Projects
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| Reference Number | EP/I01344X/1 | |
| Title | UK Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (ITRC): PROGRAMME GRANT: "Long term dynamics of interdependent infrastructure systems" | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Energy system analysis) 5%; Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Other oil and gas) 5%; Not Energy Related 80%; Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electricity transmission and distribution) 5%; Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Environmental, social and economic impacts) 5%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Computer Science and Informatics) 20%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 20%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering) 20%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 20%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Architecture and the Built Environment) 20%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Systems Analysis related to energy R&D (Energy modelling) 30%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Policy and regulation) 20%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy) 20%; Systems Analysis related to energy R&D 30%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Professor J (Jim ) Hall Environmental Change Institute University of Oxford |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 January 2011 | |
| End Date | 07 February 2011 | |
| Duration | 1 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £4,730,842 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Civil eng. & built environment | |
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | Process Environment and Sustainability | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor J (Jim ) Hall , Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford |
| Other Investigator | Professor RJ Nicholls , Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton Dr S Bullock , Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton Professor JM (Jonathon ) Preston , Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton Professor W Powrie , Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton Professor N (Nick ) Jenkins , Engineering, Cardiff University Professor M Birkin , Sch of Geography, University of Leeds Professor C Jones , Computing Sciences, Newcastle University Professor TP (Thomas ) Curtis , Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University Mr C Kilsby , Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University Dr S Barr , Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University Professor P Tyler , Land Economy, University of Cambridge Prof J (Jim ) Watson , Bartlett Sch of Env, Energy & Resources, University College London Prof NJ (Nick ) Eyre , Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford |
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| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , DEFRA Project Contact , Infrastructure and Project Authority Project Contact , Department of Energy & Climate Change Project Contact , Ove Arup & Partners Ltd Project Contact , Mott Macdonald UK Ltd Project Contact , Veolia Environmental Services Project Contact , The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Project Contact , Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Project Contact , Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) Project Contact , Association of North East Councils Project Contact , Parsons Brinckerhoff Project Contact , CABE - the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment Project Contact , Scottish and Southern Energy plc Project Contact , Innovation - BT Plc Project Contact , National Grid plc Project Contact , Willis Limited Project Contact , Institution of Mechanical Engineers Project Contact , Costain Ltd Project Contact , United Utilities PLC Project Contact , Ordnance Survey Project Contact , BAM Nuttall Ltd Project Contact , Halcrow Group Ltd Project Contact , Yorkshire Water Project Contact , Town & Country Planning Assoc (TCPA) Project Contact , Met Office Project Contact , Swanbarton Limited Project Contact , Northumbrian Water Ltd Project Contact , Black & Veatch Project Contact , BP PLC Project Contact , Transport Scotland Project Contact , MWH UK Ltd Project Contact , E.ON E&P UK Ltd Project Contact , Network Rail Ltd Project Contact , UK Water Industry Research Ltd (UKWIR) Project Contact , Energy Generation and Supply KTN Project Contact , JBA Consulting Project Contact , Royal Haskoning Project Contact , Environmental Agency Project Contact , Highways Agency Project Contact , Cabinet Office Project Contact , Department for Transport Project Contact , Atkins Project Contact , Local Government Group |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | National infrastructure (NI) systems (energy, transport, water, waste and ICT) in the UK and in advanced economies globally face serious challenges. The 2009 Council for Science and Technology (CST) report on NI in the UK identified significant vulnerabilities, capacity limitations and a number of NI components nearing the end of their useful life. It also highlighted serious fragmentation in thearrangements for infrastructure provision in the UK. There is an urgent need to reduce carbon emissions from infrastructure, to respond to future demographic, social and lifestyle changes and to build resilience to intensifying impacts of climate change. If this process of transforming NI is to take place efficiently, whilst also minimising the associated risks, it will need to be underpinned byalong-term, cross-sectoral approach to understanding NI performance under a range of possible futures. The 'systems of systems' analysis that must form the basis for such a strategic approach does not yet exist - this inter-disciplinary research programme will provide it.The aim of the UK Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium is to develop and demonstrate a new generation of system simulation models and tools to inform analysis, planning and design of NI. The research will deal with energy, transport, water, waste and ICT systems at a national scale, developing new methods for analysing their performance, risks and interdependencies. It will provide a virtual environment in which we will test strategies for long term investment in NI and understand how alternative strategies perform with respect to policy constraints such as reliability and security of supply, cost, carbon emissions, and adaptability to demographic and climate change.The research programme is structured around four major challenges:1. How can infrastructure capacity and demand be balanced in an uncertain future?We will develop methods for modelling capacity, demand and interdependence in NI systems inacompatible way under a wide range of technological, socio-economic and climate futures. We will thereby provide the tools needed to identify robust strategies for sustainably balancing capacity and demand.2. What are the risks of infrastructure failure and how can we adapt NI to make it more resilient?We will analyse the risks of interdependent infrastructure failure by establishingnetwork models of NI and analysing the consequences of failure for people and the economy. Information on key vulnerabilities and risks will be used to identify ways of adapting infrastructure systems to reduce risks in future.3. How do infrastructure systems evolve and interact with society and the economy?Starting with idealised simulations and working up to the national scale, we will develop new modelsofhow infrastructure, society and the economy evolve in the long term. We will use the simulation models to demonstrate alternative long term futures for infrastructure provision and how they might be reached.4. What should the UK's strategy be for integrated provision of NI in the long term?Working with a remarkable group of project partners in government and industry, wewill use our new methodsto develop and test alternative strategies for Britain's NI, building an evidence-based case for a transition to sustainability. We will analyse the governance arrangements necessary to ensure that this transition is realisable in practice.A Programme Grant provides the opportunity to work flexibly with key partners in government and industry to address research challenges of national importancein a sustained way over five years. Our ambition is that through development of a new generation of tools, in concert with our government and industry partners, we will enable a revolution in the strategic analysis of NI provision in the UK, whilst at the same time becoming an international landmark programme recognised for novelty, research excellence and impact | |
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| Added to Database | 10/01/11 | |
