EES Seminar Series Talk “Residential Demand Response: Possibilities, Perspectives and Prospects”

Title: “Residential Demand Response: Possibilities, Perspectives and Prospects” Presenter: Ian Rowlands, Professor, Department of Environment and Resource Studies, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo Abstract: Electricity systems around the world face multiple challenges, including mounting costs, growing environmental impacts and occasional service interruptions. This presentation examines residential demand response issues, drawing upon experiences from around the world as well as the presenter’s own smart grid-related projects in Ontario (Canada). More specifically, the possibilities for residential demand response are investigated, outlining how its effective application could conceivably improve system performance across multiple metrics. About Ian Rowlands Ian Rowlands is a Professor in the Department of Environment and Resource Studies (Faculty of Environment) at the University of Waterloo (Ontario). He is also a member of the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) at the University of Waterloo. Prof. Rowlands has teaching and research interests in three main areas: energy management strategies, international environmental relations and corporate environmentalism. Most of his current research activities focus upon the implementation of the ‘smart grid’ at various scales: from the household (understanding consumer behaviour and interactions with technologies) to the province (examining policies to encourage sustainable energy systems) to the international (international relations and cross-national comparative studies). Prof. Rowlands’s current research projects include his co-leadership of a social science partnership on smart grids in Canada (tinyurl.com/SG-Partnership) and his participation in the NSERC Smart Net-Zero Energy Buildings Strategic Research Network (www.solarbuildings.ca) and the Energy Hub Management System Project (www.energyhub.uwaterloo.ca). He is a member of the Ontario Power Authority’s Advisory Council on Conservation as well as a member of the Smart Grid Standards Advisory Committee (co-convened by the Standards Council of Canada and the Canadian Electricity Association). Prof. Rowlands earned a BASc in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto and a PhD in International Relations from the University of London (London School of Economics and Political Science). His website may be found at https://uwaterloo.ca/environment-resource-studies/people-profiles/ian-rowlands For more information about Prof. Rowland’s talk please see: http://ucalgaryeesspeakerseries.eventbrite.ca/ Free and open to the public.

Location:

Gallery Hall – Taylor Family Digital Library

Speaker:

Ian Rowlands, Professor, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/ees-seminar-series-talk-residential-demand-response-possibilities-perspectives-and