Civil Engineering

Contact Details

Title	Lecturer In Energy Engineering
Address	Civil Engineering University College Cork Cork Ireland
Telephone:	+353-21-490-3037
Fax:	+353-21-427-6648
Email:	ei.ccu@riohcallago.b
Title	Principal Investigator Energy Policy and Modelling
Address	Environmental Research Institute Lee Road
Telephone:	+353-21-490-1954
Email:	ei.ccu@riohcallago.b

Biography:

Dr Brian Ó Gallachóir is a Lecturer in Energy Engineering in University College Cork (UCC) and Principal Investigator in Energy Policy and Modelling research in UCC’s Environmental Research Institute. His research focus is on i) bottom up techno-economic modelling of sectoral energy demand, ii) electricity dispatch modelling and iii) energy systems optimisation using TIMES. Brian is Chair of the International Energy Agency (IEA)’s Executive Committee on Energy Technology Systems Analysis Programme (ETSAP). He is an elected member of the RIA Climate Change Committee and a member of the Technical Analysis Steering Group on Climate Change and Energy Security. Brian also provides strategic advice to SEAI’s Energy Policy Statistical Support Unit and Energy Modelling Team. Brian co-ordinates of UCC's taught Masters Programme (MEngSc) in Sustainable Energy. An applied sciences graduate of Dublin Institue of Technology, Brian moved to Cork in 1990 to carry out a Doctoral research programme in ocean wave energy in the Department of Applied Mathematics. From 1995 - 1998, Brian was Technical Manager of the Renewable Energy Information Office of Sustainable Energy Ireland.