Devon Wemyss

Position at the ZHAW

Research Associate
Project: SCCER-CREST www.sccer-crest.ch

www.zhaw.ch/cie

Expertise and research interests

Energy, Entrepreneurship, Energy utilities, Foresight

Educational background

2012 ETH Zürich, MSc. Environmental Science. Focus: Human-Environment Systems
2008 McGill University, Canada, BEng. Civil Engineering. Focus: Environment

Professional milestones

2013-2014 Eawag, Dübendorf, CH. Scientific Assistant
2010-2011 Pöyry, Zürich, CH und Burkina Faso. Environmental Scientist
2009 CH2MHill, Calgary, Canada. Environmental Engineer

Membership of networks

• Cewas (International centre for water management services) Startup Alumni
• Fachfrauen Umwelt

• Social Power Project / Teammitglied / 01.03.2015
• UNCTAD Strategic Foresight / Teammitglied / 01.02.2015

• Wemyss, Devon; Moser, Corinne; Castri, Roberta; Kovacs, Nikolett; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn,

  2017.

  Reaching the finish line : analysis of the differences between active participants and drop-outs in a behaviour change intervention

  [Paper].

  In:

  Consumption, efficiency and limits : eceee 2017 summer study on energy efficiency.

  eceee 2017 summer study on energy efficiency, Hyères, 29 May - 3 June 2017.

  1775-1784.

• Braunreiter, Lukas; Wemyss, Devon; Kobe, Carmen; Müller, Adrian W.; Krause, Thilo; Blumer, Yann;

  2016.

  Understandig the Role of Scenarios in Swiss Energy Research

  .

  SML Working Paper

  ; 13.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available under: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1137

• Blumer, Yann; Wemyss, Devon; Moser, Corinne,

  2015.

  How cities can foster local action in energy efficiency by utilizing middle actors : insights from a Swiss case study

  [Paper].

  In:

  ECEEE summer study proceedings.

  ECEEE Summer Study: First fuel now, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy ECEEE, Belambra Les Criques, Toulon/Hyères, France, 1–6 June 2015.

  Stockholm:

  European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy ECEEE.

  653-660.

Books and editorships

• Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Blumer, Yann; Hoppe, Merja; Spiess, Harry; Wemyss, Devon; Zipper, Christian; Haegeman, Karel; Johnston, Ron; Mariani, Isabel; Park, Byeongwon; Popper, Rafael (2015).

  Strategic foresight for the post-2015 development agenda

  : Report of the Secretary-General.

  Geneva: United Nations Economic and Social Council. Peer reviewed.

Peer-reviewed articles/chapters

• Wemyss, Devon; Castri, Roberta; De Luca, Vanessa; Cellina, Francesca; Frick, Vivian; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Bianchi, Pamela; Hertach, Christian; Kuehn, Tobias; Carabias, Vincente (2016).

  Keeping up with the Joneses: Examining Community-Level Collaborative and Competitive Game Mechanics to Enhance Houshold Electricity -Saving Behaviour

  .

  4th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency, Coimbra, 08. - 09. September. Peer reviewed.

Non-peer-reviewed articles/chapters

• Castri, Roberta; Wemyss, Devon; Cellina, Francesca; De Luca, Vanessa; Frick, Vivian; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Bianchi, Pamela; Carabias, Vincente (2016).

  Triggering Electricity-Saving Through Smart Meters: Play, Learn And Interact

  .

  Teddinet: Energy Feedback Symposium 2016, Edinburgh, 04. - 05. January. S. 248-256.

• Wemyss, Devon; Blumer, Yann (2015).

  Indicators of innovation: Empirical insights into activities, challenges and strategies of Swiss energy sector start-ups

  .

  CIE Working Paper 2015/1