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Richard Hanna is a Research Associate at the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London, specializing in systematic evidence reviews related to energy technology innovation and low carbon heating policy. He currently leads a review of international evidence on net job creation from renewable energy and energy efficiency initiatives. Hanna's research projects have explored the timelines of basic research commercialization of energy technologies and the international practices for heat decarbonization, focusing particularly on heat pump and district heating deployment. He previously served as a Research Fellow at the University of Reading from 2013 to 2015, contributing to the Dynamics Energy Mobility Demand (DEMAND) project, which includes the analysis of time-use data to understand household practices shaping electricity demand. He completed his PhD at the University of Surrey in 2013, examining the impact of installer businesses on microgeneration uptake in the UK. Hanna is an Associate Member of the Energy Institute and has co-led the “Behaviour Change Energy Environment Policy” network at Imperial College. He has presented at various conferences and has contributed significantly to policy discussions on heat policy in the UK.
Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London • London, United Kingdom
Leading research on international evidence for net job creation through renewable energy and efficiency.
University of Reading • Reading, United Kingdom
Contributed to the Dynamics Energy Mobility Demand (DEMAND) project, analyzing data on household energy practices.
Specialisms available in Materials for the Energy Transition or Theory and Simulation of Materials.