Education and Professional Experience

2018 - 2015

Research Associate, The University of Tokyo, Japan.

2006 - 2007

Visiting Scholar, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), USA.

2002 - present

Senior Research Engineer, Socio-economic Research Center, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Japan.

2002

M. Engineering, Electrical Engineering, The University of Tokyo

2000

B. Engineering, Electrical Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Selected Publications

(in English)

• Toshihiro Mukai, Ken-ichiro Nishio, Hidenori Komatsu and Masanobu Sasaki. (2022) What effect does feedback have on energy conservation? Comparing previous household usage, neighbourhood usage, and social norms in Japan. Energy Research & Social Science, 86, 102430.
• Hyun Bae Kim, Toshiya Iwamatsu, Ken-ichiro Nishio, Hidenori Komatsu, Toshihiro Mukai, Yoko Odate, and Masanobu Sasaki. (2020) Field experiment of smartphone-based energy efficiency services for households: Impact of advice through push notifications, Energy and Buildings, 223(110151).
• Osamu Kimura, Hidenori Komatsu, Ken-ichiro Nishio and Toshihiro Mukai. (2018) A prototype tool for automatically generating energy-saving advice based on smart meter data. Energy Efficiency, 11(5), pp.1247-1264.
• Ken-ichiro Nishio and Toshihiro Mukai. (2016) Analyzing electricity demand structure by using incomplete but detailed measured hourly consumption data. Behave 2016 (4th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency), 8-9 Sep 2016, Coimbra, Portugal
• Toshihiro Mukai, Ken-ichiro Nishio, Hidenori Komatsu, Teppei Uchida, and Kyoko Ishida. (2016) Evaluating a behavioral demand response trial in Japan: evidence from the summer of 2013. Energy Efficiency, 9(4), pp.911-924.
• Osamu Kimura and Ken-ichiro Nishio. (2016) Responding to electricity shortfalls: Electricity-saving activities of households and firms in Japan after Fukushima. Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy, 5(1).
• Hidenori Komatsu and Ken-ichiro Nishio. (2015) An experimental study on motivational change for electricity conservation by normative messages. Applied Energy, 158, pp.35-43.
• Osamu Kimura and Ken-ichiro Nishio. (2013) Responding to electricity shortfalls: two-years-of experience after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, The 22nd World Energy Congress, 13-17 Oct 2013, Daegu, Korea.
• Ken-ichiro Nishio and Kenta Ofuji. (2013) Are people continuing to save electricity?: Consistency of measures and behavior changes in the electricity crisis in Japan, 7th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting, 11-13 Sep 2013, Coimbra, Portugal.
• Osamu Kimura and Ken-ichiro Nishio. (2013) Saving Electricity in a Hurry: A Japanese Experience after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, 2013 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry, 23-26 Jul 2013, Niagara Falls, USA.
• Ken-ichiro Nishio and Kenta Ofuji. (2012) Behavior Change and Driving Forces to Save Electricity in the Electricity Crisis in Japan, International Energy Program Evaluation Conference, 12-14 Jun 2012, Rome, Italy.
• Ken-ichiro Nishio and Yumiko Iwafune. (2009) Barriers to Energy Efficiency for Residential Space-heating Appliances in Japan, 32nd International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) International Conference, 21-24 Jun 2009, San Francisco, USA.
• Reinhard Haas, Niels I. Meyer, Anne Held, Dominique Finon, Arturo Lorenzoni, Ryan Wiser, and Ken-ichiro Nishio. (2008) Promoting Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources -- Lessons Learned from the EU, United States, and Japan, In: Fereidoon P. Sioshansi, Editor(s), Competitive Electricity Markets, Elsevier, Oxford, 2008, pp.419-468.
• Ken-ichiro Nishio and Hiroshi Asano. (2006) A residential end-use demand model for analyzing the energy conservation potential of new energy efficient technologies, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting - EEDAL'06, Jun 2006, London, UK.
• Ken-ichiro Nishio and Hiroshi Asano. (2006) Supply amount and marginal price of renewable electricity under the renewables portfolio standard in Japan, Energy Policy, Volume 34, Issue 15, Oct 2006, pp.2373-2387.
• Hiroshi Asano, Kenichiro Nishio, Takeo Imanaka, and Eiichi Imamura. (2005) Modeling of Customer Adoption of Distributed Generation in Japan. Presented at the 7th International Association for Energy Economics International (IAEE) European Energy Conference, 28-30 Aug 2005, Bergen, Norway.
• Kenichiro Nishio and Hiroshi Asano. (2004) Future prospects of renewable electricity supply under the Renewables Portfolio Standard in Japan. Presented at the International Energy Workshop 2004, 22-24 Jun 2004, Paris, France.