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CAR has developed an evidence-based EPC Energy Performance Certificates are meant to raise awareness of energy and help cut carbon emissions, but they are flawed and have failed to deliver savings. We have devised a better approach. Read more about CAR has developed an evidence-based EPC	Government has published three CAR reports on retrofitting homes CAR research bolsters the case for retrofitting to improve the energy and carbon performance of existing homes. Three new reports are out, showing the cost of work, current best practice, and innovation for solid wall insulation. Read more about Government has published three CAR reports on retrofitting homes	CAR reviews retrofit initiatives in social housing CAR was appointed by the Government to review low-energy retrofit initiatives in social housing. After weak take-up of the Green Deal and ECO, we examined how to make support more effective. Read more about CAR reviews retrofit initiatives in social housing
CAR at UEA The scale model of the Tatlin Tower engineered by by CAR director Phil Cooper has been re-erected at the Sainsbury Centre and CAR has been appointed to update the 2006 conservation plan for UEA. Read more about CAR at UEA	A sustainable transport strategy for Greater Cambridge CAR director Luca Leone has developed a sustainable transport strategy for Greater Cambridge. His article on the subject was published in the Cambridge Business Weekly. Read more about A sustainable transport strategy for Greater Cambridge	Wilton’s Music Hall CAR were structural engineers for Wilton’s Music Hall, an RIBA London Building of the Year winner. Following four years of renovation, the auditorium looks exactly as it did. Read more about Wilton’s Music Hall

Latest CAR Showroom

28 January 2021

Living with the Seasons

Dean Hawkes

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Join us for the next CAR showroom (1pm, 28 Jan).

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Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 09:24

We are pleased to announce Tom Miller, of Cambridge-based practice Haysom Ward Miller Architects, will speak at CAR's online Showroom on Tuesday 24 November at 1:00 p.m.

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Wednesday, November 18, 2020 - 09:15

The Life Levels project will develop high quality & trustable data on the embodied impacts of construction materials & products.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2020 - 21:04

RT @IrishGBC: LIFE programme's project #LIFELevel(s), moves towards

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Tuesday, September 8, 2020 - 20:58

CAR's won a Government contract to examine cost-effective domestic electrification: how to convert 22 million homes with gas heating to use electricity, and cut carbon emissions

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Thursday, March 26, 2020 - 16:08

Congratulations to @HWMArchitects, great being involved with this project.

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Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 11:45

RT @bakes_hannah: (1/2)Excited to announce: '"I built that!" - A celebration of

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Monday, March 9, 2020 - 15:31

CAR Director Hannah Baker is involved in organising this event, free to attend, sign up at https://t.co/hZQpfLL379

https://twitter.com/CARCambridge/status/1235129159501910018

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - 09:05

CAR's Energy Group has published a journal paper describing our novel method of measuring small improvements in boiler efficiency: https://t.co/WI7