Pilgrim Beart of AlertMe speaking to the House of Lords Foundation for Science & Technology.
Can a cultural shift be achieved in how people use energy? 24th Nov 2010.
From green to routine - creative thinking for behaviour changeNeo
How can organisations create an authentic platform to communicate energy-saving and other sustainability issues? Slides from a seminar by Charlie Peverett, given at Sustainability Live! in Birmingham, UK, on 2 April 2014
Changing behaviour to reduce energy demandblogzilla
How can we use technology to persuade individuals to reduce their consumption of non-renewable resources? Presented at Cambridge University Computer Lab on 18 Dec 2009
Supporting Sustainable Living: Aware Homes and Smart OccupantsJohnny Rodgers
Awareness of resource consumption in the home is a key part of reducing our ecological footprint, yet lack of appropriate understanding and motivation often deters residents from behaviour change. We report on the design and implementation an in-home system that supports residents in awareness of resource use, facilitates efficient control of house systems, and encourages conservation in daily activities. Initial responses from deployments in two high-profile sustainable homes indicate the potential this holistic approach has in engaging residents in sustainable living. We present the design rationale for our approach, and discuss the challenges and opportunities we have addressed.
From green to routine - creative thinking for behaviour changeNeo
How can organisations create an authentic platform to communicate energy-saving and other sustainability issues? Slides from a seminar by Charlie Peverett, given at Sustainability Live! in Birmingham, UK, on 2 April 2014
Changing behaviour to reduce energy demandblogzilla
How can we use technology to persuade individuals to reduce their consumption of non-renewable resources? Presented at Cambridge University Computer Lab on 18 Dec 2009
Supporting Sustainable Living: Aware Homes and Smart OccupantsJohnny Rodgers
Awareness of resource consumption in the home is a key part of reducing our ecological footprint, yet lack of appropriate understanding and motivation often deters residents from behaviour change. We report on the design and implementation an in-home system that supports residents in awareness of resource use, facilitates efficient control of house systems, and encourages conservation in daily activities. Initial responses from deployments in two high-profile sustainable homes indicate the potential this holistic approach has in engaging residents in sustainable living. We present the design rationale for our approach, and discuss the challenges and opportunities we have addressed.
Rising energy costs and welfare cuts continue to put a strain on household budgets, with the worst affected being forced to choose between heating, eating or paying the rent.
Investment in physical improvements to homes have gone some way to helping households save energy. However there is growing recognition that the way people use their homes is a critical determinant of how much energy is actually saved.
But given many households may be under heating their homes, how best can we help residents to safely manage their use? And how can we reach many residents with limited resources?
This webinar will talk you through findings from the Count Us In project, and will cover:
• What works when helping residents change their behaviour
• The national smart meter roll out and how this could help
• How best to deliver effective engagement with limited resources
• The right messages to use with residents
• What help and resources are available to support you
• An opportunity to ask questions and share your experiences
The Designing Smart Energy project (DESME) was a major, innovative research project conducted in 2007-2008. The challenging central task in this project was to figure out how to make households use less energy. The aim was to search for new solutions to help households save energy in easy, effortless, and even fun, ways through combined marketing and design expertise.
The role of behaviour in the transition to more energy efficient use at home ...Ana Faria
This study investigated domestic energy use behaviours in Portugal and ways of reducing energy use. This is important because current energy use in the developed world is considered to be unsustainable. Intervention strategies could play an important role to reduce energy use. While some previous research has demonstrated that certain intervention strategies did, or did not, produce changes in behaviour, they mostly could not sufficiently explain the underlying and impacting determinants, or how change came about and led to the desired adoption, whether short or long-term, of more energy efficient behaviours.
This study therefore aims to explore how the adoption of more energy efficient behaviours at home could be encouraged. With this the research has the objective to better understand the different determinants of energy use at home, the underlying motivations, barriers and potential intervention strategies. To achieve this the study uses an exploratory and iterative multi-method approach consisting of survey questionnaires, followed by qualitative research through focus groups targeted at energy users at home, and also individual in-depth interviews with energy conservation intervention practitioners.
The findings of this research show that if the rate of adoption of more energy efficient behaviours is to increase, then interventions that are focusing on providing information or financial incentives, are unlikely to work for a large proportion of energy users. Instead, the adoption of more energy efficient behaviours at home is seen to depend on the ability of intervention strategies to challenge existing norms, thus creating new understandings, expectations and utilization of energy services that could manifest in the adoption of more energy efficient behaviours. With this findings also suggest that community-based initiatives might be an adequate means to challenge social norms and to bring about change.
The Battle Of The Buildings - Puerto Rico is an ENERGY STAR Energy Savings Competition challenging building owners, managers, and occupants to reducing their energy and water consumption the most.
We invite, consultants, engineers, contractors, and private & public organizations to registering buildings to compete for the chance to being recognized during the Puerto Rico Energy Efficiency & Sustainability Awards ceremony to be held early 2017. The challenge runs from January 1 through November 30, 2016. During that time, competitors will work to cut energy and water waste using ENERGY STAR tools.
For more details visit: http://labatalladelosedificios.com
Assisting Energy Management in Smart Buildings and MicrogridsAndrea Monacchi
Increasing the use of renewable sources for energy generation bring in the power grid a stochasticity that needs to be addressed with appropriate control mechanism. Demand response is one of such a kind of control mechanism. In particular a price is used to reflect the current availability and demand of energy. Based on this concept we investigate possible use of a price signal to coordinate the operation of small electrical prosumers. In addition we provide interactive means that can assist human decision makers.
Enabeling consumer behaviour transformation through Serious Games – The SAVE ...jmraposo
Enabeling consumer behaviour transformation through Serious Games – The SAVE ENERGY case study , made by João Raposo at the Second International Conference on Serious Games Development & Applications (SGDA) in
Lisbon on 20 September 2011
UKUPA WUD09 Debra Lilley: Reducing Household Energy UseUXPA UK
Carbon, Control and Comfort is a three-year collaborative research project aiming to engage users in the design of control systems that they like, that allow them to create the comfort conditions they want and which, through using the technology and fabric of their homes more effectively, reduces their energy use. This presentation will discuss how occupants' comfort practices impact upon energy use and the socio-technical, usability, design and ethical factors which could inform the development of new devices or systems that enhance and promote energy reducing comfort practices.
Integrating water and energy efficiency - building regulations and beyondAaron Burton
Title: Wales Low Zero Carbon Hub – Integrating water and energy efficiency – building regulations and beyond
Date: Thursday 8th March 2012
Location: Cardiff (venue details provided with registration confirmation)
http://www.cewales.org.uk/2012/03/wales-low-zero-carbon-hub-integrating-water-and-energy-efficiency-%E2%80%93-building-regulations-and-beyond-cardiff/#more-4181
Energy Efficient Prefetching – from Models to ImplementationXiao Qin
With the rapid growth of the production and storage of large scale data sets it is important to investigate methods to drive the cost of storage systems down. We are currently in the midst of an information explosion and large scale storage centers are increasingly used to help store generated data. There are several methods to bring the cost of large scale storage centers down and we investigate a technique that focuses on transitioning storage disks into lower power states. This talk introduces a model of disk systems that leverages disk access patterns to prefetch popular sets of data to produce energy saving opportunities. Using the model we have developed a simulator that allows us to quickly change various parameters to investigate the relationship that file access patterns, disk energy parameters, and simulation parameters have on the overall energy efficiency of disk systems. To help improve the validity of our simulation results we leveraged the validated disk simulator, DiskSim, and added disk power models to DiskSim. This allowed us to test our energy efficient strategies with a validated storage system simulator.
The last part of this talk focuses on implementing a large scale storage system virtual file system. We introduce the Energy Efficient Virtual File System, or EEVFS, to mange the data placement and disk states in a cluster storage system. Our modeling and simulation results indicated that large data sizes and knowledge about the disk access pattern are valuable for storage system energy savings techniques. Storage servers that support applications that stream media is one key area that would benefit from our strategies. The final idea introduced in this talk is the concept of parallel striping groups, which attempt to improve the performance of EEVFS while maintaining energy savings.
In the second installment of its Conscious Consumers series, Invoke explored the green behaviors that consumers are actually practicing at home and what key drivers and barriers exist around the adoption of these habits.
This study used Invoke’s Live online, real-time research platform to speak to a sample made up of 104 individuals plus Invoke’s Open asynchronous platform made up of 104 individuals (total sample = 208).
On December 10, 2012, Senior Research Fellow Dr Mark Harrison addressed an audience of more than twenty people on intergenerational equity of climate change analysis in the latest SMART Seminar.
Dr Harrison reviewed intergenerational equity and discount rates in climate change analysis and argued that proponents of a low rate of mitigation have a “strange view of ethical issues not shared by the general public.”
He argued that it would improve policy evaluation to use traditional cost benefit analysis techniques, simplifying the debates and separating empirical and ethical issues. Dr Harrison examined myths about discounting techniques in the climate change literature, including the need to appropriately adjust for risk to assess the value of different policies.
Dr Harrison said it was extremely valuable to weigh up the total costs and benefits of policies, and that many of the major assessments of climate change probability ignored possible changes in growth rates of both production and consumption, and population.
Rising energy costs and welfare cuts continue to put a strain on household budgets, with the worst affected being forced to choose between heating, eating or paying the rent.
Investment in physical improvements to homes have gone some way to helping households save energy. However there is growing recognition that the way people use their homes is a critical determinant of how much energy is actually saved.
But given many households may be under heating their homes, how best can we help residents to safely manage their use? And how can we reach many residents with limited resources?
This webinar will talk you through findings from the Count Us In project, and will cover:
• What works when helping residents change their behaviour
• The national smart meter roll out and how this could help
• How best to deliver effective engagement with limited resources
• The right messages to use with residents
• What help and resources are available to support you
• An opportunity to ask questions and share your experiences
The Designing Smart Energy project (DESME) was a major, innovative research project conducted in 2007-2008. The challenging central task in this project was to figure out how to make households use less energy. The aim was to search for new solutions to help households save energy in easy, effortless, and even fun, ways through combined marketing and design expertise.
The role of behaviour in the transition to more energy efficient use at home ...Ana Faria
This study investigated domestic energy use behaviours in Portugal and ways of reducing energy use. This is important because current energy use in the developed world is considered to be unsustainable. Intervention strategies could play an important role to reduce energy use. While some previous research has demonstrated that certain intervention strategies did, or did not, produce changes in behaviour, they mostly could not sufficiently explain the underlying and impacting determinants, or how change came about and led to the desired adoption, whether short or long-term, of more energy efficient behaviours.
This study therefore aims to explore how the adoption of more energy efficient behaviours at home could be encouraged. With this the research has the objective to better understand the different determinants of energy use at home, the underlying motivations, barriers and potential intervention strategies. To achieve this the study uses an exploratory and iterative multi-method approach consisting of survey questionnaires, followed by qualitative research through focus groups targeted at energy users at home, and also individual in-depth interviews with energy conservation intervention practitioners.
The findings of this research show that if the rate of adoption of more energy efficient behaviours is to increase, then interventions that are focusing on providing information or financial incentives, are unlikely to work for a large proportion of energy users. Instead, the adoption of more energy efficient behaviours at home is seen to depend on the ability of intervention strategies to challenge existing norms, thus creating new understandings, expectations and utilization of energy services that could manifest in the adoption of more energy efficient behaviours. With this findings also suggest that community-based initiatives might be an adequate means to challenge social norms and to bring about change.
The Battle Of The Buildings - Puerto Rico is an ENERGY STAR Energy Savings Competition challenging building owners, managers, and occupants to reducing their energy and water consumption the most.
We invite, consultants, engineers, contractors, and private & public organizations to registering buildings to compete for the chance to being recognized during the Puerto Rico Energy Efficiency & Sustainability Awards ceremony to be held early 2017. The challenge runs from January 1 through November 30, 2016. During that time, competitors will work to cut energy and water waste using ENERGY STAR tools.
For more details visit: http://labatalladelosedificios.com
Assisting Energy Management in Smart Buildings and MicrogridsAndrea Monacchi
Increasing the use of renewable sources for energy generation bring in the power grid a stochasticity that needs to be addressed with appropriate control mechanism. Demand response is one of such a kind of control mechanism. In particular a price is used to reflect the current availability and demand of energy. Based on this concept we investigate possible use of a price signal to coordinate the operation of small electrical prosumers. In addition we provide interactive means that can assist human decision makers.
Enabeling consumer behaviour transformation through Serious Games – The SAVE ...jmraposo
Enabeling consumer behaviour transformation through Serious Games – The SAVE ENERGY case study , made by João Raposo at the Second International Conference on Serious Games Development & Applications (SGDA) in
Lisbon on 20 September 2011
UKUPA WUD09 Debra Lilley: Reducing Household Energy UseUXPA UK
Carbon, Control and Comfort is a three-year collaborative research project aiming to engage users in the design of control systems that they like, that allow them to create the comfort conditions they want and which, through using the technology and fabric of their homes more effectively, reduces their energy use. This presentation will discuss how occupants' comfort practices impact upon energy use and the socio-technical, usability, design and ethical factors which could inform the development of new devices or systems that enhance and promote energy reducing comfort practices.
Integrating water and energy efficiency - building regulations and beyondAaron Burton
Title: Wales Low Zero Carbon Hub – Integrating water and energy efficiency – building regulations and beyond
Date: Thursday 8th March 2012
Location: Cardiff (venue details provided with registration confirmation)
http://www.cewales.org.uk/2012/03/wales-low-zero-carbon-hub-integrating-water-and-energy-efficiency-%E2%80%93-building-regulations-and-beyond-cardiff/#more-4181
Energy Efficient Prefetching – from Models to ImplementationXiao Qin
With the rapid growth of the production and storage of large scale data sets it is important to investigate methods to drive the cost of storage systems down. We are currently in the midst of an information explosion and large scale storage centers are increasingly used to help store generated data. There are several methods to bring the cost of large scale storage centers down and we investigate a technique that focuses on transitioning storage disks into lower power states. This talk introduces a model of disk systems that leverages disk access patterns to prefetch popular sets of data to produce energy saving opportunities. Using the model we have developed a simulator that allows us to quickly change various parameters to investigate the relationship that file access patterns, disk energy parameters, and simulation parameters have on the overall energy efficiency of disk systems. To help improve the validity of our simulation results we leveraged the validated disk simulator, DiskSim, and added disk power models to DiskSim. This allowed us to test our energy efficient strategies with a validated storage system simulator.
The last part of this talk focuses on implementing a large scale storage system virtual file system. We introduce the Energy Efficient Virtual File System, or EEVFS, to mange the data placement and disk states in a cluster storage system. Our modeling and simulation results indicated that large data sizes and knowledge about the disk access pattern are valuable for storage system energy savings techniques. Storage servers that support applications that stream media is one key area that would benefit from our strategies. The final idea introduced in this talk is the concept of parallel striping groups, which attempt to improve the performance of EEVFS while maintaining energy savings.
In the second installment of its Conscious Consumers series, Invoke explored the green behaviors that consumers are actually practicing at home and what key drivers and barriers exist around the adoption of these habits.
This study used Invoke’s Live online, real-time research platform to speak to a sample made up of 104 individuals plus Invoke’s Open asynchronous platform made up of 104 individuals (total sample = 208).
On December 10, 2012, Senior Research Fellow Dr Mark Harrison addressed an audience of more than twenty people on intergenerational equity of climate change analysis in the latest SMART Seminar.
Dr Harrison reviewed intergenerational equity and discount rates in climate change analysis and argued that proponents of a low rate of mitigation have a “strange view of ethical issues not shared by the general public.”
He argued that it would improve policy evaluation to use traditional cost benefit analysis techniques, simplifying the debates and separating empirical and ethical issues. Dr Harrison examined myths about discounting techniques in the climate change literature, including the need to appropriately adjust for risk to assess the value of different policies.
Dr Harrison said it was extremely valuable to weigh up the total costs and benefits of policies, and that many of the major assessments of climate change probability ignored possible changes in growth rates of both production and consumption, and population.
Shane Donnellan, senior behaviour change specialist, Changeworks
Visit the CharityComms website to view slides from past events, see what events we have coming up and to check out what else we do: www.charitycomms.org.uk
Messaging Environmental Behaviors during COVID-19Brooke Tully
It can be hard to know how and when to continue our messages on conservation and environmental behaviors. This slideshare explores ways to stay relevant and heard, while remaining empathetic and appropriate.
The role of business in the transformation to a post-growth, post-consumer so...Wilmette Institute
Based on concepts from ELEVEN by Paul Hanley, business can be seen as both an active and passive participant in a world at risk due to consumerism and its consequences, and economic planning based on an ethos of never-ending growth. In his book ELEVEN, Paul Hanley uses multiple sources to present a clear and logical description of the genesis of the current paradigm and where it is inexorably leading. Science informs us that the current economic order is unsustainable. With the world population projected to rise another 50% to 11 billion by 2100, current economic and environmental issues will deepen and turn catastrophic. As the notion that there is a spiritual aspect to reality fades into anachronism, the sustainability crisis deepens.
The core proposal of the book and the learnshop is that the solution to the seemingly insurmountable and catastrophic issues facing the world today can be found through a comprehensive public education approach that leads to profound ethical-social-ecological transformation. Such a program can be spearheaded by responsible business and their activities in the community —for example, supporting neighbourhood grass roots initiatives. Business can play play an enabling role in this process. It can reorient advertisements that suggest how consumer goods should not define us and symbolise who we are, and instead promote environmental and moral values that result in a sustainable future. Instead of a focus on profits only, business can support communities to transform, and demonstrate by example that “avarice and self-interest (need not) prevail at the expense of the common good.” Ultimately, in order to realistically address world issues, businesses will need to live a new morality, contribute to a reduction in excessive consumption, and renounce the paradigm of continuous economic growth. A sustainable, values-based reality needs to be made visible through education, particularly moral education, starting with children and youth.
What new insights or learning do you hope your learnshop will provoke?
To investigate the present environmental and economic issues so that our awareness is improved, and that we can clearly explain why a change in paradigm is essential. The learnshop will seek to gain insight and understanding about the issues facing the world and the role of business. Through discussion and sharing of ideas we hope brainstorm what could and should be done to address these issues – both the possible and the desirable. Which values/virtues are present and absent in the current paradigm? How to select a plan of action in the face of confusing messages and “false news.” Which virtues or values, if implemented, have the greatest potential for affecting constructive change? Finally what are the barriers to change that need to be overcome. What are the main themes that can be effectively addressed by the business community and what methods and materials are needed to address them?
Updated revision presentation on aspects of behavioural economics and topical issues where behavioural nudges are being used to change the choices of consumers and businesses.
IoT Device Management using open standards end-to-endPilgrim Beart
A talk given by Pilgrim Beart to the Thames Valley IoT Meetup on 26th May 2016. This covers Pilgrim's experiences of scaling-up connected services such as AlertMe (Hive) and how a set of open IP-compatible standards now makes it possible to deploy and manage IoT systems in an open and interoperable fashion, creating an ecosystem which benefits customers and vendors alike.
"Smart Energy - now its personal".
(Watch talk video at http://conferences.theiet.org/clerk-maxwell/about/index.cfm).
A talk to the Institution of Engineering and Technology about how upcoming energy innovations will change how we consume energy in the home.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
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Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
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Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...
Changing behaviour - harnessing the power of the consumer
1. Changing behaviour - harnessing the power of the consumer
Can a cultural shift be achieved in how people use energy?
Talk for the Foundation for Science and Technology
24th November 2010
Pilgrim Beart – Founder Director, AlertMe
2. Tonight
• Domestic consumption is a big part of the problem
• Consumer psychology
• Ways to deliver change
TONIGHT
1
3. Domestic consumption
• Consumers are a big part of the carbon emissions problem
• 30% of all UK energy is consumed at home
DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION
2
4. Domestic consumption
• Consumers are a big part of the carbon emissions problem
• 30% of all UK energy is consumed at home
DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION
About 50% of the nation’s energy
is consumed directly by you and me!
3
5. Domestic consumption
• Consumers can be a big part of the carbon emissions solution
• 30% of all UK energy is consumed at home
DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION
About 50% of the nation’s energy
is consumed directly by you and me!
4
6. Consumer psychology
How do consumers think?
Abstract Concrete
Consuming Energy Using a washing machine
Motivation – Empowerment = Frustration
CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY
Motivation + Empowerment = Action
5
7. Consumer psychology
Motivation: Money!
• Energy bills ≈9% of disposable income
• 90% of householders concerned about bills
• Standing charge exactly the wrong model
• Rule of thumb: 1W = £1/year
CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY
6
8. Consumer psychology
We are social animals
• Motivated by Competition and Collaboration
CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY
7
9. Consumer psychology
What empowers consumers?
• Householders today feel un-empowered
• They view energy bill as outside their control
• Like mortgage or rent
• Bring energy costs into the here-and-now
• Per-use
• Associate cost with use
CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY
8
12. Consumer psychology
Analytics – beyond kW and kWh
• from Data into Information
CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY
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13. Consumer psychology
Segmentation
“He who would do good to another, must do it in Minute Particulars.
General Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite and flatterer”
Blake
• There are challenges for every segment
• Affluent – cost not an issue, but reputation is
• Sociable middle class – community peer pressure
• Children and young adults – education and online
• Social housing – local government
CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY
• Home Workers – as extension to CRC
• Some offer a particular challenges:
• Elderly – ensure they don’t economise, help insulate
• Illiterate/Innumerate – need non-numerical visual representation
• Less well off – help with false economies, help to budget
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14. Consumer psychology
If you can’t understand numbers…
Coloured speedometer
CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY
Ambient light :
At Home Tumble Drier Away/Night
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15. Consumer psychology
Reveal false economies
CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY
• If you buy, A class £1000 cheaper over 10 years Assumptions:
5 washes/week
• If you rent, A class immediately cheaper electricity at 13p/kWh
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17. Consumer psychology
Sustainability lessons learned
• Consumers do embrace sustainability
• CFL’s, Recycling
• Lessons:
• Visibility
• Convenience
• Communicate, before exhorting or compelling
• Call-to-action, e.g. bill shock
CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY
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18. Delivering change
What options do we have to stimulate change?
A. “Force”: Tax energy, rollout Smart Meters without
consultation, forcibly insulate homes, enforce personal
carbon rationing
B. “Business”: Utility-led change. Against their interests?
DELIVERING CHANGE
C. “Consumer-led”: Encouraged but not enabled.
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19. Delivering change
Roles in the transition
• Government
• Enable before Enforce
• Utilities
• Already started transition to Energy Services
• Will roll out Smart Meters
• Vital to put consumers first & offer them a benefit
• UK has golden chance to get it right
DELIVERING CHANGE
• Consumer “pull” Consumer
• Empowered by service providers
• …driven by competition Govt
Business
• Enable Socialise Enforce
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20. Delivering change
New models of engagement
• House-by-house expert advice, standing by their
estimates
• Demand Response (Comverge)
• The trend from products to services
• ESCO, selling temperature not energy
• Rent-a-roof
• Everything as a service
• Personal carbon targets?
DELIVERING CHANGE
• myemissionsexchange.com
• Capped demand (Eigg)
• C2C
5kW max
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21. Delivering change
National vs. Individual
National
DELIVERING CHANGE
Personal
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23. Delivering change
Consumer behaviour through the transition
Overall home energy usage and bill over time
“Usage Shock” Possible Net Bill Position
Better tariff
Turn off standby Reductions necessary to offset likely future
Identify consumer energy price rises
appliances
Smarter use
using most More efficient appliances
energy Use
Sustained usage levels “Free” energy contribution - self
appliances
generation (eg. Solar panels)
DELIVERING CHANGE
more cost
effectively
Reveal Reduce Renew
Stages of Behaviour Change
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24. Conclusion
• Consumers present a big part of the problem
• We won’t hit our targets without them
• Consumer psychology
• Money is top motivator
• Explain appliance cost of ownership up front
• Bring per-use costs into the “here & now”
• Make Smart Meters open to the future
• Everyone is different
• Major outreach programme around Smart Meters
• Our deregulated market empowers consumers
CONCLUSION
• Several ways to deliver change
• But the consumer is at the heart of them all
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25. Changing behaviour
Harnessing the power of the consumer
Can a cultural shift be achieved in how people use energy?
Talk for the Foundation for Science and Technology
24th November 2010
Pilgrim Beart – Founder Director, AlertMe