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How does the scale of contribution needed to achieve net zero vary for different types of places?

Background

Focusing on decarbonising buildings, to consolidate evidence around the potential effects of net zero on the housing stock, housing supply and the housing market.

Next steps

The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: [email protected] and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: [email protected].

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

DLUHC Areas of research interest GOVUK

Related UKRI funded projects

  • Cardiff Metropolitan University and Cynon Taf Community Housing (2007) Limited KTP 23_24 R4

    To increase the capability to transition to net-zero-carbon by piloting innovative decarbonisation pathways for 69 dwellings. The outcomes of the pilot will be used to scale for retrofit of tenant homes....

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

    Why might this be relevant?

    Addresses the transition to net-zero carbon for dwellings.

  • Decarbonomics Lateral Expansion - Developing Building Typologies for the Retail and Residential Sectors

    This project will develop the Decarbonomics service to incorporate retail and residential building typologies. At 120Mft2, retail constitutes 17% of the total UK commercial buildings footprint. The UK residential proper...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: ATKINSRÉALIS UK LIMITED

    Why might this be relevant?

    Focuses on developing building typologies for retail and residential sectors to achieve net zero.

  • Build-up for Net Zero (BUNZ)

    The **BUNZ (Build-Up Net-Zero)** concept creates a new sustainable model for creating desirable net-zero performance-guaranteed new homes, whilst retrofitting existing homes to net zero. Energiesprong UK (ESUK) was set u...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: ENERGIESPRONG UK LIMITED

    Why might this be relevant?

    Addresses the creation of net-zero performance-guaranteed new homes and retrofitting existing homes to net zero.

  • STREAM 2: The SWITCH to Net Zero Buildings

    The SWITCH to Net Zero Buildings supports Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council's (NPTCBC) strategy to adopt the innovative design concept of 'buildings as power stations' developed at Swansea University (SU) for both...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: Swansea University

    Why might this be relevant?

    This project supports the adoption of net zero principles for both homes and non-domestic buildings, addressing the question's context.

  • Centre for Net Zero High Density Buildings (CeNZ-HighDB)

    High density building areas within cities and towns have the greatest challenges in meeting net zero targets and are ‘keystones’ of the future UK green economy. Diverse complexities of building archetypes, multi-use, his...

    Funded by: NERC

    Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

  • Towards Zero Carbon Buildings: An Ai-Based Pay as You Decarbonise (Ai-PaYD) Business Model for Residential Customers

    Ai-PaYD is an innovative first of a kind (FOAK) solution and a multifaceted AI-based software application that is designed to assist vulnerable residents (elderly, disabled, single parents etc.) who are homeowners' in se...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: ENERGI CONSULTS LIMITED

  • Equitable portfolio upgrades for demand reduction (EPURE) tool

    The built environment contributes 25% of total UK GHG emissions per annum which is slowly reducing threatening net zero ambitions for portfolios. Urgent attention is needed to enable a more rapid and just transition to d...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED

  • RCUK Innovation Fellowship in UK Housing Stock Decarbonisation

    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

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially addresses the question and the authors have the necessary expertise.

  • Dynamic, Digitised Decarbonisation investment and engineering roadmaps for UPgrading building portfolios - (3D-UP)

    3D-UP (Dynamic, Digitised Decarbonisation investment and engineering roadmaps for UPgrading building portfolios) will develop a digital twinning infrastructure and methodology for the development of decarbonisation pathw...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED

  • Enabling a portfolio approach to net zero retrofitting of mortgaged, shared ownership and private rented properties

    According to the ONS, a significant proportion of properties (over 47%) in England are either owned with a mortgage (6.8m) or in the private rented sector (4.8m). There are also 0.2m homes from the social housing sector ...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: PROPFLO LTD

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