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Greetings All
It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me and I’d like to update you about a few developments related to the Practitioners’ Hub.
I’ve been pretty busy over the last 6 months on a number of things that have been taking my attention away from the Hub website. In the early part of this year I had the pleasure to work with a wonderful team of people from the Hub to design, develop and launch the Home Performance Advisor training http://www.communityenergy.org.nz/home-performance-advisor-certification-a-nz-first/. My involvement in that project was a distraction for me from the site itself, but I think the result was worth it because the training offers so much potential for the Hub community in the longer term.
And secondly, I’ve begun a doctoral research project. In February I enrolled at Otago University as a PhD candidate through the Centre for Sustainability http://www.otago.ac.nz/csafe/. My project sits in the Energy Cultures research programme http://energycultures.org and I’m again fortunate to be working with some fantastic colleagues.
Alongside this I’ve been doing actual real paid work… So this is a long way of saying that the time has come for me to hand over the reins of the Hub website. Beacon Pathway are going to pick up the administration and facilitation of this site.
Community Energy Network, Beacon Pathway and The Enviroschools Foundation are all committed to building on the foundations of the online Hub and to continue to grow the HPA training programme. They will no doubt tell you more about that over the coming weeks. I will remain involved in a strategic capacity by sitting on the Hub steering group, but I won’t be involved operationally in the foreseeable future.
Before I signed off I wanted to say a proper goodbye (rather than just disappearing into the ether) because I want to say thanks to everyone who has helped get the Hub (and the training) to the stage it is at currently. It’s been a collaborative effort from day one and has only got this far because of the energy, commitment and generosity of many, many people and organisations. I think the Hub will really continue to grow. So I wanted to say thanks. And good luck!
You might be interested to know that my research topic is looking at social transitions to better performing (existing) housing. And I have a particular focus on the role of the ‘middle’ in creating that change. By the middle, I mean people like you (who aren’t government or policy makers (top) and aren’t households (bottom), but work to create, enable and – in some circumstances – disable change). So expect me to continue to darken your doors, just in another way!
All the best
Sally
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