Key areas here are developing our understanding of the drivers of behaviour across the industry, and the benefits and potential risks that technological change may bring.
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:
Meeting pressing carbon emission reduction targets successfully will require a major shift in the performance of buildings. The complexity of the building stock, the importance of buildings in people's lives, and the wid...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University College London
The project addresses the factors that can lead to poor building industry compliance within the regulatory regime and provides effective strategies for motivating industry to comply, including in relation to energy efficiency.
The project will develop a network for regulatory science in the context of retrofitting existing buildings to meet government net-zero targets. Our **Phase 1** 'discovery' project will establish a virtual network with ...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED
The project specifically focuses on regulatory science in the context of retrofitting buildings to meet net-zero targets, addressing compliance and motivation within the building industry.
Non-domestic buildings were responsible for 120TWh energy consumption and 48MtCO2e emissions in the UK in 2010. There is an acknowledged 'performance gap' between the design expectation and operational reality of most bu...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: London South Bank University
The project focuses on reducing the performance gap in building energy consumption and emissions, which is a factor that can lead to poor compliance. The authors have the necessary expertise to address this issue.