Dr Ray Galvin Curriculum Vitae
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Name: Raymond James Galvin Nationality: United Kingdom and New Zealand Addresses: Friedrichstr 77, 52070 Aachen,
Germany; and 34
Linden Close, Cambridge CB4 3JU, UK Phone: 004924195780172; 0044 7758 832415 Email: ray.galvin@gmx.de |
Profile:
I
have an interdisciplinary background in engineering, social sciences and policy
studies. My recent research is in energy saving in buildings, including the
influences of policy, the physical properties of buildings, and consumer
behaviour. I am especially interested in how certain combinations of targeted
thermal retrofit measures and household behaviour change can maximise heating
fuel savings in homes, and how government policies need to be developed to
support these. Forthcoming research also includes analysing households’
post-retrofit consumption behaviour; households as energy ‘producer-consumers’;
and future possibilities of heat pumps in Europe.
Fields of activity
Energy consumption in
Buildings:
Technical and behavioural issues in reducing energy consumption in buildings; economics of thermal retrofits; rebound effects; German thermal retrofit policy.
Energy policy:
German, UK and UE-wide policy on energy and climate change; renewable energy and energy efficiency measures.
Scientific realism as a conceptual basis for interdisciplinary studies on science-policy interfaces.
Social theory:
Narrative psychology, social practice theory, and socio- technical systems theory as a conceptual basis for consumer studies.
Publications
Publications in academic journals:
Galvin R (2013) Making the ‘rebound effect’ more useful for
performance evaluation of thermal retrofits of existing homes: defining the
‘energy savings deficit’ and the ‘energy performance gap’. Energy and Buildings (in press – accepted for publication October
2013)
Galvin R (2013) Targeting ‘behavers’
rather than behaviours: A ‘subject-oriented’ approach for reducing space
heating rebound effects in low energy dwellings. Energy and Buildings 67:
596-607
Galvin R (2013) Impediments to energy-efficient ventilation
of German dwellings: a case study in Aachen, Energy and Buildings 56:
32-40.
Galvin R and Sunikka-Blank
M (2013) Economic
viability in thermal retrofit policies: Learning from ten years of experience
in Germany, Energy Policy 54:
343-351
Rosenow J and Galvin R (2013) Evaluating
the evaluations: evidence from energy efficiency programmes in Germany and the
UK, Energy and Buildings 62:
450-458
Galvin R (2012) German Federal policy on thermal renovation of
existing homes: a policy evaluation, Sustainable Cities and Society 4: 58-66.
Galvin R and Sunikka-Blank
M (2012) Including fuel price
elasticity of demand in net present value and payback time calculations of
thermal retrofits: case study of German dwellings, Energy and Buildings 50: 219-228.
Sunikka-Blank M and Galvin R (2012) Introducing the prebound effect: the gap between performance and actual
energy consumption, Building Research & Information, 40(3), 1–14.
Galvin R (2010) Thermal
upgrades of existing homes in Germany: The building code, subsidies, and
economic efficiency, Energy and Buildings, 42(6) 834-844.
Galvin R (2010) Solving mould and condensation
problems: A dehumidifier trial in a suburban house in Britain, Energy and
Buildings, 42(11): 2118-2123.
Publications in peer-reviewed university working paper series:
Galvin R (2010) ‘Environmental Policy Discourse and
its Material Objects: Bridging the Gap with ‘Modest Realism,’ CSERGE Working
Paper 2011-2, University of East Anglia. Available at: http://www.cserge.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2011-02.pdf
Galvin R (2009) Developing a critical model to evaluate the appropriateness
of local body climate protection policies,’ CSERGE Working Paper EDM-2009-09,
University of East Anglia. Available
at: edm_2009_09.pdf (144.78 KB)
Galvin R (2009) ‘Modifying
Actor-network thoery to analyse
the German project of photovoltaic energy generation,’ CSERGE Working Paper
EDM-2009-02, University of East Anglia. Available at: edm_2009_02.pdf (172.51 KB)
Galvin R (2011) Discourse and Materiality in
Environmental Policy: the Case of German Federal Policy on Thermal Renovation
of Existing Homes, Doctoral Thesis, University of East Anglia. Available
at: http://justsolutions.eu/Resources/PhDGalvinFinal.pdf
Galvin R (2008) Learning
from Freiburg’s Climate Protection Endeavours, Masters
Thesis, University of East Anglia. Available at http://justsolutions.eu/Resources/FreiburgProjectGalvin.pdf
Expert
Review and Marking work:
Peer-Reviewer for academic journals:
Energy and
Buildings; Energy Efficiency; Building Research and Information; Energies;
Science of the Total Environment.
Academic
Marking (University
of Cambridge):
Masters
theses on sustainability management topics; Masters and Postgraduate Diploma
essays and project papers on sustainability and industry.
(2013) A Critical Analysis of
German Thermal Retrofit Policy: Turning Down the Heat. London & New York:
Springer Publications.
Educational
Qualifications:
Doctor of Philosophy (in Environmental Science and Politics)
University of East Anglia, 2011
Master of Science (in Climate
Change Science and Policy)
with Distinction
University of East Anglia, 2008
Master
of Education (Counselling/Psychotherapy) with
First Class Honours
University
of Auckland, 1996
Bachelor
of Divinity
University
of Otago, 1975; postgraduate work at Cambridge
University
Bachelor
of Engineering (Electrical) with 2:1 Honours
University of Auckland, 1971
Graduate Diploma in Teacher
Education (Secondary)
Auckland
Institute of Technology, 1998
Kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom (Diploma in German Language)
Ludwig
Maximilian University, Munich, 1990
Certificate of English
Language Teaching to Adults
Cambridge
University, 1998
Supplementary
University Qualifications in Computer Programming,
Database Management, German, Spanish, Philosophy, English, Hebrew.
Recent
Vocational Record:
Researcher, Energy Research Centre (Future
Consumer Needs and Behaviour Unit),
RWTH-Aachen University, Germany (current)
Tutor and Researcher, Cambridge University Sustainability
Management Programme (as from July 2011) and Faculty
of Architecture (September, 2011 – November, 2012)
Masters Student, University
of East Anglia, October
2007-August 2008
Mathematics and Computer Science Teacher, Impington Village College, Cambridge, January 2002 – April 2007
Mathematics Teacher, Long Bay College, Auckland, February 1999 – December 2001
Presbyterian
Minister, Presbyterian Church of New Zealand: January 1975 – August 1997.
Languages:
English
native speaker.
Fluent in German;
Rough
knowledge of Maori, Spanish, French and Italian