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We research and analyse aspects of sustainable energy to understand better the challenges we face and the quality of solutions being proposed. Through evaluation activity, we get to know what does and doesn’t work and use this knowledge to inform our practice and that of others. By applying our knowledge of data and software development skills we create analytical tools which enable new insight and understanding.

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Delegates arriving for the conference
30th anniversary conference (Bristol, 2009)
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Bridgend County Borough Council's pioneering geothermal heat plant uses groundwater in former mine shafts and is an example of the innovative local energy systems emerging in the UK.
Understanding ‘whole place’ energy solutions
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The Port of Milford Haven, which is participating as a demonstrator in the Smart Living Initiative by developing a zero carbon area on the Waterfront.
Welsh Government Smart Living Initiative
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Smarter warmer homes: a workshop
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The GLA, based at City Hall, (shown here) hope to be able to take control of the spiralling cost of keeping warm.
Fuel poverty in London: research and policy report
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Wales' history is tied up with fossil fuels, but is there a low carbon future?
West Wales Zero Carbon Zones report (2016)
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Mapping Birmingham's solar PV potential (2016-2017)
Mapping Birmingham's solar PV potential (2016-2017)
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Measuring vulnerability for distribution network operators
Measuring vulnerability for distribution network operators
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Heat networks are disruptive, so the more that can be done to smooth the process, the better ...
THERMOS - Accelerating heat networks in Europe
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How can we use - in the public interest - the data that millions of smart meters like this or similar will generate?
Smart meter energy data: Exploring the public interest agenda
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Maps of parliamentary constituencies in England and Wales showing where the highest proportions of the most efficient and least efficient dwellings are located
Mapping domestic energy efficiency in Great Britain
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Electrification of appliances and machines (like cars), along with cheaper sensors and dimishing limits to computing power, are some of the technological developments that will prompt changes to energy infrastructure
'Smart living' in Wales
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Many households are under-heated in winter, because their energy bills are unaffordable – this has knock-on negative effects on residents' health and wellbeing
Energy tariff options for vulnerable consumers
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The Ctech project used ethnographic techniques to capture staff attitudes to comfort and the informal practices used in control of heating and cooling
C-tech: creating the energy for change
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Sefton Council's commitment to sustainable energy will have environmental benefits, as well as providing economically valuable investment opportunities.
Sefton Council Strategic Energy Review
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As well as stand-alone renewables, the potential for microgeneration and energy efficiency measures involving existing buildings was also investigated.
Milton Keynes Energy Mapping Study
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