Ending the daily work commute may not cut energy usage as much as one might hope
A mass move to working-from-home accelerated by the Coronavirus pandemic might not be as beneficial to the planet as many hope, according to a new study.
How does energy research have to change during a climate emergency?
In the UK, the Government is now committed to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To reach such a target, everything will have to change – and this includes how we do energy research. Yet, so far, we are doing research as usual.
Energy trading board game (online and easy-to-print)
Looking for activities to (virtually) get together and discuss low-carbon energy futures? There’s now a game for that.
Health benefits of policies to reduce carbon emissions
CREDS researcher Ian Hamilton, along with colleagues, recently had their work on Climate Change and Health impacts for the UK published in the BMJ medical journal.
Report – Trading sunlight: prospects for peer to peer energy trading in the UK solar industry
The rise of solar PV in Britain over the past decade is a remarkable success story, with the industry growing from less than 100 MW
installed capacity in 2010 to more than 13,200 MW in 2019.
Living in an EcoHome
CREDS researcher, George Bennett, talks about living in an EcoHome
The Lost Generation: System Resilience and Flexibility
Seminal paper on the significance of Energy System Architecture in designing a flexible and resilient energy system has been accepted by the Applied Energy Symposium: MIT A+B.
Energy System Architecture (ESA) concept developed
The concept of Energy System Architecture (ESA) has been developed to help to identify the strengths and limitations of current energy system models.
Widespread benefits of rapid UK building retrofit
How do we quickly reduce our energy use in the UK itself, but without damaging the economy?
Why energy efficient buildings should be a top climate policy priority
We spend most of our lives inside buildings, and the energy we use to light, heat and cool them is responsible for a third of UK CO2 emissions.
Fuel Switching on the Isle of Man
One currently talked about way to pursue decarbonisation without touching demand is through fuel switching. For some, this constitutes a form of flexibility, in that one energy source is substituted for another.
Histories of Flexibility – A Special Issue of the Journal of Energy History
In January 2020, a workshop was held at Lancaster University to discuss contributions to a special issue of the Journal of Energy History about energy flexibility.