Citizens

Projects

Project 4.3: Public Attitudes and Decarbonised Heat

Introducing low carbon, sustainable heat systems will involve changes to both energy supply and...

Public attitudes to heat pathways

Public acceptance will be critical for uptake of decarbonised heating. This project will conduct...

Equity and Justice in Energy Markets

This project will investigate the interactions between retail energy markets and their...

Consumer attitudes to changes in electricity supply voltage

In the future there may be increasing strain on the distribution network delivering electricity to...

Societal Preferences, Affordability & Trust

Who pays for energy transitions? Previous Cardiff research developed a model of the core values...

Consumer bills

The prices paid for electricity by domestic customers in the UK has been a regular discussion point...

Policy Pathways to Justice in Energy Efficiency

This project will explore some of the key gaps in knowledge regarding justice in energy efficiency...

Investment by decentralised actors

Summary This topic focuses on investment decision-making by ‘decentralised actors’, by which we...

Systemic participation and decision-making

This project is led by Jason Chilvers, and also involves Helen Pallett and Tom Hargreaves at the...

Publications

Research report

Barriers and opportunities for heat decarbonisation in Northern Ireland

As part of the Whole Systems Networking Fund the "Zero-in on NI heat project", investigated the major barriers and opportunities towards heat decarbonisation in Northern Ireland. Four thematic workshops and a final seminar, as well as a series of focus groups with NI consumers, were conducted during the project. Over 120 stakeholders from almost 100 organisations attended the project workshops.

Jul 2020

News

Lockdown lifestyle: does working from home reduce carbon emissions?

In this blog, Francisco Dominguez discusses lockdown, and the impact of working from home on...

1 week ago

How lockdown is disrupting the usual coping strategies of the fuel poor

Households are spending an average of £32 extra a month on energy during lockdown. This blog by...

2 weeks ago

Green recovery: why energy efficiency matters

In this blog Aidan Rhodes and Richard Hanna assess the UK Government’s announcement of new...

3 weeks ago

The future of transport after Covid 19: Everything has changed. Nothing has changed.

In this blog, Jillian Anable argues that lower demand due to the pandemic probably won't lead to...

25 Jun 2020

Cooking up a storm? What will it take to decarbonise UK’s heat for low-carbon cooking

In this blog, Rihab Khalid explores how sociodemographic factors and consumer behaviour –

24 Jun 2020

Personal carbon trading special issue open for submission

Authors are invited to contribute to a Special Issue on PCT that includes the latest research on...

22 Jun 2020

A New Green Shovel? Options for the transport stimulus package

As we begin the difficult transition out of lockdown, attention is turning to what kind of stimulus...

17 Jun 2020

The psychology of disruptive events: finding a ‘new normal’

Most of us have never experienced a disruptive event on the same scale as COVID-19. It has...

23 Apr 2020

An ecology of participation

It is now widely understood that transitioning to a low carbon energy system is a social as well as...

31 Oct 2017