Reading room five: Space, time and contestations over demand response and infrastructure access
In our fifth Flexibility reading room, researchers discuss rhythmicity and themes of temporality, energy justice and the availability of infrastructure services.
Impact of smart meters in improving the performance of energy efficient technologies
We are exploring the impact energy efficiency measures can have on the flexibility and resilience of the energy system.
Decarbonising UK shipping and land energy demand
The UK shipping industry has huge potential to become a world leader in decarbonisation and green innovation.
Thirty years of UK climate mitigation
Nick Eyre reflects on the 30 years of climate mitigation since the 1989 cabinet meeting and argues that the next 30 years will require far more radical change if we are to get to net-zero.
Closing the policy gap: Reflecting on a research project with the Climate Change Committee
CREDS’ researcher, Alice Garvey, reflects on her experience of working with the Climate Change Committee on their 6th Carbon Budget Recommendations.
Professor Jacopo Torriti and Professor John Barrett appointed by Defra to Resources and Waste Targets Expert Group
CREDS’ researchers, Jacopo Torriti and John Barrett, have been appointed by Defra to the Resources and Waste Targets Expert Group.
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Christian Brand reports on the vital carbon emissions savings that can be achieved through increasing cycling in urban areas.
Evaluation in a time of emergency
What needs to be evaluated, and how, if the climate emergency is treated as an immediate and present danger to environmental, social and economic well-being?
Managing resources sustainably is key to cutting UK greenhouse gases
Through using resources sustainably, extending the useful life of products and preventing waste, the UK could cut CO2e emissions by 100 million tonnes in ten years: new report from WRAP and CREDS.
A walk in the park: has the Covid-19 travel response opened the door to a new direction on climate policy?
Newly-released survey data shows that people have walked and cycled more and more regularly than before the pandemic.
Building Renovation Passports
Professor Paul Ruyssevelt (of CREDS) welcomes the publication of the Building Renovation Passports report published on 11 March 2021.
Why ‘rebound effects’ may cut energy savings in half
Gains in energy efficiency can also encourage behavioural change towards more energy use, meaning some of the anticipated energy savings may be “taken back”. This is known as the “rebound effect”. There is a risk that global climate action relies too heavily on energy savings that may not materialise.
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