EMU: Elephant & Castle MUSCo Case Study

Completed

Not Energy Related
Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electricity transmission and distribution)
Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Environmental, social and economic impacts)

Basic and strategic applied research

SOCIAL SCIENCES (Town and Country Planning)
SOCIAL SCIENCES (Business and Management Studies)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering)

Systems Analysis related to energy R&D (Other Systems Analysis)
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)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy)

Professor D Butler
Engineering Computer Science and Maths
University of Exeter

Standard

EPSRC

01 April 2009

31 March 2011

24 months

£502,743

Environmental engineering

South West

Energy : Engineering

Professor D Butler, Engineering Computer Science and Maths, University of Exeter

Dr AC Davies, Business School, Imperial College London
Dr P Jeffrey, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University
Prof M Leach, Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey
Dr C Makropoulos, Engineering Computer Science and Maths, University of Exeter
Dr BS McIntosh, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University
Dr FA Memon, Engineering Computer Science and Maths, University of Exeter
Dr L Sharp, Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield

Project Contact, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd
Project Contact, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)
Project Contact, University of Padua (Padova), Italy
Project Contact, Southwark Council
Project Contact, Waterwise
Project Contact, Ashfords Future
Project Contact, Environmental Agency
Project Contact, IPM-Net
Project Contact, Ofgem
Project Contact, BioRegional Development Group
Project Contact, Atkins

Progress towards sustainable development is gathering pace in the UK. Many government initiatives have been announced in recent years: the 2005 Sustainable Development Strategy: Securing the Future, the 2006 Code for Sustainable Homes, the initiation of the Academy for Sustainable Communities and the Communities England Agency. Activity and thinking are also being influenced by preparations for the 2012 Olympics. Targets set are challenging, aspirations are high, but there is no establishedor guaranteed road map to achieve them and traditionally separate and centralised delivery of water, energy and other services may not be able to deliver their share of the improvements needed. However, synergies, innovation, cost savings and environmental benefits may be achieved through more holistic thinking, different scales of provision, by greater integration between different service sectors and through different business delivery models. So far, there are few significant examples inthe UK of this approach. So, this timely research will explore the extent to which integrated urban utility service provision can contribute to this agenda and enhance the adaptive capacity of these systems, vital to ensure long-term sustainability under changing climatic, environmental, demographic and economic conditions. This will be demonstrated by working in partnership with Southwark Council as they promote and engage utility provision through a Multi Utility Services Company (MUSCo) at the Elephant & Castle Development

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