CREDS Annual Report: October 2019 to September 2020
Introduction The Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS) was established as part of the UKRI Energy Programme in April 2018 and has been running for 2.5 years, with funding of £19.5M over 5 years from EPSRC and ESRC. Its mission is to make the UK a leader in understanding the changes in energy … Continue reading “CREDS Annual Report: October 2019 to September 2020”
Flexibility
Research from our flexibility team conceptualises and measures flexibility and assesses the impact of flexibility-related interventions. A distinctive and original feature of our approach is that it conceptualised the introduction of flexible technologies, new pricing regimes and the transformation of social-temporal orders within a single frame. How flexibility is conceptualised is important Current conceptualisations of … Continue reading “Flexibility”
The Princess and the puffer jacket
Once upon a time, Sally Cairns created a fairytale to explore long- and short-lived climate forcers…
Podcast: Price elasticity of energy demand
Our flexibility podcast explores the concept of price elasticity in energy demand and its importance for energy pricing and energy infrastructure planning.
Who needs flexibility anyway?
Can variable pricing deliver flexibility? Ben Anderson and Tom Rushby explore whether the consumer needs to be engaged in system flexibility.
Existing and future technologies for retrofitting the UK housing stock
This report was prepared by Philip Steadman at the UCL Energy Institute, as part of a project to advise Islington Council on getting their social housing stock to net zero by 2030. For this reason, there is some focus on London. The paper gives an account of existing carbon reduction and energy efficiency technologies, options … Continue reading “Existing and future technologies for retrofitting the UK housing stock”
The history of heat-as-a-service for promoting domestic demand-side flexibility: lessons from the case of budget warmth
Abstract Heat-as-a-Service (HaaS) involves the provision of agreed room temperatures at certain times for a fixed fee, instead of charging for energy use on a per-unit basis. This arrangement enables the operator to remotely manage the heating system to use electricity when it is cheaper, thereby maximising profits, and exploiting opportunities for ‘flexibility’ in response … Continue reading “The history of heat-as-a-service for promoting domestic demand-side flexibility: lessons from the case of budget warmth”
Transcript: Conceptualising flexibility: Challenging representations of time and society in the energy sector
28 July, 2020. Online event Paper for discussion: Blue, S., Shove, E. and Forman, P. 2020. Conceptualising flexibility: Challenging representations of time and society in the energy sector. Time & Society, May 2020. doi: 10.1177/0961463X20905479 Discussion Stanley Blue: I’m Stan, part of the flexibility theme and group as well as working at Lancaster University in … Continue reading “Transcript: Conceptualising flexibility: Challenging representations of time and society in the energy sector”
A reform agenda for UK construction education and practice
Abstract Achieving zero carbon requires major changes in buildings and construction practices, but both remain very hard to achieve. The UK construction sector operates in a low-skills equilibrium, whereby poor quality assurance and significant design-performance gaps accompany low educational attainment and low wages. Skills debates often focus too narrowly on the supply of skill, but consideration … Continue reading “A reform agenda for UK construction education and practice”
Rearranging elephants on the Titanic – Jillian Anable’s keynote presentation from UTSG Annual Conference
CREDS Transport & Mobility Theme Lead, Jillian Anable, gave the plenary keynote closing presentation at last week’s 51st Annual Universities’ Transport Study Group Conference.
Flexibility workshop – Jordans YHA
24-26 September 2018 The DEMAND Centre – Dynamics of Energy, Mobility and DemandOpens in a new tab – ran a two day workshop on the topic of Flexibility – designed as a contribution to the new CREDS -Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (www.creds.ac.uk). During the workshop, we discussed papers by the authors listed … Continue reading “Flexibility workshop – Jordans YHA”
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