of 6% reduction in residential demand - Is this adequate
Does this say something about the modelling approaches & assumptions that have been used to devise the strategy

7. Changing Demand side Rise of the Electric Vehicle
Electrification of Heat
DELTA, (2016), Electrification of Heat and the Impact on the Scottish Electricity System

8. Microgen & Storage
Falling costs
Increasing efficiency

9. Control How might these new systems be controlled?
What communication platforms are required?
What information about the local building environment needs to be sensed? What information about the external environment is required?
What new markets, revenue streams and business models might emerge over the same time period as these energy system changes are taking place
How should Government act in developing these new markets

10. Control - Ruggedised Project
Information and communications technologies are rapidly decreasing in cost and becoming ubiquitous.
Smart grids, smart energy systems, micro-grids, smart meters, IoT, big data

11. Building Regulations
What should the purpose of the Building Regulations be
What might the new build house of the future look like - Should LHEES play a local role
How many vectors do we include – heat, power, transport, water
What technologies do we want to adopt into built environment supply chains

12. Modelling
How do we develop a modelling framework for new technologies and materials?
is SAP Appendix Q fit for purpose?
How do we build models that can take advantage of onset of big data
will this close the performance gap
will this allow us to start considering post occupancy regulation schemes
How do we capture stochastic and behavioural aspects of building energy use
can we develop emulators that capture this uncertainty
can these be used to improve the reliability of policy models (TIMES)
What will the relationship be between Europe and Scotland post-Brexit (EPBD)
How can we use modelling to better capture costs, benefits and as built performance of retrofit programs

13. Skilling the sector
”Skills” was mentioned 12 times in the Scottish Energy Strategy and 11 times in the Heat, EE & DH consultation
Chiefly it was surrounding building innovation capacity (both within the science and engineering base and within Local Authorities) and transfer of skills from oil and gas
Do we have the capacity to deliver these projects – do we have a skills shortage - should school and college courses reflect the requirements of this significant infrastructural transition

14. Community and affordability
How can the transition and LHEES creation support and be supported by community owned local energy schemes
In particular, how can these schemes be enlarged and expanded to include urban centres
How can we make sure that the transition does not result in increased costs for consumers

15. Smart Fintry Project
A community project pioneering a new way of trading and charging for electricity
Householders and businesses buy their electricity directly from nearby renewable energy generators, using the existing electricity grid infrastructure.
The aim is to reduce both electricity costs and carbon impacts.

16. Key Issues to discuss
What should the relationship between LHEES and National Standards be?
How do we create the infrastructure to accommodate new provision and uses of energy (e.g. EV’s, micro-generation, storage)
What do markets need to look like in order to encourage flexible demand

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