The Centre for Low Carbon Futures is a collaborative membership organisation that focuses 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 barriers to implementing energy efficiency measures at City scale, demonstration of energy systems and decision support tools for supply chain management. We are currently developing tools, providing scenarios for local authorities world-wide to determine cost effective measures for energy efficiency measures, identifying opportunities for savings that could stimulate major scale investment and remove barriers for action. We welcome Cities and local authorities to contact us. Our activities are focused on the needs at the local level for Cities, at the National level for Government energy priorities, stimulating major scale investments with the business sector. Our program is underpinned by a range of capacity strengthening activities.
Reports
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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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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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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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