This project progress meeting discusses: 1) Emerging findings from ethnographic research and interviews with companies like SASIE and household energy assessor Keyur Vadodaria. 2) Plans to involve more companies through a summer placement, cafe events, and half-day events with academic and industry fellows. 3) The need to develop a fast prototype social networking site for co-creation with functionality defined in a table. The summary covers the key points made in the document about research conducted, plans for future involvement of companies and fellows, and needs in developing a social networking site.

1. MEGS - KT
Progress Meeting March 2010 –
May 2010

2. Project programme

3. Where we are…(ethnographic
research and interviews)
• Identifying companies: SASIE
(Nottingham)
• Sole trader: accredited Household energy
assessor Keyur Vadodaria
(Loughborough)

4. What’s emerged…

5. Planning for other companies
involvement
• Summer placement to be appointed
• Cafe event (fellows companies etc.,)
September
• A series of ½ day events September
onwards with fellows – virtual or real –
Echo 360 recorded.

6. Academic and industry fellows
“catalytic individuals”
• Potential Fellows: Dr Cecilia K Y Chan (University of Hong
Kong); Professor Roger Murphy (University of Nottingham);
Dr Elizabeth Hartnall Young; Megan Powell Vreeswijk
(Commercialisation Fellow, Loughborough University); Dr
Tracey Wilen-Daugenti (The Apollo Group);
• David Matthews (UKHPA), Mo Kelly (Sasie Ltd), Vince
Smedley (EMRE Ltd), Laurence Steijger (Sivercrest Ltd)….
• Need a fast prototype social networking site: co-creation site.
• See functionality table.

7. IT developer role (to be appointed
by September)
• Profiling of needs – creating
characters, The Director, The Installer, The
Designer and Specifier, The Office
Manager, The Trainer, The Accredited
Assessor, The Office Administrator, The
Wholesaler, The Manufacturer, The Policy
Maker, The Professor
• Mosaic approach – identification of
existing tools

8. Blogging and WIKI and other
dissemination activities planned
• Conference, Loughborough University.
Poster presentation. 1st International
Conference on Research and
Education, 10th July
• Conference. Stand. Cardiff September.
• Abstract to be
submitted, ICER, Madrid, November 2012
www.iceri12.org

9. Risks
• Engagement
• Recruitment
• Managing expectations
• Time constraints
• Transferability
• Sustainability