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Energy Research Topics: Energy in Buildings
Active Projects
- UKERC Energy Demand Theme:
2009 - 2014
- Transport modelling - Christian Brand
- Microgeneration - Noam Bergman
- Social science - Katy Janda, Yael Parag
- Electrification of heat - Noam Bergman, Tina Fawcett, Nick Eyre
- EVALOC – evaluating effectiveness of DECC-funded low carbon communities
2011-2014
A project to assess, explain and communicate the changes in energy use due to community activities within six selected low-carbon communities funded under the DECC's Low Carbon Communities Challenge (LCCC.
- Degree Day Data
2007-2008
Free downloads of weekly degree day data for 77 weather stations in the UK at a range of building base temperatures from 10.5 degrees to 20 degrees from before the beginning of the 2007 heating season.
- Worldwide Status of Energy Standards for Buildings
2007-2009
An investigation of the worldwide status of energy standards for buildings in more than 80 countries linked to the legal status and building sector coverage of the standards in different countries.
- SMEasure: energy monitoring tool
2009-2011
A new easy-to-use building energy energy management system for small and medium businesses to measure, benchmark and target the energy use of your buildings simply by entering regular gas and electricity meter readings
- Integrating sustainable energy systems into homes (cRRescendo)
Aug 05 - jul 10
Making use of renewable energy technologies in public buildings and more than 6,000 new and existing homes in communities across europe
- iMeasure
Since 2007
An easy-to-use online tool for accurately measuring and monitoring home energy use and carbon emissions over time.
- Building Expertise
2010 - 2013
This project adopts a modified ‘system of professions’ approach to energy use in buildings, to address questions as to who can best deliver lower-carbon improvements in the coming decades, how they might best be educated, and whether new professions such as system integrators will be required to coordinate the necessary work. The research involves reviews of professional practices, skills, training, technical issues, markets & policy context, along with interviews and a survey of pioneers and mainstream practitioners.
Projects Archive
- Building Market Transformation
2005-2008
Examining the policy, economic, social and technical issues surrounding how we achieve a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions from the UK Building stock by 2030.
- Low Carbon ICT
Oct 07 - Apr 09
A study of how energy and cost savings are achievable through developing technologies that reduce ICT carbon emissions.
- 40% House
Completed Mar 05
The 40% House project studies behavioural and technological changes in the search for how UK households can achieve a 60% reduction in their carbon emissions by 2050.
- Domestic equipment and carbon dioxide emissions (DECADE)
94 - 97
An assemblance of market, behavoiural and other information about domestic electric appliances.
- Lower Carbon Futures Report
2005
This report presents policy solutions to the problem of domestic carbon emissions and identifies routes to lower carbon futures.
- Home Truths
2007
A low carbon strategy to reduce UK Housing emissions by 80%
- Energy Plus
02 - Aug 04
Energy-plus fridges and freezers use less than half the energy used by average appliances, saving money for consumers and reducing carbon emissions. This project promotes the development and use of such appliances throughout the European Union.
- EU SAVE: Boilers
03 - Jun 05
Europe's central heating boilers account for two-thirds of domestic CO2 emissions. Research by the ECI and partners aims to decrease the electricity component of this consumption, through the EU's energy efficiency SAVE Programme.
- EU SAVE: Water Heating
00 - 02
In collaboration with 12 EU organisations in the SAVE II programme, this project examines the energy saving potential of domestic water heating.
- EU SAVE: Circulation Pumps
00 - 02
As part of the SAVE II programme the project examines the energy saving potential for domestic circulation pumps. The report provides a foundation for policy by creating an energy use information system for domestic hot water appliances.
- EU SAVE: Ovens
99 - 01
As part of the SAVE II programme this project was to identify policy options to improve the efficiency of domestic ovens.
- DELight
1998
By 2020, 43% of residential lighting electricity consumption in the EU could be saved through identifiable policy actions. This report demonstrates how such savings could be achieved.
- Building a Greener Britain
Nov 07 - Jul 08
The Federation of Master Builders has commissioned new research which will present a series of practical policy recommendations to help encourage householders to make their homes greener.