Catherine Willan

Catherine Willan

Doctoral Researcher (MPhil/PhD)

Catherine Willan

Doctoral Researcher (MPhil/PhD)
UCL Energy Institute
catherine.willan.14@ucl.ac.uk

Biography

Catherine’s research focusses on the energy performance of commercial and public sector buildings.  She obtained an MRes in Energy Demand Studies from UCL in 2015 and is currently a PhD student at the UCL Energy Institute.  Her PhD is a partnership between UCL and a large UK construction company to help understand how energy targets are managed in complex non-domestic build projects.

Before joining the UCL Energy Institute, Catherine worked for eight years in the low carbon sector. At the Carbon Trust in London, she worked in policy, strategy and business planning, where she took part in the development of PAS2050 – the world’s first standard for product carbon footprinting – and its accompanying carbon label. She also undertook research into global carbon trading mechanisms, greenhouse gas reporting, carbon saving strategies for large corporates and many other product and policy development areas, working with a wide cross-section of government and industry stakeholders. Subsequently, she joined the EOI business school in Madrid, where she taught and supervised postgraduate students on the International Master in Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility programme.

Projects

W6UP5 – Life in the gap: how does a construction company respond to the challenge of targets for energy and carbon in-use?

W6UP1 – Setting energy targets in context: a case study in the construction industry

W6UP1 – Setting energy targets in context: a case study in the construction industry

Students