All Outputs (11)

Assessing the Impacts of Advanced Heating Controls in UK Households: A Comparative Study and Systematic Review (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morton, A. (2023, November). Assessing the Impacts of Advanced Heating Controls in UK Households: A Comparative Study and Systematic Review. Presented at Behave 2023: The 7th European Conference on Behaviour Change for Energy Efficiency, Maastrich, The Netherlands

With climate change presenting unprecedented challenges globally, the need for effective, and sustainable, energy transition measures have become increasingly paramount. The domestic sector, whilst responsible for a substantial share of energy consum... Read More about Assessing the Impacts of Advanced Heating Controls in UK Households: A Comparative Study and Systematic Review.

Engaging the Owner Occupier towards a Net Zero future via a Persona Modelling Framework (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morton, A., Rowlatt, J., Reeves, A., & Brown, N. (2022, November). Engaging the Owner Occupier towards a Net Zero future via a Persona Modelling Framework. Poster presented at BECC 2022, Washington, DC

The U.K. government commissions an annual English Housing Survey and then uses Acorn consumer classification software to produce 5 personae to plan policy around. However, they do not create tailored engagement plans to enact them, rather they follow... Read More about Engaging the Owner Occupier towards a Net Zero future via a Persona Modelling Framework.

The good, the bad and the ugly: Real live stories of end-user engagement evaluation in energy efficiency projects. (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bull, R., Morton, A., & Reeves, A. (2021, June). The good, the bad and the ugly: Real live stories of end-user engagement evaluation in energy efficiency projects. Presented at eceee Summer Study on energy efficiency: a new reality?, Online

Evaluating engagement for energy efficiency projects often uncovers barriers around end-users’ understanding and acceptance, or issues of trust surrounding interventions, technological advances, and new policies. Monitoring and evaluating end-user en... Read More about The good, the bad and the ugly: Real live stories of end-user engagement evaluation in energy efficiency projects..

ICT in context: co-designing energy efficiency ICT-based interventions from the ground up (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morton, A., Reeves, A., & Bull, R. (2021, June). ICT in context: co-designing energy efficiency ICT-based interventions from the ground up. Presented at eceee Summer Study - Energy Efficiency: a new reality?, Online

In an ever-increasing digital environment, the need for successful utilisation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) within energy efficiency interventions is never more prominent. The use of ICT can aid the digitalisation of actions, i... Read More about ICT in context: co-designing energy efficiency ICT-based interventions from the ground up.

Behavioral Change towards EE by Utilizing ICT Tools (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hoffrichter, A., Zacharis, E., Katsifaraki, A., Morton, A., Calleja, G., Fuligni, F., Batic, M., Dorokhova, M., Castelli, N., Kanellos, K., & Nguyen, T. (2020, October). Behavioral Change towards EE by Utilizing ICT Tools. Presented at The 8th Annual International Sustainable Places Conference (SP 2020), Online

Due to end-users’ habit being one of the prominent factors influencing building performance, changing user behavior to encourage energy efficient habits has tremendous potential to facilitate energy savings. Four ongoing European projects, eTeacher,... Read More about Behavioral Change towards EE by Utilizing ICT Tools.

Empowering and Engaging European building users for energy efficiency (2020)
Journal Article
Morton, A., Reeves, A., Bull, R., & Preston, S. (2020). Empowering and Engaging European building users for energy efficiency. Energy Research and Social Science, 70, Article 101772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101772

Amidst the challenge of improving energy efficiency in the built environment, increasing attention is being put on how to engage and empower building users. Research shows that improving and widening user engagement, such as involving users in co-des... Read More about Empowering and Engaging European building users for energy efficiency.

A domestic operational rating for UK homes: Concept, formulation and application (2019)
Journal Article
Lomas, K., Beizaee, A., Allinson, D., Haines, V., Beckhelling, J., Loveday, D., Porritt, S., Mallaband, B., & Morton, A. (2019). A domestic operational rating for UK homes: Concept, formulation and application. Energy and Buildings, 201, 90-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.07.021

A Domestic Operational Rating (DOR) scheme is presented for assessing the energy performance of occupied dwellings. The DOR is complementary to the method used to generate the asset rating of UK dwellings: the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP). The... Read More about A domestic operational rating for UK homes: Concept, formulation and application.

eTEACHER - Design for Behaviour Change for Energy End-Users (2017)
Report
Reeves, A., Morton, A., & Bull, R. (2017). eTEACHER - Design for Behaviour Change for Energy End-Users. European Commission

This short report provides an overview of key concepts related to behaviour change initiatives to save energy in buildings. It draws upon the teaching and research experience of the authors, along with initial findings from a review of literature whi... Read More about eTEACHER - Design for Behaviour Change for Energy End-Users.

Heating use in UK homes (2017)
Thesis
Morton, A. Heating use in UK homes. (Thesis). Loughborough University

Within the UK, space heating accounts for 66% of the total domestic energy used. New heating controls may offer a means to reduce this figure and help meet the UK s target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. However these technologies w... Read More about Heating use in UK homes.

Temperature variations in UK heated homes (2012)
Thesis
Morton, A. Temperature variations in UK heated homes. (Thesis). Loughborough University

The domestic sector accounted for 30.5% of the 2010 final UK energy consumption, of which around 66% was used towards space heating. The energy consumption within domestic buildings can be influenced by various factors ranging from the household char... Read More about Temperature variations in UK heated homes.

Shifting the energy balance – understanding the end-users’ needs for energy information in buildings
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morton, A., Reeves, A., & Bull, R. (2022, June). Shifting the energy balance – understanding the end-users’ needs for energy information in buildings. Presented at 3rd International Conference on Energy Research & Social Science, Manchester, UK

We are often told we have power at our fingertips when it comes to technology now with more control and connectivity with recent advances, let alone the potential possibilities from future technology. But what does this mean for energy, and more spec... Read More about Shifting the energy balance – understanding the end-users’ needs for energy information in buildings.