Day one: Session Homes and the energy transition

Jenniy Gregory

Program Leader RACE for Homes, Race for 2030

Tackling the challenges of upgrading over 1 million Australian homes by 2030

Jenniy Gregory is the new Program Leader for RACE for Homes. She joined RACE (Reliable Affordable Clean Energy) for 2030 in October 2022, coming from AGL after over seven years as Manager of Energy Efficiency Programs. Jenniy has over 25 years’ experience in the renewable energy and energy efficiency arena, working for a diverse range of organisations in Australia and overseas. She is the primary author of Financing Renewable Energy Systems, a Guide for Development Workers, funded by the Stockholm Environment Agency.

Yohan Kim

Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

How effective are the energy efficiency upgrades for vulnerable homes? Evidence from the Victorian Healthy Homes Program

Yohan is a research principal at ISF, specialising in data analytics and modelling. Yohan works alongside experts in water, health, and energy to provide data-driven modelling and insights in delivering health and energy benefits. His latest work includes the Victorian Healthy Homes project that investigates the impact and scale of home upgrades on thermal comfort and energy usage for 1,000 vulnerable households in Victoria.

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Lygia Romanach

Research Scientist, CSIRO

Lygia Romanach is a social scientist at the CSIRO. Lygia’s research is focused on understanding residential energy efficiency from both consumers’ and industry viewpoints. Previous research includes exploring energy-related attitudes and behaviour, including the uptake of energy technology. Lygia has significant expertise in conducting both quantitative and qualitative research, having conducted interviews, focus groups and surveys for public and private external clients, both in Australia and overseas.

Kerryn Wilmot

Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

Kerryn Wilmot leads Cities and Buildings research programs at ISF. Her recent work has focused on defining sustainability aspirations with development teams, installing environmental sensors into a development site, considering health and wellbeing in urban environments, developing policies for energy productivity approaches, and investigating transport system capacity implications of new developments. Prior to ISF, Kerryn worked as a consultant architect, specialising in sustainability throughout her 30-year career.