CURRICULUM VITAE FRANCES NATASHA SPREI PhD in Energy and Environment ADDRESS Aspliden 24 431 36, Göteborg Date of Birth: 30 December 1977 PRESENT EMPLOYMENT Division of Physical Resource Theory, Department of Energy and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology 412 96 Göteborg ph ++46-31 772 31 26 fax ++46-31 772 31 50 Email: fsprei@chalmers.se SHORT BIO Frances Sprei has a background in both engineering physics and human ecology. Her areas of research are end-use energy efficiency in residential buildings and personal transportation, strategies for reducing carbon emissions from personal cars in, interdisciplinary trend analysis, plug-in hybrids. She teaches both at undergraduate and graduate (Master) level in energy efficiency, resource management, and principles of sustainable development. She has held a number of public lectures to companies, organizations, and the Swedish parliament. DEGREES Ph-D in Energy & Environment (2010), Department of Energy and Environment, Chalmers, Licenciate in Energy & Environment (2007), Department of Energy and Environment, Chalmers, Bachelor of Arts in Human Ecology (2003), Lund University, Master of Science in Engineering Physics (2002), Lund University, Faculty of Engineering, LTH,
PARENTAL LEAVE October 2010 (100%) July 2010-October 2010 (50%) April 2010- July 2010 (100%) January 2009 April 2010(20%) June 2008-December 2008 (50%) November 2007 May 2008 (100%) SCHOLARSHIPS Friends of Chalmers Scholarship 2009 J. Gust. Richter Foundation, 2004, Stipend for attendance at ACEEE Summer Study Minor Field Studies, 2002 Stipend for Master thesis in Uganda Elektra scholarship, 2002, Stipend for Master thesis in Uganda REVIEW COMISSIONS Eceee Summer Study 2009, 2007 World Transport Research Conference 2007 ACEEE Summer Study in Energy Efficiency in Buildings 2004 Transportation Research part A TEACHING Teaching experiences includes giving lectures in energy efficiency and sustainable development both at undergraduate and Master s level; designing and teaching seminars; teaching assistant 2003 Mathematical Statistic: undergraduate courses Lund University, teaching assistant 2004 Industrial Ecology: undergraduate course, seminar assistant 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 Sustainable Resource Use: undergraduate course, seminar assistant, lecturer (4 hours), course development 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Sustainable Development: graduate course, seminar assistant, lecturer (5 hours), course development 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 Sustainable Energy Futures: graduate course, lecturer (4 hours) 2007, 2008, 2009 Guest lecturer for a SIDA (Swedish Aid energy)-funded course organized by Vattenfall 2005, 2006, 2007 Project course in environment for teacher students, teaching assistant, project supervisor 2006 Environmental care, lecturer (2 hours) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Environment and Energy: undergraduate course, lecturer (4 hours)
SUPERVISED THESES Rodriguez, A.C., 2007. Plug-in or fuel-cell vehicles: How the choice of future vehicles is affected by the electricity supply mix. Masters thesis (30 p) supervised together with Fredrik Hedenus Olsson, T., 2004. Elcertifikat: En analys av elcertifikatsystemet ur aktör- och konsumentsynpunkt. Masters thesis (30 p) supervised together with Martin Persson. Sundsten, K., 2004. Elcertifikat: En analys ur marknads- och miljöperspektiv. Masters thesis (30 p) supervised together with Martin Persson. PUBLIC OUTREACH Traffic Committee of the Swedish Parliament. Public hearing Sustainable Development and transportation politics. 2007-05-10 Swedish National Public Radio (SR-P1, Vetandets värld). The car industry and life after oil. 2007-05-08 Roundtable discussion with Mr. Fredrik Reinfeldt, s Prime Minister. 2007-03-05 Regional potentials for energy efficiency. Plenary presentation at ERE (Energize Regional Economies)- conference. Leeuwarden, Holland. 2006-04-05 Handling the challenge of climate change, The Dag Hammarskjöld Youth Peace Assembly, 2005-07-06 Varför spara? Föredrag för Chalmers temadag energi 2006-04-25 Medverkan i Bildningsbyråns (UR) program Har jorden feber? 2006-05-06 Ett hemapotek för Jorden. Föredrag på Göteborgs Vetenskapsfestival 2006-05-17 Environmental Challenges for Sustainable Development, Clextral Group Scientific Congress International, France, 2006-10-19 Energiförsörjning ur ett globalt perspektiv, NÄMIL höstkonferens (nätverket för miljö i landsting), Sundsvall, 2006-11-24 Vägen bort från en varmare värld, GU temadag, 2006-11-30 Energi, bostäder och transporter, Kreativt forum Tekniska museet, Stockholm, 2007-02-27 Kommentar till Al Gores An Inconvenient truth för Chalmers Fastigheter 2007-03-05 Kommentar till Al Gores An Inconvenient truth för Västra Götaland politiker 2007-03-28 Den reflekterande Ingenjören, Klimatproblematikens många bottnar, KTH, 2007-04-11 Energieffektivisering i byggnader, Miljöförbundet Jordens Vänner, Norrköping, 2007-04-12 Energi för klimatet, utbildning till miljöombud, Tynnered, Göteborg, 2007-04-19 Kärleken till naturen och bilen, Vetenskapsfestivalen, Göteborg, 2007-04-20 Utrikespolitiska föreningen Göteborg, 2007-05-03 Telefonintervju radio P4 Centerpartiets seminarium om hållbara transporter m bl Anders Carlgren, miljöminister, Almedalen, Gotland, 2007-07-09 Hur dyr måste bensinen bli? Seminarium Naturskyddsföreningen m bl Anders Carlgren, miljöminister, Almedalen, Gotland, 2007-07-10 Miljöpartiets internationella läger, Näsåker, 2007-08-04 En behaglig framtid, Världskulturmuseet, 2007-09-15 Mindre energi, mer miljö, ForskarFredag, Göteborg, 2007-09-28
Alter-motive (EU-project) workshop, Uddevalla, 2010-02-03 Green Motorist Association, Annual General Meeting, 2010-04-17 PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES (NON PEER-REVIEWED) AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference, 2009, Environmental criterion in car buying, fad or trend? Observations of car buying processes in. Poster presentation Elan, Energimyndigheten, Forskningsarena, 2009. Finns det miljö i tanken vid nybilsköp i Sverige? AES, Programkonferens, 2009. Energy efficiency in cars: trends, technology, consumers and other actors Sveriges Energiting, 2009. Växthuseffekten, höga bränslepriser och miljöbilspremie men blir bilarna mindre? Naturvårdsverket, 2009. Effektivitet i personvägtransporter. Elan, Energimyndigheten, Forskningarena, 2008. Better performance or lower fuel consumption. Technological development in the Swedish new car fleet 1975-2002. Sveriges Energiting, 2007. Hur har utvecklingen sett ut och vad kan vi göra för att bryta trenden? Challenges for End-Use Energy Efficiency in, EETD seminar, Lawrence Berkeley Labs, Berkeley, California, 2007-06-25 Reducing CO2 emissions from personal cars in - fuel efficiency and alternative fuels, UC Davis, California, 2007-06-28 Sveriges Energiting, 2006. Teknisk utveckling kontra marknadsutveckling, konsekvenser för bränsleförbrukning hos svenska nybilsbeståndet. Sveriges Energiting, 2005. Organisatoriska och ekonomiska faktorer bakom byggsektorns energieffektivisering. LANGUAGES Swedish and English (mother tongue), Italian (fluent written as well as spoken), French (fluent spoken, written conversant), Spanish (conversant) OTHER E MPLOYMENT AND ENGAGEMENT (SELECTION) 2009 Board member Green Motorist Association 2009 Scientific reference group for Commute Greener, AB Volvo 2004-2006 Secretary General Engineers Without Borders 2006-2007 Responsible for seminars for Energy and Environment, Chalmers 2005 Initiator to PhD-council for Energy and Environment, Chalmers 2005 Representative in graduate education group (forskarutbildningsgrupp) Energy and Environment, Chalmers
2000-2001,Consultant for the Leonard project held by Ministère de l'economie, des Finances et de l'industrie, France LIST OF PUBLICATIONS THESES Sprei F, 2010. Energy efficiency vs. gains in consumer amenities. Examples from passenger cars and the Swedish building sector. PhD-thesis, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg,. Sprei F, 2007. Challenges for end-use energy efficiency- Studies of residential heating and personal transportation in. Licentiate thesis, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg,. Sprei F, 2003. California Renewables Portfolio Standard. A tool for creating a sustainable society? Bachelor thesis, Lund University, Division of Human Ecology,. Sprei F, 2002. Characterization of power system loads in rural Uganda. Master thesis, Lund University, Faculty of Engineering, LTH,. ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS: Sprei, F, Wickelgren, M, Karlsson, S, Requirement for change in consumer car buying practices observations from. Accepted for publication in Energy Efficiency. Hedenus F, Karlsson S, Azar C, Sprei F, 2009. Electricity or hydrogen for transportation? System interactions between the transportation and stationary sectors in a carbon constrained world. Accepted for publication in Journal for Hydrogen Energy. Sprei, F and Karlsson S, 2008. The role of market and technical downsizing in reducing carbon emissions from the Swedish new car fleet. Energy Efficiency, Nr1, pp 107-120. Sprei F, Karlsson S and Holmberg J, 2008. Better performance or lower fuel consumption? Technological development in the Swedish new-car fleet 1975-2002. Transportation Research Part D, Nr 13, pp 75-85. Nässén J, Sprei F, Holmberg J, 2006. Stagnating energy efficiency in the Swedish building sector economic and organisational explanations. Energy Policy, Nr 36, pp 3814-3822. PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS: Sprei, F, Karlsson S, New sold cars in 2007 is a new trend materializing? Proceedings of the World Conference on Transport Research, Lisbon, Portugal 2010
Wickelgren, M, Sprei, F, Karlsson, S, 2009. Requirement for change in consumer car buying practices observations from. Proceedings of ECEEE Summer Study 2009. Hedenus, F, Karlsson S, Azar C, Sprei F, 2009. The transportation energy carrier of the future. System interactions between the transportation and stationary sectors in a carbon constrained world. In Proceedings to EVS24, Stavanger, May 13-16 2009. Sprei F, Karlsson S, 2007. The role of market and technical downsizing in reducing carbon emissions from the Swedish new-car fleet. Proceedings of ECEEE Summer Study 2007. Sprei F, Karlsson S, 2007. The relation between technological and market development - its effects on fuel efficiency in the Swedish new car fleet. Proceedings of the 11th WCTR, Berkeley, USA. Sprei F, Karlsson S, 2007. Improved fuel consumption through downsizing. Rhetoric or reality? An analysis of the Swedish new car fleet. Proceedings of the 11th WCTR, Berkeley, USA. Sprei F, Nässén J, Holmberg J, 2006. Experiences from Energy Efficiency Policies in During the Last 30 years: Looking at the Building Sector. Proceedings of ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. August 13-18, 2006. Asilomar, USA. OTHER PUBLICATIONS: Sprei, F, 2009. Vilka styrmedel har ökat personbilarnas energieffektivitet i Sverige? FRT 2009:1, Physical Resource Theory, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg. Sprei, F, 2006. Environmental challenges for sustainable development. Scientific Congress- International, Groupe Clextral, Firminy, France. Nässén J, Sprei F, 2006. Design of policy instruments supporting the development and adoption of cleaner technologies. Case study Energy efficiency in buildings Policy pathways to promote the development and adoption of cleaner technologies (POPA-CTDA) WP3. http://www.popa-ctda.net/ Holmberg J, Nässén J, Sprei F, 2006. Samband mellan energieffektivisering och övergripande mål, Chalmers tekniska högskola, Statens energimyndighet ER 2006:25. Contributing author to Report no 3, 2006-05-14 European Panel on Sustainable Development (EPDS) Appendix- Sustainable technology options and policy instruments. Sprei F, Nässén J, 2005. Barriers and drivers to innovation. Case study Energy efficiency in buildings Policy pathways to promote the development and adoption of cleaner technologies (POPA-CTDA) WP2. http://www.popa-ctda.net/ Ahlbäck A, Sandén B, Sprei F, Strömberg D, 2004. Energy sector background study Policy pathways to promote the development and adoption of cleaner technologies (POPA- CTDA) WP1. http://www.popa-ctda.net/ Hedenus F, Sprei F, Azar C, Johansson D, Persson M, 2004. Remissyttrande om
delbetänkande från FlexMex2 utredningen, Handla för ett bättre klimat SOU2003:120. Hedenus F, Sprei F, Persson M, 2004. Remissyttrande om delbetänkande från FlexMex2 utredningen, Handla för ett bättre klimat SOU2004:62. Holmberg et al, 2004. Remissyttrande för Energideklarering av byggnader SOU 2004:109. ARTICLES IN POPULAR PRESS (a selection) Bilmotorer blir effektivare men drar lika mycket bränsle Miljö&utveckling, 2007-04-26 Hög bensinförbrukning trots bättre teknik GP, 2007-04-27 Effektivare motor gör inte bilen snål NyTeknik på webben, 2007-04-27 Hög förbrukning trots bättre teknik Bilsport.se, 2007-04-27 Fart före miljö, Fokus, nr 20, 1-8 juni 2007 Minskning av utsläpp bromsas av allt tyngre och starkare bilar, gp.se, 2010-09-06