CREDS Mid-term review report
Read about our first two years of work in the Mid-term review report.
Event report: How might our research have greater real-world impact?
Energy research requires rapid deployment of research with a greater focus on impact. Our event involved academics and experts from the third sector so that we could learn from each other.
Telecommuting and UK energy demand
UK National Travel Survey data allows us to examine not only the travel behaviours of telecommuters, but also travel impacts of telecommuting on their whole households.
Impact of 5G technology
This project will review evidence on 5G’s energy use, then construct scenarios where 5G has both positive and negative impacts on energy consumption.
The UK Government’s Ten Point Plan for a green industrial revolution
Despite the positive steps, two key questions remain unanswered: What is the strategy? And where are the people? Nick Eyre responds to the plan.
Reflections on Steph Parker’s webinar: Making government policy: what does a Policy Professional do?
Rare insights into behind-the-scenes processes and protocols reassured guest author Sam Hampton that government policies are well-considered.
Seasonality – our second flexibility reading room
Our online reading room featured four presentations on seasonality which led to interesting discussion on a huge subject.
Transcript: Seasonality – online reading room
01 October, 2020. Online event Discussion Elizabeth Shove: Welcome everybody. It is great to see so many different backgrounds and people, and as I have just said, we’re going to have some little talks about seasonality. I think we are at the start of what is going to be really quite a big and unexpected programme … Continue reading “Transcript: Seasonality – online reading room”
Product energy efficiency: now we can do anything, what should we do next?
A recent BEIS call led CREDS associate Fiona Brocklehurst to explore the energy saving potential of a range of policy options.
UK Climate Assembly findings: this crisis needs leadership
Are we still failing to understand what is meant by a “climate crisis”? John Barrett takes a look at the difficult decisions required by government to achieve the 2050 net zero target.
Visions and fantasies of the sustainable future – how to understand narratives of the low carbon transition
A new paper unpacks the rhetoric behind possible futures for case studies including automated mobility, electric vehicles (EVs) and smart meters.
Online reading room explores temporal aspects of energy demand
The Flexibility team were joined in an online reading room by a panel of international guests to discuss a new article, Conceptualising flexibility.