Focusing on decarbonising buildings, to consolidate evidence around the potential effects of net zero on the housing stock, housing supply and the housing market.
The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: Lesley.Smith@levellingup.gov.uk and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: psChiefScientificAdviser@levellingup.gov.uk.
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Several models have been developed in the UK to predict the energy and associated carbon emissions of the UK housing stock. These have been used to predict the reductions in energy use and carbon emissions arising from a...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Sheffield
The project specifically focuses on the role of policy measures in influencing households' decisions on energy improvements.
To enable the UK to meet legally binding carbon targets and establish a resilient and secure energy system, the coming decades need to see an historic transition: the almost complete decarbonisation of energy supply, the...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University College London
The project aims to develop tools to understand the interplay between human factors, new technologies, and new sources of energy in the context of housing stock decarbonisation.
The Square Mile Retrofit Project seeks to identify the best approach to deliver large-scale area based retrofit of Europe’s existing housing stock. This project explores this by taking three square mile areas to identify...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: PARITY PROJECTS LIMITED
The project explores area-based retrofit of housing stock and includes a focus on community engagement and attitudes towards energy use behavior.