Brenda Boardman MBE was born on 1943 and is a research fellow at University of Oxford and a campaigner against fuel poverty.
20 Facts About Brenda Boardman
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Brenda Boardman provided the evidence and theory base for measuring the energy inefficiency of houses, coined the term 'affordable warmth' and has influenced UK government policy in this area.
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Brenda Boardman worked for the Society for Cooperative Dwellings between 1973 and 1976 which gave her experience of house building and its funding.
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Brenda Boardman started an Open University degree in 1974 concentrating on sociology and technology and graduated with a first-class degree.
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Brenda Boardman was employed at the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex.
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Brenda Boardman started her doctoral research in 1983, completing it in 1988 and thereafter worked as a consultant from home through her network of contacts until 1991.
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Brenda Boardman's research brought together information from physics, building engineering, human physiology, economics and sociology for a novel broad view of fuel poverty.
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In 1984, Brenda Boardman was the author of The Cost of Warmth, a discussion paper from the National Right to Fuel Campaign.
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Brenda Boardman was especially interested in fuel poverty and how energy is used in low-income homes.
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Brenda Boardman developed the first technical definition of fuel poverty during her doctoral research and it was presented in 1991 in her book Fuel Poverty: From Cold Homes to Affordable Warmth.
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Brenda Boardman discussed a link between global warming and fuel poverty in her book as a further reason for needing to have energy-efficient homes.
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Brenda Boardman has worked at the University of Oxford since 1991.
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Brenda Boardman was initially employed in a post on energy efficiency funded by Powergen in the university's new Environmental Change Unit and appointed as a senior research fellow at St Hilda's College.
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Brenda Boardman eventually became head of the Lower Carbon Futures team and a co-director of the UK Energy Research Centre in the Environmental Change Institute of the University of Oxford.
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Brenda Boardman retired in 2008 but continues as an Emeritus Research Fellow.
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In parallel with her academic career, Brenda Boardman has led campaigns related to fuel poverty.
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Brenda Boardman is a visiting professor at the University of Exeter.
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Books, reports, scientific articles and pamphlets that Brenda Boardman has authored or co-authored include:.
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Brenda Boardman was not able to go to university immediately after she left school because of a misunderstanding about the date of one A-level examination, resulting in her not taking it.
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Brenda Boardman married John Boardman and they had two children.