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Partners

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We worked with a number of academic and industry partners. We also had an external advisory board made up of key stakeholders in UK policy, business, academia and civil society who provide independent advice and guidance.

Academic partners

Industry partners

  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
  • Ofgem
  • Committee on Climate Change
  • Association for Decentralised Energy
  • Energy Systems Catapult
  • The Energy Saving Trust Ltd
  • EDF Energy Plc
  • PassivSystems Limited

Advisory Board

  • Dr Joanne Wade, Association for Decentralised Energy, Chair
  • Professor Harriett Bulkeley, Durham University
  • Dr Siobhan Campbell, Department for Transport
  • Dr Hywel Davies, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
  • Dr Steven Fawkes, EnergyPro
  • Ms Ragne Low, Scottish Government
  • Mr Richard Hall, Citizens Advice
  • Dr Clemens Rohde, Fraunhofer Insitute for System Innovation Research, Karlsruhe
  • Mr Jon Saltmarsh, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
  • Ms Claire Dykta, National Grid
  • Yacob Mulugetta, University College London (UCL)
  • Mike Thompson, The Climate Change Committee (CCC)
  • Maureen Paul, Ofgem
  • Dustin Benton, Green Alliance

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Positive low energy futures

Our report, The role of energy demand reduction in achieving net-zero in the UK, provides the most comprehensive assessment to date of the vital part reducing energy demand can play in meeting the UK’s net-zero climate target. We show that demand for energy in the UK can be reduced by 52% by 2050, whilst enabling improvements in quality of life.

Researchers devised four scenarios – plausible futures based on likely social and technological changes. We could ignore; steer; significantly shift or completely transform our approach to energy demand. Such a comprehensive analysis of the potential for lower energy service demands and higher energy efficiency has never been done at the national level, and offers a new way of thinking about the net-zero challenge.