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CREDS research is helping to plan London-wide energy efficiency re-furbishment
CREDS helps build a London Building Stock Model to help GLA plan for energy efficient refurbishment.
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Energy efficiency in buildings: interview with Cliff Elwell
Cliff Elwell, CREDS buildings theme co-investigator and project lead, talks about his work at UCL on energy efficiency in buildings (interview by Mike Fell).
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Efficient World Scenario and 3rd IEA Global Conference on Energy Efficiency
CREDS attended the IEA Global Conference on Energy Efficiency in Paris last week, a launch for the 2018 Energy Efficiency Market Report co-authored by CREDS researcher, Ian Hamilton.
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Love thy neighbour? Maybe you should be able to sell them thine energy
In this post CREDS/UCL researcher Michael Fell outlines his work on blockchain-enabled energy retail markets and what they might mean for people and society.
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IPCC report: Energy demand can help meet 1.5°C challenge while also delivering wellbeing & ecosystem benefits
On Monday 8th October 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its report on the impacts of global warming 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. The CREDS mission of transforming energy demand is more relevant than ever.
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New challenges for energy demand research
Improving energy efficiency helps deliver on all the key goals of energy policy – affordability, security and sustainability – trying to understand the future of energy without thinking closely about demand is not possible. Prof Nick Eyre explores why energy demand matters.
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What we do
CREDS is a research centre established in 2018 with a vision to make the UK a leader in understanding the changes in energy demand needed for the transition to a secure and affordable, low carbon energy system.
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