Students Achieving Valuable Energy Savings 2

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Analysis of current trends in the rental accommodation market for students

This task is about the analysis of current trends in the provision and the selection of private student accommodation. This task will be performed at the beginning of the project since its findings are expected to provide valuable insight and input for the design of the information campaign for private accommodation. Both stakeholders of the rental property market in each country (landlords/housing providers) and students living in private accommodation (tenants) will be considered for this study so as for all views on the topic to be captured and documented. From the perspective of the housing providers the following issues will be investigated: thoughts about energy efficiency, barriers/motivations for energy refurbishment and EPC certification, experience with students as tenants and profile of tenants they are after will be studied. From the side of the tenant we will look at issues including: thoughts about energy efficiency, drivers of housing choices, drivers of appliance choices, views from their e

"Quantifying the increase in energy awareness of students living in private accommodation in academic year #3"

Changes in the awareness levels of students living in private accommodation will be evaluated through pre- and post-intervention incentivised online surveys. The assessment will also investigate any occurrences of rebound or spillover effects in students. All participating students will be encouraged to complete a baseline survey before the information campaigns are started, so we can identify existing information and awareness levels (Sept 2017; Sept 2018 and Sept 2019). All students that completed the baseline will be encouraged to complete a follow-up survey (May 2018; May 2019; May 2020). The surveys will be promoted through the appropriate media in each country, to ensure high response rates, as outlined in task 5.5. The target response rate is 5% of those we are able to reach in the private-rented sector (noting that in some cases the reach will be via third parties such as other universities/students’ unions who disseminate our materials but whose students we are not able to reach/survey directly ourselves). At the end of each academic year pre- and post-intervention surveys will be analysed to identify changes that could be attributable to the project. In this assessment any differences between students having lived in dormitories before moving into private accommodation and may have participated in Student Switch Off will also be investigated.

"Quantifying the behavioural change and energy savings attributable to the Student Switch Off campaign in academic year #1"

This report will outline the effectiveness of the Student Switch Off campaign through: a) Energy savings b) Behaviour change The methodology for the determination of energy savings will be based on the International Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP) and the “eeMeasure” methodology (http://eemeasure.smartspaces.eu) developed for the EC ICT Policy Support Programme (ICT-PSP). This will include a methodology for the establishment of a baseline at each dormitory and a common approach for calculating and reporting savings. Consumption data collected at each dormitory in the baseline period will be used to establish consumption models. These models will provide a basis for comparison over the project period to quantify energy savings. NUS-UK will be the leader of this subtask. Changes in the behaviour of students in participating dormitories will be evaluated through pre- and post-competition incentivised online surveys. All students in participating dormitories will be encouraged to complete a

"Quantifying the behavioural change and energy savings attributable to the Student Switch Off campaign in academic year #3"

This report will outline the effectiveness of the Student Switch Off campaign through: a) Energy savings b) Behaviour change Consumption data collected at each dormitory in the baseline period will be used to establish consumption models. These models will provide a basis for comparison over the project period to quantify energy savings. NUS-UK will be the leader of this subtask. Changes in the behaviour of students in participating dormitories will be evaluated through pre- and post-competition incentivised online surveys. All students in participating dormitories will be encouraged to complete a baseline survey before their local energy-saving competitions get established, so we can identify existing energy-saving attitudes, behaviours and habits (Sept 2017; Sept 2018 and Sept 2019 for new tenants in dormitories with increased occupancy change rates only). All students that completed the baseline survey will be encouraged to complete a follow-up survey (May 2018; May 2019; May 2020). The surveys will be promoted through various media, to ensure high response rates, as outlined in task 5.5. The target response rate is 15% to baseline survey and 15% to the follow-up survey At the end of each academic year pre- and post-competition surveys will be analysed to identify attitudinal, behavioural and habitual changes relating to energy conservation that could be attributable to the project. NKUA will lead this subtask.

"Common Performance Indicator update #2"

This deliverable will give information on energy-savings triggered by the project to data, and the number of people reached by SAVES 2 activities.

"Common Performance Indicator update #3"

This deliverable will give information on energy-savings triggered by the project to data, and the number of people reached by SAVES 2 activities.

"Quantifying the increase in energy awareness of students living in private accommodation in academic year #2"

Changes in the awareness levels of students living in private accommodation will be evaluated through pre- and post-intervention incentivised online surveys. The assessment will also investigate any occurrences of rebound or spillover effects in students. All participating students will be encouraged to complete a baseline survey before the information campaigns are started, so we can identify existing information and awareness levels (Sept 2017; Sept 2018 and Sept 2019). All students that completed the baseline will be encouraged to complete a follow-up survey (May 2018; May 2019; May 2020). The surveys will be promoted through the appropriate media in each country, to ensure high response rates, as outlined in task 5.5. The target response rate is 5% of those we are able to reach in the private-rented sector (noting that in some cases the reach will be via third parties such as other universities/students’ unions who disseminate our materials but whose students we are not able to reach/survey directly ourselves). At the end of each academic year pre- and post-intervention surveys will be analysed to identify changes that could be attributable to the project. In this assessment any differences between students having lived in dormitories before moving into private accommodation and may have participated in Student Switch Off will also be investigated.

"Annual report by each work package 2 Country Manager year #3"

At the end of each academic year the Country Managers will compile the data from across all the dormitories in their country to detail the way their energy-saving competitions were run, the number of student champions signed-up, calculated energy savings, and evidence of student engagement. These reports will be produced in collaboration with work package 5, will feed into the overall project statistics, and will be shared on the project website so other accommodation providers in each partner country can see the impact of the project and what has worked well in each country. These annual national reports will be made available via the project website and Country Managers will share them with other universities within their country to build further interest in the project.

Feedback from students moving out of dormitories on drivers of housing choices

A focus group will be performed in each country at the end of the first year of SSO implementation in dorms. The aim of this focus group will be to determine: • the aspects of Student Switch Off that students will preserve when they will move into private accommodation • the aspects of Student Switch Off that were impactful and that are likely to impact on future energy-related behaviours • the drivers of housing choices in different countries of students moving out from dorms into private accommodation. The focus group will specifically target students moving out of dorms into private accommodation and that have participated in Student Switch Off. It will run in June 2017 in Cyprus, Greece, Lithuania and the UK and May 2018 in the Republic of Ireland, Romania and Bulgaria where the SSO campaign will have run for the first year. The findings of the focus groups will be used for the update of the information campaign for private accommodation.

"Common Performance Indicator update #1"

This deliverable will give information on energy-savings triggered by the project to data, and the number of people reached by SAVES 2 activities.

"Quantifying the behavioural change and energy savings attributable to the Student Switch Off campaign in academic year #2"

This report will outline the effectiveness of the Student Switch Off campaign through: a) Energy savings b) Behaviour change Consumption data collected at each dormitory in the baseline period will be used to establish consumption models. These models will provide a basis for comparison over the project period to quantify energy savings. NUS-UK will be the leader of this subtask. Changes in the behaviour of students in participating dormitories will be evaluated through pre- and post-competition incentivised online surveys. All students in participating dormitories will be encouraged to complete a baseline survey before their local energy-saving competitions get established, so we can identify existing energy-saving attitudes, behaviours and habits (Sept 2017; Sept 2018 and Sept 2019 for new tenants in dormitories with increased occupancy change rates only). All students that completed the baseline survey will be encouraged to complete a follow-up survey (May 2018; May 2019; May 2020). The surveys will be promoted through various media, to ensure high response rates, as outlined in task 5.5. The target response rate is 15% to baseline survey and 15% to the follow-up survey At the end of each academic year pre- and post-competition surveys will be analysed to identify attitudinal, behavioural and habitual changes relating to energy conservation that could be attributable to the project. NKUA will lead this subtask.

"Quantifying the increase in energy awareness of students living in private accommodation in academic year #1"

Changes in the awareness levels of students living in private accommodation will be evaluated through pre- and post-intervention incentivised online surveys. The assessment will also investigate any occurrences of rebound or spillover effects in students. All participating students will be encouraged to complete a baseline survey before the information campaigns are started, so we can identify existing information and awareness levels (Sept 2017; Sept 2018 and Sept 2019). All students that completed the baseline will be encouraged to complete a follow-up survey (May 2018; May 2019; May 2020). The surveys will be promoted through the appropriate media in each country, to ensure high response rates, as outlined in task 5.5. The target response rate is 5% of those we are able to reach in the private-rented sector (noting that in some cases the reach will be via third parties such as other universities/students’ unions who disseminate our materials but whose students we are not able to reach/survey directly our

"Annual report by each work package 2 Country Manager year #2"

At the end of each academic year the Country Managers will compile the data from across all the dormitories in their country to detail the way their energy-saving competitions were run, the number of student champions signed-up, calculated energy savings, and evidence of student engagement. These reports will be produced in collaboration with work package 5, will feed into the overall project statistics, and will be shared on the project website so other accommodation providers in each partner country can see the impact of the project and what has worked well in each country. These annual national reports will be made available via the project website and Country Managers will share them with other universities within their country to build further interest in the project.

"Annual report by each work package 2 Country Manager year #1"

At the end of each academic year the Country Managers will compile the data from across all the dormitories in their country to detail the way their energy-saving competitions were run, the number of student champions signed-up, calculated energy savings, and evidence of student engagement. These reports will be produced in collaboration with work package 5, will feed into the overall project statistics, and will be shared on the project website so other accommodation providers in each partner country can see the impact of the project and what has worked well in each country. These annual national reports will be made available via the project website and Country Managers will share them with other universities within their country to build further interest in the project.

Final version of energy dashboard following feedback, iterations and improvement

Completion of final version of the dashboard following input, feedback and iterations from students and partners

"Communication materials on smart meters and EPCs #1 - aimed at students moving into the private rented sector"

When students are moving into their new rented property, advice will be provided on purchasing energy efficient appliances, on how to manage their appliances (e.g. on boiler/central heating controls) and on their rights at tenants (e.g. their rights to switch energy supplier, to request a smart meter from their energy company). This advice will be sent directly to students via e-mail and social media from their university/students’ union accommodation/welfare teams and from Student Switch Off e-mail lists from when the students were living in dormitories. Around the time that students move in to their new property (Sept/Oct), each university/students’ union will run a training session aimed at students who have just moved into the private rented sector. This training session will be also attended by a selection of students who have already lived in the private rented sector (in many cases former Student Switch Off Ambassadors) to share their experiences with students who have just started to live in the s

SAVES webpages launched

The project will most likely continue to use the ‘SAVES’ website that brought together Student Switch Off campaigns across Europe in 2014-2016 through Intelligent Energy Europe funding. Individual country pages will be developed and used as instruments to disseminate information on both the Student Switch Off campaign and for students moving to the private-rented sector. This will include: - information on smart meters, the rights that student tenants have to request them from their energy provider, and how students can use smart meters to identify energy wastage in the home - information on Energy Performance Certificates, guidelines on requesting to see an EPC at the point of renting a property and on avoiding F and G-rated properties - information on how to save energy in private accommodation – closely linked with the time of the year (e.g. guidance on heating controls as the heating season commences) - information on energy efficient appliances (where applicable) Materials will be fully downloadab

"Communication materials on smart meters and EPCs #3 – aimed at those leaving halls of residence and moving into the private rented sector"

When students are looking for accommodation, materials (videos, online content, flyers) will be provided with advice on what to look for from a new property in order to minimise their exposure to fuel poverty – e.g. encouraging students to request to see an Energy Performance Certificate from their landlord, to choose a property with a good EPC rating and check on the energy rating of the appliances in the property. Material will be integrated into housing advice training, into online housing advice provided by each university to their students and communicated directly to students involved in the Student Switch Off who are planning to move out of their dormitory at the end of the academic year.

"Communication materials on smart meters and EPCs #2 – aimed at students who are currently living in the private-rented sector"

When students are living in their new rented property, advice will be provided on a monthly basis over the academic year, particularly focussed on tips for energy-saving, managing energy bills and, for those with smart meters in their property, how they can use their in-home displays to identify energy-wastage to reduce their energy expenditure. Again, this advice will be sent directly to students via e-mail and social media from their university/students’ union accommodation/welfare teams and from Student Switch Off e-mail lists from when the students were living in dormitories. Smart meter delivery organisations in each country will be engaged to ensure the advice is up to date and accurate.

Student Switch Off webpages launched

To complement the project website described below, social media fan pages will be created for each participating dormitory provider; these will be dynamic with the ability to give students the opportunity to post photos, comments and share experiences with their peers. These fan pages will use project branding and will be updated on ongoing basis by dormitory coordinators with energy-related information and competitions. The social media platform will be adapted to the needs of each country and will most likely be Facebook and Instagram as they are the most widely-used social media platform amongst students.

Branded local energy competition posters

Engagement materials to complement the student engagement activities in work package 2 will be created for countries new to Student Switch Off (Republic of Ireland, Romania and Bulgaria). The promotional materials will be used as part of student engagement activities when running the Student Switch Off campaign and will include posters for the competition.

First version of Energy Dashboard for all participating universities

All participating universities/dormitory providers will be displayed and set up on the dashboard.

Branded promotional items

Engagement materials to complement the student engagement activities in work package 2 will be created for countries new to Student Switch Off (Republic of Ireland, Romania and Bulgaria). The promotional materials will be used as part of student engagement activities when running the Student Switch Off campaign (site visits, launch events etc) and will include posters, leaflets, cotton bags, t-shirts. Partner countries that are already running Student Switch Off (Cyprus, Greece, Lithuania and the UK) may have additional communication materials produced on an ad hoc basis over the 42 months depending what new communication opportunities/platforms arise.

Publikacje

Alleviating energy poverty experienced by students living in private rented accommodation: The role of the housing provider

Autorzy: Vasileios Ntouros, Marina Laskari, Magdalena Iordache-Platis, Margarita-Niki Assimakopoulos, Joanna romanowicz, Vasileios Lontorfos
Opublikowane w: Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence, Numer 13/1, 2019, Strona(/y) 1009-1020, ISSN 2558-9652
Wydawca: Sciendo
DOI: 10.2478/picbe-2019-0088

An analysis of the determining factors of fuel poverty among students living in the privaterented sector in Europe and its impact on their well-being

Autorzy: Kousis, Ioannis; Laskari, Marina; Ntouros, Vasileios; Assimakopoulos, Margarita-Niki; Romanowicz, Joanna
Opublikowane w: Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy Volume 15, 2020 - Numer 2: Energy Poverty, 2020, ISSN 1556-7249
Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/15567249.2020.1773579

Integrating Energy Saving Awareness into Student Engagement-Based Teaching and Learning Process

Autorzy: Magdalena Iordache Platis, Joanna Romanowicz
Opublikowane w: Sustainability, Numer 12/22, 2020, Strona(/y) 9626, ISSN 2071-1050
Wydawca: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su12229626

Competing priorities: lessons in engaging students to achieve energy savings in universities

Autorzy: Richard Bull, Joanna Romanowicz, Neil Jennings, Marina Laskari, Graeme Stuart, Dave Everitt
Opublikowane w: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Numer 19/7, 2018, Strona(/y) 1220-1238, ISSN 1467-6370
Wydawca: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
DOI: 10.1108/ijshe-09-2017-0157

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