We are presenting a number of
papers and posters at the ERSCP/ESMU 2010 conference in Delft, the Netherlands, October 25-29, 2010.

The title of the conference is Knowledge Collaboration for Sustainable Development. It is organized jointly by two organizations, European Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production (ERSCP) and Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities (EMSU). The conference will be held simultaneously in Delft and Cape Town, South Africa. You can read more and register here: http://www.erscp-emsu2010.org/

CHANGING BEHAVIOUR partners ECN (Energy research Centre Netherlands), National Consumer Research Centre, Oeko-Institute and GreenDependent Sustainable Solutions Association all have papers or posters at the conference. Topics include action research, learning, sustainable consumption, community, social context – and of course, energy behaviour change. We hope to see you there!
 

Our fifth Newsletter just came out! Highlights include:

• Make Energy Change Happen Toolkit
• Power Agents pilot project - kids as energy detectives 
• Special session at Berlin Energy Days 
• Recommendations for energy efficiency policy makers
• Our rating of expert advice on how to change efficiency behaviours and engage communities
• New thesis on how interemediaries can translate end-users' concerns

We hope you enjoy our Newsletter, and have a nice and relaxing summer!

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Shannon Combs, a residential photovoltaics advisor from the US recently contacted CHANGING BEHAVIOUR and sent us this interesting article:

College of Illinois Experts Provide Us Little Known Approaches to Produce More Economical PV panels

Even if silicon is actually the industry normal semiconductor in the majority of electronic devices, which includes the PV cells that photovoltaic panels use to convert sunshine into power, it is hardly the most cost-efficient product on the market. For instance, the semiconductor gallium arsenide and associated compound semiconductors give practically twice the effectiveness as silicon in solar units, but they are rarely employed in utility-scale applications because of their excessive manufacturing value.