Energy projects
Analysing different upgrade pathways for real homes in different circumstances, aimed at improving thermal efficiency and allowing a switch to electric heating.
Detailed physical measurements and thermal modelling of heat loss from 54 dwellings with party walls, to find out whether interventions are justified nationally.
Detailed bottom-up costing of different energy upgrades to homes in Oxford, to assist in viability questions linked to raising the standard of homes in planning requirements.
Energy and carbon modelling and cost modelling, to find out the extra-over costs of exceeding the requirements for energy and carbon emissions in the Building Regulations.
Helping BEIS to build an updated and extended version of the 2050 Calculator, which will model carbon emissions through to 2100, as a memorial to Sir David Mackay.
Detailed physical measurements before and after installing Oxypod, an innovative boiler upgrade that removes air from the heating circuit and may improve energy efficiency.
Assessing the thermal performance, costs, benefits and drawbacks of a series of innovative techniques for internal wall insulation, and crystalising current Best Practice IWI.
Interviewing installers, contractors, local authorities and energy companies to evaluate the true cost of 18 different retrofit measures that save energy in homes.
Providing housing stock data and modelling, and analysing mapping data, to target homes and households with most potential and need for energy efficiency measures.
Exploring how to rework the information presented in energy bills in ways that are more meaningful for householders, and allow them to make informed decisions about energy.
Interviewing and surveying new homeowners on Berkeley's large site in Kidbrooke Village, Greenwich, to assess thermal comfort and occupant satisfaction.
Carrying out further analysis of the most comprehensive survey of electricity use in homes ever undertaken in the UK, for the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Setting up an expert panel meeting for BEIS to explore how we can put smart meter data to work and learn more about household appliance use.
Evaluating different energy scenarios, including demand and supply-side measures, to meet national carbon reduction targets.
Helping Loughborough University, the University of East Anglia and the University of Strathclyde write the Final Report from the three-year REFIT project (Retrofit Decision Support Tools for UK Homes using Smart Home Technology.
Assembling different packages of monitoring equipment that could be used in a large-scale, longitudinal energy study, collecting data about up to 10,000 homes, on behalf of the UK Government.
Writing the UK Housing Energy Fact File, developing a model, and preparing national statistics for the UK Government's Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Modelling and calculations to estimate how much energy UK households could save by adopting 45 different behaviours, for the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Writing a state-of-the-art review and running an event about energy storage and insulation materials, for the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Marketing and running the Cambridge Climate Change Charter for Cambridge City Council and South Cambs District Council.
Designing and developing DEMScot – CAR and CE’s model of CO2 emissions from Scottish housing – for the Scottish Government, and exploring how to meet CO2 reduction targets.
Designing and building a tool to predict energy demand and CO2 emissions for new buildings.
Helping to write a guide for school heads and bursars, published by the National College for School Leadership.
Writing 'Sustainable Schools: Case studies', including detailed energy analyses, for the Department for Education.
Coordinating and delivering dissemination activities for the DTI (now BIS).
Advising Granta Architects about low energy design, sustainable construction, water use and materials.
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