City deals & climate action
As local government bodies declare a Climate Emergency, what are the drivers and mechanisms for climate action? Dan van der Horst and Connor Smith investigate.
Why we built a Place-Based Carbon Calculator
How green is your neighbourhood? New place-based carbon calculator tool maps the carbon footprint of every neighbourhood in England.
Reading room five: Space, time and contestations over demand response and infrastructure access
In our fifth Flexibility reading room, researchers discuss rhythmicity and themes of temporality, energy justice and the availability of infrastructure services.
Transcript: Space, time and contestations over demand response and infrastructure access
17 March 2021 Online event Presentation & discussion Mikko Jalas: Okay, thanks a lot, Stan, and once again thanks also for allowing us to come into the reading room with the presentation. [Introduction Slide with a background picture of a power grid and title “Prime time access for whom? Reshaping the Rhythms of Consumption of … Continue reading “Transcript: Space, time and contestations over demand response and infrastructure access”
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Christian Brand reports on the vital carbon emissions savings that can be achieved through increasing cycling in urban areas.
CREDS Mid-term review panel report
This light-touch mid-term review assessed whether the Centre is on track to achieve its core objectives and to make recommendations for the future delivery of energy demand research.
Managing resources sustainably is key to cutting UK greenhouse gases
Through using resources sustainably, extending the useful life of products and preventing waste, the UK could cut CO2e emissions by 100 million tonnes in ten years: new report from WRAP and CREDS.
Flexibility capital and justice in smart energy systems – reading room four
Our fourth flexibility reading room focused on a short perspective piece by Gareth Powells and Michael Fell.
Transcript: Flexibility capital and justice in smart energy systems
20 January 2021. Online event Discussion: Elizabeth Shrove: Okay well, welcome everybody and especially welcome to Gareth and Mike, and thanks for submitting themselves and submitting their paper to this group. So we are, I mean some of us have met in different combinations before I think, and in a way what we have in … Continue reading “Transcript: Flexibility capital and justice in smart energy systems”
The gaping hole in energy policy
Rihab Khalid reviews Sarah Royston’s webinar: Inadmissible evidence? The role of Social Sciences and Humanities in EU energy policy
Forms of adaptation & their limits – our third flexibility reading room
What do organisations consider to be the limits of adaptation – in contingency plans, in buffering and storage, and in managing and handling disruptions of one kind or another?
Transcript: Forms of adaptation & their limits – online reading room
02 December 2020. Online event Discussion [Presentation title: A third reading room – the limits of adaptation] [Slide: Energy demands are always changing and people and organisations are constantly adapting and responding to events (whether these relate directly to the ‘needs’ of a more intermittent energy supply or not). Changes and strategies in response provide … Continue reading “Transcript: Forms of adaptation & their limits – online reading room”