The Centre for Low Carbon Futures, led by our Director Jon Price, is a collaborative University organisation established in 2009, focusing on sustainability for competitive advantage. Our cross cutting research themes are Smart Infrastructure, Energy Systems and the Circular Economy. Our 2011/12 research agenda focuses on energy efficiency and stimulating major scale investments at City scale; developing new thinking and creating communities of interest in UK and China on energy storage systems, and the demonstration of carbon capture and carbon utilisation systems.
As our first research agenda matures we are in the dissemination stage, providing a series of insights based on our 2008-10 research programmes on carbon embedded in trade; improved breeding of crops; pathways for energy storage in the UK and low carbon supply chains that will be disseminated at Chatham House, Royal Society and Portcullis House in the UK and at various international fora on low carbon developments including the British Embassy in Tokyo and various other international meetings in India, China and South America.
Our forthcoming new series of insights reports include the impacts of drought in the 20 year time frame; stimulating major scale investments from public and private sector and monitoring, measuring and verification of energy efficiency systems in the built environment.
In 2012 we will be further strengthening our Cities activity, providing models for international Cities and establishing a national data centre. We will also be developing a Business Schools programme to support the new science and technology options to enable a low carbon transition.
Reports
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Pathways for Energy Storage in the UK
An integrated approach is taken to examine the drivers and barriers to the development and deployment of different forms of energy storage in the UK
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The Retrofit Challenge: Delivering Low Carbon Buildings
The Retrofit Challenge: Delivering Low Carbon Buildings This report looks at the current status and future potential of building retrofit for energy performance and carbon saving in the UK. A brief review of current policy and building stock is followed by discussion of ways forward.
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A Global Redesign? Shaping the Circular Economy
This paper explores the potential of a circular economy as a model for industrial organisation
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This report identifies key points to facilitate an understanding of the transition towards low carbon supply chains from a business perspective
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The Economics of Low Carbon Cities
Groundbreaking research showing that UK cities could cut their energy bills by billions by exploiting commercially attractive opportunities in energy and carbon management.
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Supply Chain Environmental Analysis (SCEnAT)
This report establishes the need for a state-of-the-art Supply Chain Environmental Analysis Tool (SCEnAT) for carbon emissions accounting and management across product supply chains
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Carbon Capture and Utilisation in the green economy
This report provides a technical and economic assessment of carbon capture and utilisation (CCU), as a partial alternative to geological storage, by converting CO2 into commercially viable products such as bio-oils, chemicals, fertilisers and fuels.
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Technology Innovation for Energy Intensive Industry in the UK
The study took first-hand evidence from industry to assess the innovative low carbon technology solutions needed for the UK's key energy intensive sectors. Potential technology options, barriers to low carbon investment and the need for policy support and technical co-operation were examined sector by sector.
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