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Brenda Boardman at the 40% House launch

40% House

Read more about this project on the 40% House website.

The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution reported that the UK needs to achieve a 60% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050 if we are to contribute to an avoidance of significant climate change. The domestic sector is crucial to the achievement of this target as it represents almost a third of the UK's energy. The 40% House project studies behavioural and technological changes in the search for how UK households can meet the 60% target. Through bottom-up analysis we aim to:

  • Identify the policies required to achieve the 60% reduction in the domestic sector by 2050.
  • Investigate the more careful use of energy, and the supply of energy through household-level new and renewable energies, including heat pumps, solar thermal and PV, and micro-combined heat and power.
  • Determine the impact of expected climate change on the demand for heating and cooling, and identify the most appropriate ways of minimising this demand.
  • Examine the load profiles of individual appliances and the extent to which these can be modified, with a consequent reduction in peak load.
  • Assess the views of householders, so that proposals work with, and enhance, public opinion.

Conference

The 40% House conference took place on the 23rd March 2005.

Delegates attending the conference were asked to complete a questionnaire to ascertain whether they live in a 40% house.

40% House: Publications and Communications

Reports

If you only require part of the report, or have a slower internet connection, you may find it easier to download individual chapters of the report below:


Background material for the report

Communications

40% House has been represented by LCF researchers at over 25 events and covered by the media on more than 15 occasions following the launch in 2005. Full details of these communications can be found on the 40% House website.

Gavin Killip presents the 40% House project in Paris
Gavin Killip présente le projet 40% House au Club de l'Amélioration de l'Habitat à Paris. Que signifie une réduction de 60% des émissions de CO2 avant l'an 2050 dans le parc immobilier résidentiel britannique? Comment les démarches et résultats du projet 40% House peuvent-ils s'appliquer au contexte français?
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Club de l'Amélioration de l'Habitat

Dr Brenda Boardman Podcast: The 40% House
Listen to Brenda Boardman's 40% House insights as part of the Talking Sustainability series for the Arup Drivers of Change Programme.