New research casts doubt on environmental benefits of hybrid working
Our new study finds that, prior to the pandemic, most remote workers in England travelled further each week than office-based workers – despite taking fewer trips.
Travel resilience lessons from the pandemic. Travelling less could be here to stay finds new study
A new report published today, Less is More: Changing travel in a post-pandemic society, finds that people have been able to adapt significant elements of their daily travel to do what they want by travelling less.
Partnership with Go-Science on positive low energy futures
We are delighted to announce we will be working with Go-Science on a new Foresight Project to support the UK’s 2050 net-zero target
New book from CREDS researchers: Research Handbook on Energy and Society
CREDS researchers Janette Webb, Faye Wade and Margaret Tingley have co- edited a new research handbook on Energy and Society which includes chapters from many other CREDS researchers.
More evidence needed to establish 5G’s green credentials
Widespread expectations that 5G will be a green technology are not currently backed up by a strong, publicly available, fully transparent evidence base, warns a review of the evidence on 5G energy use impacts by CREDS academics
TReQ video series (improving the transparency, reproducibility and quality of your research)
This series of six short videos from our team at University College London introduces the TReQ (Transparency, Reproducibility, Quality) principles and explains their importance and general benefits.
Amplify project
We’ve just launched Amplify – a confidential forum for members of the energy research community to share accounts of workplace bullying and harassment.
Carbon taxes could fund free green electricity and public transport
Using carbon tax revenue to fund free green electricity and public transport could significantly reduce individual households’ greenhouse gas emissions, a new study has found.
Rural communities most exposed to risk of energy and transport poverty, new study finds
Rural residents are most likely to be impacted by the twin pressures of energy poverty and transport poverty simultaneously, a new study from our University of Sussex-led research project warns.
The UK can more than halve its energy demand by 2050 and improve quality of life
First-of-its-kind research from CREDS shows that it will be difficult and expensive to meet the UK’s net-zero target without serious measures to reduce demand for energy.
CREDS interdisciplinary energy demand studentships call Q&A
Following the webinar on our new studentships call, the questions asked have been answered and the presentation made available to download.
CREDS interdisciplinary energy demand studentships call
We are pleased to announce our new CREDS interdisciplinary energy demand studentships call.
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