School of Geography and the Environment

Research Highlight

NEW REPORT. Paul Anderson, Gaynor Backhouse, Daniel Curtis, Simon Redding, David Wallom (2009) Low carbon computing: a view to 2050 and beyond. JISC report.

ECI LAUNCHES NEW BUSINESS ENERGY MONITORING TOOL, October 2009. SMEasure is an easy-to-use energy management tool enabling your business to measure, benchmark and target your building’s energy use and emissions. Designed by leading energy researchers at Oxford University, SMEasure connects small and medium businesses (SMEs) with building energy management expertise and good practice. Sign your building up to SMEasure today

POWER FROM THE PEOPLE, October 2009. ECI publish a new report on Domestic Microgeneration and the Low Carbon Buildings Programme Read report.

NEW REPORT ON PERSONAL CARBON BUDGETING, June 2009. Examining what people need to know, learn and have in order to manage and live within a carbon budget, and the policies that could support them. Read full report

DR CHRISTIAN BRAND PRESENTS THE NEWLY DEVELOPED UK TRANSPORT CARBON MODEL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE 1 May 2009, Read news article

NEW REPORT: CALCULATING THE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS OF FLIGHTS March 2009, Read full report

WHAT DO CARBON RATIONING ACTION GROUPS TEACH US ABOUT A PROPOSED PERSONAL CARBON ALLOWANCES POLICY? Read ECI's new report into the Experiences of CRAG groups. Read full report | Read executive summary. February 2008

ECI RESPOND TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE INQUIRY ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND FUEL POVERTY Download the response. October 28 2008

THE FUEL POVERTY JUDICIAL REVIEW LED BY TWO LEADING CHARITIES IS REJECTED BY JUDGE. October 2008. Read the full judgment of the case by The Honourable Mr Justice McCombe | First witness statement by Dr Brenda Boardman, April 2008 | Second witness statement by Dr Brenda Boardman, September 2008 | Read more details about this case.

PRESS RELEASE: Green Housing Upgrades Would Create £3.5 Billion Market for Builders, says Oxford University. Published 09/07/08

NEW PUBLICATION ACCEPTED FOR PRESS: Layberry, R. (2008) Degree days for building energy management - presentation of a new dataset. Building Engineering Research and Technology (In Press)

NEW REPORT "FIRST STEP: UK MUSIC INDUSTRY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FOR 2007" This scoping study, commissioned by Julie’s Bicycle, is an analysis of the UK music industry’s carbon emissions. Read executive summary | Read some media coverage

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, FPL ENERGY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD LAUNCH GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH INITIATIVE TO STUDY IMPACT OF WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE U.S. The five-year research effort includes three primary focus areas, including wind turbine impact on birds and bats; wind turbine ecological impacts; and socio-economic impacts of wind projects.Read Press Release here | Read some media coverage

TOWARDS LOW CARBON ICT CONFERENCE: 19TH MARCH 2008 ECI co-organised this successful conference to stimulate discussion on the practical measures that can be taken to build ICT services that both reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and mitigate the effects that higher energy prices will have on our institutions.More about conference | Read some media coverage