{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Zero Ambitions Podcast","title":"Getting real about energy research and making heat pumps chic, with Mike Fell (UCL; pump:chic)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4125,"description":"This week we're joined by Mike Fell, energy researcher at UCL, amongst many other things. We've been following Mike's work for a while, (mainly because the pump:chic work is really interesting to us) and when we clocked he's co-authored this paper about realist approaches in energy research we saw an opportunity to bring him onto the podcast.Realist approaches ask not just ‘what works?’, but ‘for whom does it work, under what circumstances, and why?', all good subjects for enquiry in any project. It's much less academic than it might sound. We think it's a really valuable way of approaching research so we wanted to talk with Mike about how he's been using the approach and give us a chance to promote it all to our listeners. We also want folk to check out all the other interesting things he's up to as well. Check the links below.Notes from the showRealist approaches in energy research, by Mike Fell, Katy Roelich, and Lucie Middlemiss (this link should be fine but if anyone has any problems do let us know)The Baking Forecast Twitter accountShouldIBake.comThe power of getting real(ist), a blog about the paper, for if you want to dip in quicklyThe pump:chic website Mike's pump:chic glamour photography Instagram accountNathan Gambling's LinkedIn post that we mentionMike's blog about Airbnb: Peer-to-peer energy: what can we learn from more than a decade of AirbnbMike's blog about energy access: How fair is flexibility?Mike's website for his art projects, like the Mechanical Choir that we mentionedRetrofit ReimaginedIf you're nearby Glasgow on 11 November, go! **SOME SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**We don't actually earn anything from this, and it's quite a lot of work, so we have to promote the day jobs.Jeff, Alex, and Dan about websites, branding, and communications - zap@eiux.agency; Everything is User ExperienceFollow us on the Zero Ambitions LinkedIn pageSubscribe and advertise with Passive House Plus (UK edition here too)Check Lloyd's Substack: Carbon UpfrontJoin...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/imp-PGTK0p-Yir06lCKyRzcHa9UWxL7NtYiXEdkSiXw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI2NDY5LzE2OTYy/ODc4ODAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}