BEIS has committed to ending the UK’s contribution to global warming by achieving net zero
greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Our work towards becoming a leader in green
technologies and clean energy will drive economic growth, all whilst accelerating global climate
action through strong international leadership. To achieve this, we need to better understand
the following research questions:
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
The proposed project seeks to estimate the energy and carbon savings from various types of energy efficiency improvement within the UK, and to investigate how these may be offset by various types of rebound effect. It se...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Strathclyde
The project directly investigates the impact of energy efficiency improvements on industrial productivity and the economy, which directly answers the question.
Energy is likely to be an important element of UK productivity (defined as the amount of output generated per hour worked). One way that energy might impact UK productivity is through cost. The price of energy is an impo...
Funded by: UKRI
Lead research organisation: University of Surrey
The project explores the relationship between energy and productivity, but does not specifically focus on energy efficiency policies and schemes.
The UK Government the EU and the international community in general have ambitious targets for reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) and Global Warming. Even though emission reduction targets to 2020 are likely to ...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: Brunel University London
The project focuses on energy management and efficiency in industry, which is related to the question, but does not directly address the impact of energy efficiency policies and schemes on industrial productivity.