Projects
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| Reference Number | NE/C508542/1 | |
| Title | 40% House conference and publication of final report. | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 75%; Applied Research and Development 25%; |
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| Science and Technology Fields | SOCIAL SCIENCES (Town and Country Planning) 15%; SOCIAL SCIENCES (Politics and International Studies) 5%; SOCIAL SCIENCES (Sociology) 5%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Architecture and the Built Environment) 75%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Systems Analysis related to energy R&D (Energy modelling) 25%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions) 25%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Policy and regulation) 25%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Consumer attitudes and behaviour) 10%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Technology acceptance) 15%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Dr B Boardman No email address given Environmental Change Institute University of Oxford |
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| Award Type | R&D | |
| Funding Source | NERC | |
| Start Date | 01 January 2005 | |
| End Date | 30 June 2005 | |
| Duration | 6 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £32,757 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Manufacturing | |
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | Good Ideas Project | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr B Boardman , Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford (100.000%) |
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| Objectives | Objectives not supplied | |
| Abstract | This proposal is for publication of the final report and a supporting conference to disseminate the findings of an existing, Tyndall-funded project 'The 40% House'. All the research will have been undertaken during the existing project, but the available funds do not permit a full dissemination strategy. The UK Government has a commitment to reduce carbon dioxide by 60% by 2050:each sector will, by then, only be producing 40% of its present emissions. Rapid progress towards the '40% House' by 2050 is particularly important, as the domestic sector is one of the more reliable sources of reductions. The study considers reduced energy demand along with the introduction of household-level new and renewable supply technologies that produce less carbon than conventional supply. It brings together housing and energy issues in a new and challenging way. The study is identifying a broadrange of important policy issues: for instance, what is the optimum rate of turnover of the housing stock (at present it is too slow); the extent to which individuals and social housing authorities should have carbon reduction targets or caps; development of minimum standards for the efficiency of thehousing stock in each local authority area. These are issues that impact on a large number of different policy makers and need to be discussed broadly if an informed consensus is to be developed. That is the reason for the dissemination strategy. | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 28/05/08 | |
