40% House conference and publication of final report.

Completed

Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial)

Basic and strategic applied research
Applied Research and Development

SOCIAL SCIENCES (Town and Country Planning)
SOCIAL SCIENCES (Politics and International Studies)
SOCIAL SCIENCES (Sociology)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Architecture and the Built Environment)

Systems Analysis related to energy R&D (Energy modelling)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Policy and regulation)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Consumer attitudes and behaviour)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Technology acceptance)

Dr B Boardman
Environmental Change Institute
University of Oxford

R&D

NERC

01 January 2005

30 June 2005

6 months

£32,757

Manufacturing

South East

Good Ideas Project

Dr B Boardman, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford

Objectives not supplied

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.

28/05/08