Research & Analysis

Joshua has extensive experience of research in the fields of renewable energy, energy policy-making and energy strategy. Before coming to CSE as Head of Research and Analysis, he was first Strategy Adviser and then Principal Policy Officer with regard to energy at the Greater London Authority, where he was involved in managing and designing a wide range of research and implementation projects around themes of renewable energy deployment, energy efficiency and fuel poverty.

Joshua'­s experience includes:

• researching, collating, mapping and presenting energy and CO2 emissions data for use in the Mayor of London'­s Energy Strategy
• analysing the effects of various energy policy scenarios in relation to climate change
• providing energy expertise in planning negotiations and decisions
• leading on policy input into the development of the Climate Change Agency
• developing, fundraising and managing a London-wide study of the opportunities for community heating and CHP through biomass

A tangible example of Joshua's success in integrating the results of sustainable energy research projects into mainstream work of local energy developers and planning authorities, is the fact that 11 of the 36 London Boroughs now have energy planning policy documents based on work that Joshua pioneered between 2000 and 2005.

Joshua holds an MSc in environmental technology (specialising in energy policy) and a BSc (Hons) in chemistry. He has previously lived and worked in France and the USA, where he researched issues related to petroleum resource depletion and climate change.

joshua.thumim@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1439

Toby joined CSE in January 2010. Toby has a range of analytical and research skills, including qualitative and quantitative analysis of spreadsheets and datasets, strong mathematical and numerical skills, and extensive experience of analysing scientific and technical literature.

He has worked on a number of projects at CSE, including the DECC National Housing Model Scoping Exercise, the Southwest and Westminster Heat Maps, Improvement Prophet and the Distributional Impacts Model for Policy and Strategic Analysis (DIMPSA).

Before joining CSE, he worked in sustainable energy research for over five years. He completed a PhD in 2008 as part of the Supergen Bioenergy Consortium and then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Leeds. His work has focused primarily on bioenergy, particularly analysis of sustainable fuels, and he has strong technical knowledge of renewable power and heat generation.

toby.bridgeman@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1435

Martin joined CSE as Technical Project Manager in May 2002. Martin's main role within CSE is to manage a portfolio of projects that are technical in nature. These include local authority support programmes, renewable energy feasibility studies and the management of energy audits within the private and public sectors. He also assists in the provision of general technical support throughout CSE. Martin is also a PRINCE2 qualified project manager.

His career experience also includes working overseas for an environmental consultancy in Ecuador, where he worked on implementing pollution control and energy-saving techniques in industry, and initiated a feasibility study on rural electrification using renewable sources of energy. More recently, Martin worked for PV Systems Ltd in Cardiff as a project engineer and was responsible for designing and installing monitoring systems for renewable energy installations both in the UK and abroad.

Martin holds an MSc in Renewable Energy Systems Technology and BSc (Hons) in Environmental Science. He also holds engineering qualifications, having served an apprenticeship with Rolls Royce plc, Bristol, after which he served for three years within the Test Measurement Department.

martin.holley@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1419

James joined CSE in December 2010 in the role of Technical Officer, and has since worked on a range of projects spanning technical, community and research areas. He has provided technical consultancy for various Energy Saving Trust projects, been involved in the auditing of community buildings and smallholdings, the analysis of several heating systems and provided support for various community focussed energy schemes.

Prior to joining CSE, James completed an internship in Seville, Spain where he was working with a renewable energy consultancy to provide research, technical and installation assistance. He was also involved in the development of an eco-house demonstration project in Nottingham during his studies, and also began working with a small sustainability consultancy, where his work involved technical research, feasibility studies, and renewable energy system design and installation.

After completing a BSc in International Development and Geography, which included six months studying in Ghana, James went on to study an MSc at The Centre for Alternative Technology in Architecture, Energy and Environment.

james.mullen@cse.org.uk | 0117 9341 420

Ian is a Senior Analyst at CSE and joined in 2001. He has more than a decade of experience working in sustainable energy practice and social research. His current role covers research into fuel poverty, consumer behaviour, hard-to-treat housing issues and scheme evaluation. Ian’s particular skills include energy modelling, data collection, analysis and survey work.

Ian is a leading expert on the distributional impacts of energy policy and his work in this area include: the development and application of the Distributional Impacts Model for Policy and Strategic Analysis; designing carbon taxation to protect low-income households for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s New Insights programme; examining the distributional impacts associated with UK Climate Change Policies; analysing the impact of the UK-wide feed-in tariff on low income consumers and researching into the nature, prevalence and distribution of fuel poverty in non-traditional homes in the UK.

Ian also has considerable expertise in energy and consumer behaviour, and projects in this area include: managing a trial of the Energy Saving Trust’s Market Segmentation Model; working with the Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE) and the Energy Saving Trust on a project for Consumer Focus to explore measures that might be supported under the Green Deal; managing Climate Change West, a multi-partner communications project to promote climate change awareness amongst the public and managing several studies examining consumer tariff-switching behaviour.

Prior to joining CSE Ian was based at the University of Birmingham Department of Public Health and Epidemiology as a researcher, and also worked as a project assistant at Ecotec.

Ian has a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Science from the University of Birmingham and graduated in 1998. Ian is also a member of the Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes Fuel Poverty Strategy Group, National Right to Fuel Campaign, and Public Utilities Access Forum.

ian.preston@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1422

Zoe joined CSE in 2006. She manages several projects at CSE including monitoring progress within the Islington Climate Change Partnership and an evaluation of the Citizens’ Advice Bureau’s Energy Best Deal programme. She supports a range of other projects, such as the East Midlands Renewable Energy and Heat Mapping Study and several renewable energy resource assessment projects.

Zoe works extensively with Geographic Information Systems to map heat demand and renewable energy resources. She has strong data analysis skills and has expertise in producing spreadsheet-based models. She also has an in-depth knowledge of UK and European energy policy and strong experience of working with local authorities, central government and third sector organisations to develop policy and programmes to promote sustainable energy and reduce fuel poverty.

Before joining CSE Zoe worked in the Renewable Energy Team at Standard Chartered Bank, undertaking research into the global renewable energy industry and carbon trading market, and developing cash flow models for wind farm projects.

Zoe has an MSc in Environmental Technology, specialising in Energy Policy, from Imperial College London, and a BA in Economics from Manchester University. As part of her MSc studies she undertook a research thesis on the role of the English regions in supporting renewable energy development, interviewing regional and local stakeholders in two regions.

zoe.redgrove@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1437

Royston joined CSE in 2011.His role has included working on a Technology Strategy Board funded project researching high-value applications of smart meter data. This mainly involves designing and implement a scalable software system for handling and analysing the huge amounts of data smart meters will generate. The work is a collaboration between CSE, Scottish & Southern Electricity, Western Power Distribution, and the University of Bristol.

Prior to joining CSE he worked at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories on applications of Information Technology to Sustainability. Here he concentrated on the opportunity for Digital Printing to reduce the GHG emissions of large-scale print applications such as newspapers, magazines and books. Originally a physicist Royston moved into software engineering – first at UK universities, then Apple Computer, before moving to Hewlett-Packard Laboratories. His main skills are software design and development, the application of advanced software tools to research problems and datasets, and systemic analysis of sustainability problems.

Royston lives in the north Derbyshire Peak District where he obsessively tries to lower the U-Value of his home – a converted Elizabethan Barn. He has a BSc in Physics from the University of Surrey and a PhD in Educational Technology from the Open University.

royston.sellman@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1416

Vicki joined CSE in 2006 and has since worked extensively on both quantitative and qualitative research projects, leading on statistical analysis of survey data and undertaking in-depth qualitative stakeholder and consumer interviews. A key area of expertise is in distributional impacts analysis, where she has supported a number of research projects utilising a dataset of UK household energy consumption derived from Expenditure and Food Survey data. Vicki has supported the development of the Distributional Impacts Model for Policy Scenario Analysis to help DECC analyse the distributional impacts on consumer energy bills of UK Climate Change Policies contained within the Low Carbon Transition Plan. Vicki also undertook statistical analysis of DIMPSA outputs in a related study for eaga Charitable Trust to examine the social justice implications of UK climate change policies and has completed two separate research projects on personal carbon trading.

Vicki has also worked on a number of fuel poverty related projects, including the update of the fuel poverty indicator; a quantitative study exploring the cost of eliminating fuel poverty; and a qualitative study into the attitudes and coping strategies of households living on a low income and in cold homes.

Prior to joining CSE Vicki worked for the Macaulay Institute for Land Use Research in Aberdeen. Based in the socio-economic research group, she supported a variety of research projects on sustainable rural development, with a particular focus on stakeholder engagement, participative approaches and partnership working. Specific research included developing new approaches to understanding public perceptions of landscapes.

Vicki graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2003 with a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Management. Her study included a short period of research in Indonesia, looking at the economic impact of ecotourism in South East Sulawesi.

vicki.white@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1434

Tom joined CSE in 2011, and has since worked on a variety of research projects including the National Heat Map, EDRP, Improvement Prophet and DIMPSA. He also provides technical support to the research team through writing programming scripts, administering databases and servers and other such tasks. He is currently designing and developing the core and front-end elements of a TSB-funded project to produce a scalable system for handling and analysing smart meter data, based on emerging distributed computing techniques.

Previously, Tom worked as a Research Associate for Hewlett-Packard Labs developing research software prototypes. He has a strong mathematics background and more than five years software development experience with everything from databases to embedded software.

Tom has an MEng in Computer Science from the University of Bristol. As part of his studies he developed a computer game that could be controlled entirely by the user's gaze and voice commands, and his dissertation work involved developing a navigation system for a robot using a simple web camera.

tom.wilcox@cse.org.uk | 0117 9341400