IEA committee appoint UCC researcher

摘要

Dr Brian 6 Gallachoir, MIEI, UCC has been elected Chairperson to the International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Committee of the Energy Technology Systems Analysis Programme (ETSAP). ETSAP is the Implementing Agreement of the IEA that develops energy systems modelling tools to inform energy policy decisions and energy research programmes for the short (to 2020), medium (to 2050) and long term (to 2100). Ireland participated in IEA-ETSAP in the 1970s and 1980s, securing observer status in 2008 and full membership in 2009. Dr 6 Gallachoir has represented Ireland on the IEA-ETSAP Executive Committee since 2008. Dr 6 Gallachoir, a native of Tallaght in Dublin, is a lecturer in energy engineering in UCC and principal investigator of energy policy and modelling research in the Environmental Research Institute (ERI). He coordinates UCC's taught Masters Programme (MEngSc) in Sustainable Energy and is co-instigator of UCC's BE Degree in Energy Engineering. He has a team of 13 researchers (mostly PhD students) based in the ERI that are actively researching, publishing and engaging with policy makers and industry. His research group focuses on modelling sectoral energy demand and energy efficiency and building a TIMES energy systems model for Ireland to inform energy and climate policy. Dr 6 Gallachoir is also a Strategic Advisor to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland's (SEAI) Energy Policy Statistical Support Unit and SEAI's Energy Modelling Group.