Profile

I am currently working on a project called ‘"Building expertise: a systems of professions approach to low-carbon housing refurbishment‘". This is funded by EPSRC and EDF within the People, Buildings and Energy programme and considers the future of eco-renovation in the UK and France, with a focus on the organisations and professions doing the renovation work. Other research interests include heat pumps and their future role in a low carbon economy, energy use within the higher education sector, personal carbon trading and demand reduction in general. My personal carbon trading research follows on from themes I developed in during my doctorate, which concerned personal carbon allowances as a policy for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from UK household energy use.

I have a personal interest in eco-renovation of homes, and there is a short film online about the work we have done on our house.

I currently work part-time and am at ECI on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Recent Publications

• Fawcett, T. (2011) The future role of heat pumps in the domestic sector. Proceedings of European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. Summer Study 2011.
• Fawcett, T. (2011) Home time: An exploration of the time dimensions of eco-renovation of housing. Energy and People Conference, Oxford, September 2011.
• Fawcett, T. 2010, Personal carbon taxation: its role in climate policy. Proceedings of the British Institute of Energy Economics, September 2010.
• Fawcett, T. (2010) Personal carbon trading: A policy ahead of its time? Energy Policy, 38(11): 6868-6876.
• Fawcett, T. and Parag, Y. (2010) An introduction to personal carbon trading. Climate Policy, 10(4): 329-338.
• Fawcett, T. (2010) Personal carbon trading in different national contexts. Climate Policy, 10(4): 339-352.
• Fawcett T., Hvelplund, F., and Meyer, N.I. (2010) Making it personal: per capita carbon allowances. In, Sioshansi, F. (ed.) Generating electricity in a carbon-constrained world. Elsevier. pp. 87-107.
• Fawcett, T. and Boardman, B. (2009) Housing market transformation. Proceedings of European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. Summer Study 2009.
• Fawcett, T., Hvelplund, F. and Meyer, N.I. (2008) Personal carbon allowances - with focus on the energy systems in the UK and Denmark. Presented at: Energizing Markets - Making and Breaking Boundaries for the Regimes of Value, 30 Oct-1 Nov 08, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
• Fawcett, T., Bottrill, C., Boardman, B., and Lye, G. (2007) Trialling personal carbon allowances. UKERC Research Report: ukerc/rr/dr/2007/002.
• Hillman, M., Fawcett, T., and Rajan, S.C. (2007) The suicidal planet: how to prevent global climate catastrophe. Thomas Dunne Books. [also published with revisions in paperback under the title 'How we can save the planet: preventing global climate catastrophe.' St Martin's Griffin, 2008]
• Fawcett, T. (2005) Making the case for personal carbon rations. Proceedings of European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, Summer Study 2005.
• Fawcett, T. (2005) Investigating carbon rationing as a policy for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from UK household energy use. Unpublished PhD thesis, University College London.
• Fawcett, T. (2004) Carbon rationing and personal energy use. Energy and Environment, 15(6): 1067-1084.
• Hillman, M. and Fawcett, T. (2004) How we can save the planet. Penguin, London.
• Fawcett, T. (2003) Carbon rationing, equity and energy efficiency. Proceedings of European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, Summer Study 2003.
• Fawcett, T. (2002) Creative destruction? The role of increased demolition in creating a more sustainable UK housing stock. Proceedings of Creating Sustainable Urban Environments: future forms for city living. Oxford.
• Fawcett, T., Hurst, A., and Boardman, B. (2002) Carbon UK. Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford.
• Boardman, B. and Fawcett, T. (2002) Competition for the poor: electricity competition and the fuel poor in Northern Ireland. Report to OFREG, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford.