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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
As part of the UK's response to the threat of climate change, the UK Government has set out a radical plan to end the emission of greenhouse gases from all buildings by 2050. Achieving this will mean confronting two long...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Edinburgh
The project addresses the impact of domestic and non-domestic energy efficiency and heat policy on its objectives and the authors have the necessary expertise.
Heat demand in the UK accounts for around 44% of final energy consumption and is currently predominantly obtained by burning natural gas and oil, representing about 90% of the fuel share, while renewable energy sources s...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Edinburgh
The project focuses on decarbonisation of heating and cooling, which is related to energy efficiency and heat policy objectives.
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 investigates the energy and carbon savings from energy efficiency improvements and the potential offset by rebound effects, which is relevant to energy efficiency and heat policy objectives.