The long and winding road of research funding
If you’re an early career researcher and looking for advice on writing research proposals, Mari Martiskainen shares what she’s learned about how to write a good funding proposal.
Sustainable Built Environment Conference, Cardiff: Policy principles and Scottish reels
The SBE conference brought together researchers, built environment professionals, policy experts and government officials to focus on the transition of energy and low carbon policies into practice. Tina Fawcett reports.
Fake news: some days wind and solar deliver more than half our energy needs
Boris Johnson’s declaration about renewable energy included a fundamental error, one that is often made.
Taking stock of the role for local action on clean energy in the UK’s decarbonisation efforts
Mags Tingey and Jan Webb reflect on the UK Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee’s report – Clean Growth: Technologies for meeting the UK’s emissions reduction targets – and the significance of its recommendations for local action on clean energy.
Developing a pathway for construction professionals to meet net-zero target
CREDS researchers from UCL recently hosted a briefing, organised by the Edge, that brought together representatives from the main construction industry professional institutions.
CREDS turns one: a year of shifting the focus towards energy demand
As CREDS celebrates one year since our launch, we announce a new £1.25m challenge project – FAIR. We also unveil, in support of the Shifting the focus report launched in July, a series of short videos with chapter authors and a highlights document, which offers a quick look at the report.
Interview with Mari Martiskainen
Sussex Energy Group Communications and Engagement Officer, Nora Blascsok, interviews Mari Martiskainen about her work in our Digital Society and FAIR themes.
Shared mobility – where now, where next?
The Commission on Travel Demand Shared Mobility Inquiry report launches today, featuring recommendations to increase vehicle occupancy, reduce individual ownership and enhance multi-modal travel.
Take a look at the report and accompanying graphics.
EV09 – Beate Kubitz
Stimulating the shared mobility economy This response to the Committee on Travel Demand was written by Beate Kubitz, an independent researcher and writer on innovative mobility. She is the author of the Annual Survey of Mobility as a Service (2017 and 2018) published by Landor LINKS, as well as numerous articles about changing transport provision, … Continue reading “EV09 – Beate Kubitz”
EV08 – David McKenna
The impact of large scale pick-up/drop-off on the urban environment and people’s experience of it Shared modes of transport will result in large-scale pick-up/drop-off (p/d), what physical form will this take and what will be the impact on our urban environments? There are perhaps two basic models of p/d: Nodal pick-up/drop-off location Kerbside pick-up/drop-off i.e. … Continue reading “EV08 – David McKenna”
EV07 – Enterprise Holdings
Dear Commission, I am writing to you from Enterprise Holdings the world’s largest private mobility provider that operates more than 2 million shared assets across the globe. In the UK we have more than 100,000 vehicles provided on demand via Enterprise Rent-a-Car, National, Alamo, Enterprise Car Club and Enterprise Flex- e-Rent, which is HGVs and … Continue reading “EV07 – Enterprise Holdings”
EV06 – Department for Transport
Introduction We welcome the Commission on Travel Demand’s Inquiry into shared transport, and we are pleased to provide our response to the call for evidence. Shared transport is an important element of the Future of Mobility. Indeed, DfT’s recently published Future of Mobility: Urban Strategy has as one of its nine principles “Mobility innovation must … Continue reading “EV06 – Department for Transport”