Projects
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| Reference Number | EV02036 | |
| Title | Resource efficiency saving: project to estimate potential savings from improved resource efficiency in UK businesses | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial) 25%; Not Energy Related 50%; Energy Efficiency(Industry) 25%; |
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| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Geography and Environmental Studies) 50%; SOCIAL SCIENCES (Business and Management Studies) 50%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 75%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy) 25%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given Oakdene Hollins Ltd |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | DEFRA | |
| Start Date | 01 March 2007 | |
| End Date | 30 November 2007 | |
| Duration | 9 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £152,000 | |
| Industrial Sectors | No relevance to Underpinning Sectors | |
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | DEFRA Sustainable Production and Consumption | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , Oakdene Hollins Ltd (100.000%) |
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| Objectives | Objectives not supplied | |
| Abstract | The main report updates a previous study by the Environment Agency. It estimates that the overall potential resource efficiency gains available to UK business, covering energy, waste and water, is of the order of £6.4 billion per annum. This figure covers only savings from measures requiring zero or low (payback within one year) financial investment. The estimated potential resource efficiency gain is disaggregated by sector and region for indicative purposes. Additional research on the business benefits of resource efficiency These studies build on research for Defra published in 2007 considering the potential financial gains available to UK business from low or no cost resource efficiency actions on energy, waste and water. This found that the total potential savings for business are in the order of £6.4 billion per annum. These papers draw out some further understanding from the earlier research, including around what these savings mean for carbon reduction aims and wider competitiveness of the economy | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | Lee. P., Walsh. B, Smith. P. (2007). Quantification of the business benefits of resource efficiency - final report (PDF 1685 KB) |
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| Added to Database | 09/01/12 | |
