André Neto-Bradley

Engineer, Research Associate @Cambridge_Eng using data science to understand energy inequality in cities (and a baking enthusiast).

[André Neto-Bradley @A_Notabene]

… Our project is looking at how microsimulation could help locally target support and incentives to match the best improvements to the houses and households that most need them. 5/5

[André Neto-Bradley @A_Notabene]

A post on our @EECi_Cambridge blog about our household energy microsimulation project taking a look at Yorkshire and the Humber. Spatial inequality in energy efficiency can have a compounding effect alongside other socio-economic inequalities… https://t.co/VhsXBqIZnl 1/5

[André Neto-Bradley @A_Notabene]

… this reflects the proportion of older homes that have been retrofitted in the area, often mirroring underlying socio-economic inequalities. With fuel prices rising, financially vulnerable households in inefficient housing are going to be more at risk of fuel poverty… 4/5

[André Neto-Bradley @A_Notabene]

Great talk by @CaitHRobin on spatial inequality in urban sensor distribution and the concept of 'sensor deserts'. Food for thought in any discussion on smart cities - plus some nice and tidy data visualisation! #SAD2022

[ljw @levijohnwolf]

There's the eponymous slide! The spatial analytics & the data of understanding sensor deserts in newcastle w/ @CaitHRobin & @rsfrankl #SAD2022

[André Neto-Bradley @A_Notabene]

@darribas Must say it was quite cool to see this being used to shape a policy discussion - regardless of the politics there was plenty of data storytelling in this white paper.

[André Neto-Bradley @A_Notabene]

A great explainer thread on the use of spatial stats in the #levellingupwhitepaper - shows an interesting pattern in the spatial distribution of inequality (despite the technical nuances and caveats @darribas points out)

[Dani Arribas-Bel `@[email protected]` @darribas]

Plenty of folks better placed to deliver hot takes so I'll spare you mine... But, by my own account, the most statistically sophisticated fig in the full #levellingupwhitepaper is one on spatial stats(!). A🧵to unpack it. Gist: not wrong, not right either, but definitely cool!👇

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

Today seems like a good day to share this amazing graphic of UK land use

(I estimate solar farms cover less than one tenth of one percent of the UK – 0.08%)

https://t.co/W6LdsR0fun

[André Neto-Bradley @A_Notabene]

Awesome bit of data story telling on gender equality - great idea to take a relevant symbol (in this case the '=' and '+') and turn into a visualisation system!

[André Neto-Bradley @A_Notabene]

These differences are related to underlying socio-economic inequalities across the country (which inefficient housing can compound). Policies to decarbonise residential buildings need to be locally tailored and targeted to account for inequality. 3/3

[André Neto-Bradley @A_Notabene]

Recently wrote a piece on my current work on energy efficiency of homes and why people in some parts of England pay far more than others to heat their homes https://t.co/e3au4S4q3R via @ConversationUK - co-authors @RuchiChoudhary_ @nickmalleson @DrPatriciaTernes 1/3

[André Neto-Bradley @A_Notabene]

Homes built since 2000 in rural and northern areas have worse energy efficiency than their southern counterparts. This can lead to a difference of up to £200 a year and a difference in heating emissions of nearly 1 tonne CO2... 2/3

[André Neto-Bradley @A_Notabene]

@timbolord Exactly - affordability and financing requirements for retrofits are not uniform across the country. Our project is developing tools that could help with locally tailoring and targeting efforts - although there are certainly things that could be done without the help of models.

[Tom Savage @Savage_Tom]

Great to see new grants for heat pumps. Though, in my latest preprint I argue that equal investment in heat pumps throughout the country will result in increased inequality in places such as rural areas/the north due to colder climates = less efficient. https://t.co/JFA3t3M0B0

[André Neto-Bradley @A_Notabene]

Good point by @keithalexander - heat decarbonisation policy and planning in the UK needs to evolve to fit long term ambitions. Retrofit is great - but new builds and installations lock in patterns of energy consumption, why not make sure these fit with our net zero ambitions?

[keithalexander.bsky.social @keithalexander]

The "ripping out your boiler" net zero fearmongering is a distraction from the fact that many UK households would happily be installing heat pumps right now if the government did more to enable it.

[André Neto-Bradley @A_Notabene]

Having been on the educational journey from high-school through to PhD I can say this thread is pretty spot on 👇

[César A. Hidalgo @cesifoti]

After advising PhD & Master students for over a decade, there is one thing I find most students need to unlearn: the half-ass work mentality acquired during years of tests and homework. Let me explain (thread 🧵). 1/N #AcademicTwitter

[André Neto-Bradley @A_Notabene]

@nmai_comedy And some pieces cause you a world of pain when you accidentally step on them...

[André Neto-Bradley @A_Notabene]

Fun little bit of data visualisation to take into the weekend

[Nathan Yau @flowingdata]

Counted happiness https://t.co/AKejEgstbs

[Vanesa Castán Broto @VaneBailo]

My favorite chart from @TheRialMichelle's awesome book Am I Overthinking This?