ARRIVE
A socio-technical approach for designing and implementing the heat transition in the built environment
Designing and integrating a socio-technical (Systems of Systems) approach in buildings.
The built environment is a key sector in need of transformation to reduce CO2 emissions and energy consumption.
An increasingly accepted notion to decarbonize energy sectors is the so-called 鈥渟ystem of systems鈥� (SoS) approach, in which all energy carriers (e.g. heating, cooling, H2, water etc.) are integrated into one system and in which the electricity carrier serves as the backbone. A 鈥淪oS鈥� approach is especially relevant for buildings and their energy systems鈥� transformation. Yet, transforming our energy systems in the built environment (and beyond) requires much more than technological changes. Technological innovations are intimately interwoven with social questions, for example relating to acceptance and ownership but also to access and justice.
As post doc on the ARRIVE project you will be contributing to knowledge and practice for making the much-needed energy transition in our homes and buildings more responsible, just and inclusive.
Principle lead
Postdoc
Natascha van Bommel
Involved researcher
Samantha Timmer