Dr Ray Galvin

Most of his recent research has been in energy saving in buildings, including the influences of policy, building design, and consumer behaviour. Ray works at two universities: the Department of Architecture at Cambridge and the School of Economics and Business Studies at RWTH-Aachen University, Germany. At Cambridge he is currently researching the influence of aesthetic values on home energy-efficiency upgrade decisions. At Aachen his work is on energy performance failures in non-residential buildings, plus a broader project on energy and economics in Germany’s largest state, North-Rhine Westphalia. Ray's underlying concern is how we can save energy and reduce climate-damaging greenhouse gas emissions without depriving poorer people of life’s basic necessities.