Dr Phil Grünewald
About
Dr Phil Grünewald (FICE) uses data driven approaches to understand and change household energy demand.
The UK is already halfway towards its Net Zero goal, but the second half will require significant social and behavioural changes. His team at the METER project collects rich and high-resolution demand data and train models to inform policy for a fast, fair and affordable transition. Phil advises BEIS on data and digitalisation strategies in the energy sector.
Dr Grünewald is an EPSRC Fellow at the Department of Engineering Science. He modelled whole energy systems and techno-economics of grid storage, before joining the School of Geography and the Environment at Oxford, where he led the Energy Network and the Flexibility theme of the Energy Program in the Environmental Change Institute.
Prior to academia, he developed cutting edge lithography tools for Intel and laser processes for the photovoltaic industry.
Expertise
- Household energy use
- Demand side response and flexibility
- Energy systems
- Low carbon heat
- Energy transition
Selected publications
- Societal differences, activities, and performance: Examining the role of gender in electricity demand in the United Kingdom, 2020
- The trust gap: social perceptions of privacy data for energy services in the United Kingdom, 2020
- Cluster analysis and prediction of residential peak demand profiles using occupant activity data, 2020
- Energy and enjoyment: The value of household electricity consumption, 2020
- The trust gap-privacy perceptions of location data for energy services in the UK, 2020
- Daily life and demand: an analysis of intra-day variations in residential electricity consumption with time-use data, 2019
Media experience
Dr Grünewald has made radio appearances
Languages
German, English