Flexibility of electricity demand is often seen as critical for balancing the grid when consumption is high and when there are drops in supply from renewables. The benefits of demand…Read More >
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Reading 2050 Vision Workshop: 4th November 2019
University of Reading will be hosting the next Reading 2050 Vision Workshop on Monday 4th November 2019 in partnership with Barton Wilmore, to review progress and consider how we can…Read More >
Professor Lorraine Farrelly elected to Chair of the Standing Conference of Heads of Schools of Architecture in the UK
Professor Lorraine Farrelly has been elected to Chair of the Standing Conference of Heads of Schools of Architecture in the UK, an important leadership role within the architecture community. Her…Read More >
Reading 2050 Lecture by John Worthington
Reading 2050 Lecture: A personal perspective – the role of Reading in a dynamic knowledge economy 1980-2050 (John Worthington) Date: Thursday October 24 Time: 18:00 pm – 19:00 pm Venue:…Read More >
Influence of evaporative cooling by urban forests on cooling demand in cities
Recent work (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2018.07.023) by Dr. Shahrestani and Dr. Smith, in collaboration with Forest Research, demonstrated that trees in an idealised urban setting will impact on cooling loads of air conditioned buildings….Read More >
Consultation on the Fuel Poverty Strategy for England
In 2014, the government introduced in legislation a fuel poverty target for England to improve as many fuel poor homes as is reasonably practicable to a minimum energy efficiency rating…Read More >
Flexible and responsive energy retail markets: putting consumers at the centre of a smart, low carbon energy system
As part of the Future energy market review, BEIS sought views on its vision for the future of energy retail markets, including key opportunities and challenges. Summary of our response…Read More >
Carbon Footprint of Food
Eugene Mohareb was recently quoted in a number of media outlets (including CNN and The Independent) based on his research on low carbon food systems. The recent IPCC report on…Read More >
CREDS turns one: a year of shifting the focus towards energy demand
As CREDS celebrates one year since our launch, we announce a new £1.25m challenge project – FAIR. We also unveil, in support of the Shifting the focus report launched in…Read More >
