The End Use Energy Demand (EUED) Centres carry out interdisciplinary research and advise policy on reducing
energy demand
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to help achieve the
UK government's emissions targets. The Centres are a £30m investment of the
Research Councils UK
Research Councils UK, sometimes known as RCUK, was a non-departmental public body that coordinated science policy in the United Kingdom from 2002 to 2018. It was an umbrella organisation that coordinated the seven separate research councils ...
Energy Programme (with additional funding from industrial partners) that run from 2013 to 2018. The six large centres are based across 25 institutions and encompass over 200 researchers.
Background
The
UK is committed to achieving large-scale reductions (80%) in
greenhouse gas emissions
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by 2050 (Climate Change Act 1990). End Use Energy Demand (EUED) research is about reducing energy use on the scale needed to reach this target, whilst maintaining current or achieving better standards of living and economic growth.
The EUED Centres were funded in 2013 following a 2011 call for proposals from the
Research Councils UK
Research Councils UK, sometimes known as RCUK, was a non-departmental public body that coordinated science policy in the United Kingdom from 2002 to 2018. It was an umbrella organisation that coordinated the seven separate research councils ...
Energy Programme to address these issues.
The Centres
The Centres are:
* Centre for Energy Epidemiology (CEE) - Based at
University College London
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and directed by Professor
Tadj Oreszczyn.
* Centre for Sustainable Energy Use in Food Chains (CSEF) - Based at
Brunel University
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and led by Professor Savvas Tassou.
* Dynamics of Energy, Mobility and Demand (DEMAND) - Based at the
University of Lancaster
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and led by Professor
Elizabeth Shove.
* Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand (CIED) - Based at the
University of Sussex
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and directed by Professor
Benjamin Sovacool
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.
* Centre for Industrial Energy, Materials and Products (CIE-MAP) - Based at the
University of Leeds
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and directed by Professor
John Barrett.
* Interdisciplinary Centre for Storage, Transformation and Upgrading of Thermal Energy (i-STUTE) - Based at the
University of Warwick
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and directed by Professor
Robert Critoph.
See also
*
Research Councils UK
Research Councils UK, sometimes known as RCUK, was a non-departmental public body that coordinated science policy in the United Kingdom from 2002 to 2018. It was an umbrella organisation that coordinated the seven separate research councils ...
*
UK Energy Research Centre
The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) carries out interdisciplinary research into sustainable future energy systems. Its whole systems research programme addresses the challenges and opportunities presented by the transition to a net zero energy ...
*
Department of Environment and Climate Change
References
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Research Councils UK call for proposalsWhat is End Use Energy Demand
External links
End Use Energy Demand Centres WebsiteCentre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions
College and university associations and consortia in the United Kingdom
Energy policy of the United Kingdom
Energy research institutes