
Difference-in-Differences:
Evaluating our SME impact evidence webinar
Join our webinar to discover new evidence on how our support helps small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) grow, and what it took to prove it.
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Difference-in-Differences:
Evaluating our SME impact evidence webinar
Join our webinar to discover new evidence on how our support helps small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) grow, and what it took to prove it.

Energy Systems Catapult is hosting this webinar to
share new findings from our updated difference-in-
differences analysis of the impact of our support on
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Building on analysis carried out with SQW, we'll
explore what the latest evidence tells us about the
outcomes linked to our support, including how
robust evaluation methods can help us assess the
impact of innovation support programmes.
This webinar is for evaluation, impact, policy and innovation funding professionals. We'll look at whether targeted support helps SMEs grow, innovate and contribute to the wider energy transition.
Our speakers will also talk through the analytical approach and share the key findings.
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What you'll learn
• The scale and timing of the public sector CHP replacement challenge
• Why CHP replacement is fundamentally different from a standard heating upgrade
• The cost, carbon and resilience trade-offs organisations must consider
• How grid constraints could impact future decarbonisation projects
• What a successful CHP transition strategy looks like
• Lessons learned from the University of Warwick's CHP transition journey
• Local Authority Property and Climate Leads


Sergei Plekhanov
Director, SQW
Director, SQW
Sergei brings 15 years’ worth of experience in research and evaluation. He holds a PhD in Economics and specialises in statistical analysis and economic modelling, including Bayesian econometrics and Monte Carlo simulations. He has led similar statistical exercises for British Business Bank, Innovate UK, UKRI, Be the Business and others.
Sergei Plekhanov
Director, SQW
Director, SQW
Sergei brings 15 years’ worth of experience in research and evaluation. He holds a PhD in Economics and specialises in statistical analysis and economic modelling, including Bayesian econometrics and Monte Carlo simulations. He has led similar statistical exercises for British Business Bank, Innovate UK, UKRI, Be the Business and others.
Sergei Plekhanov
Director, SQW
Director, SQW
Sergei brings 15 years’ worth of experience in research and evaluation. He holds a PhD in Economics and specialises in statistical analysis and economic modelling, including Bayesian econometrics and Monte Carlo simulations. He has led similar statistical exercises for British Business Bank, Innovate UK, UKRI, Be the Business and others.
Sergei Plekhanov
Director, SQW
Director, SQW
Sergei brings 15 years’ worth of experience in research and evaluation. He holds a PhD in Economics and specialises in statistical analysis and economic modelling, including Bayesian econometrics and Monte Carlo simulations. He has led similar statistical exercises for British Business Bank, Innovate UK, UKRI, Be the Business and others.
Sergei Plekhanov
Director, SQW
Director, SQW
Sergei brings 15 years’ worth of experience in research and evaluation. He holds a PhD in Economics and specialises in statistical analysis and economic modelling, including Bayesian econometrics and Monte Carlo simulations. He has led similar statistical exercises for British Business Bank, Innovate UK, UKRI, Be the Business and others.
Director, SQW
Sergei brings 15 years’ worth of experience in research and evaluation. He holds a PhD in Economics and specialises in statistical analysis and economic modelling, including Bayesian econometrics and Monte Carlo simulations. He has led similar statistical exercises for British Business Bank, Innovate UK, UKRI, Be the Business and others.
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