The Align4energy team organized a series of three webinars on consumer energy choices and decision-support systems. Align4energy works on solutions to accelerate the energy transition in the residential sector. It does so by supporting citizens, policymakers, and energy system developers in synchronizing investment timelines, interests, and preferences.

To review the webinars, see below.

The first Align4energy webinar explored the future of electricity infrastructure and consumer energy choices. The speakers, Pedro Vergara Barrios (TU Delft), Qi Han (TU Eindhoven), and Dujuan Yang (TU Eindhoven), introduced the science of Agent-Based Modelling and its relevance to consumer energy choices and delved into the use of Generative AI for electricity distribution infrastructure planning.

In the second Align4energy webinar, we explored the role of AI in decision-making processes, specifically in the energy transition. The speakers of this webinar, Eric Pauwels (CWI Amsterdam) and Hendrik Baier (Eindhoven University of Technology), discussed ethics, risk, responsible and explainable AI; case studies and examples of AI co-creation with users; and best practices of AI in energy and sustainability.

In the third Align4energy webinar, we explored the role of data and behavioral science in activating citizens to invest in greening their homes. The speakers of this webinar, Sanchayan Banerjee, Julia Blasch, and Marjan Nikoloski (all from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), discussed what we could do to activate citizens, how we can do that (first results of Align4energy research), and why data-driven behavioral interventions are promising for practitioners.

Below, you can find the recordings of the three webinars.

Webinar 1

Webinar 2

Webinar 3

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Icon afbeelding: Residents checking their Central Heating. Photo by Alex Schöder.