Publications

The impact of domestic energy efficiency retrofit schemes on householder attitudes and behaviours

Research article by Phil Webber, Andy Gouldson on 4 Nov 2014

Retrofitting existing housing stock to improve energy efficiency is often required to meet climate mitigation, public health and fuel poverty targets. Increasing uptake and effectiveness of retrofit schemes requires understanding of their impacts on householder attitudes and behaviours. This paper reports results of a survey of 500 Kirklees householders in the UK, where the Kirklees […]

The economic case for low carbon cities

Research article, Working paper by Andy Gouldson, S. Colenbrander, F. McAnulla, A. Sudmant, N. Kerr, P. Sakai, Stephen Hall, J. C. I Kuylenstierna on 1 Nov 2014

In this paper, we conduct a comparative analysis of the results of five recently completed studies that examined the economic case for investment in low-carbon development in five cities: Leeds in the UK, Kolkata in India, Lima in Peru, Johor Bahru in Malaysia and Palembang in Indonesia. The results demonstrate that there is a compelling […]

Unseen influence – the role of low carbon retrofit advisers and installers in the adoption and use of domestic energy technology

Research article by Alice Owen, Andy Gouldson on 1 Oct 2014

Reducing climate changing emissions associated with residential property continues to be a significant challenge. Five case studies of different domestic energy technology schemes in England highlight the influence of advisers and installers in householders’ decisions to adopt low carbon technologies. Many of these advisers and installers are micro-enterprises working in connected groups in particular geographic […]

Economic evaluation of passive provision in sustainable energy provision

Research article by Tim Foxon, Stephen Hall on 1 Oct 2014

Foxon, T.J; Hall, S. (2014) In: Brown, A; Robertson, M (Eds); Economic evaluation of systems of infrastructure provision: concepts, approaches, methods, iBUILD/Leeds Report

A UK dash for ‘smart’ gas

Presentations and data by on 30 Sep 2014

Presentation given at the 10th Academic Conference of the British Institute of Energy Economics (BIEE): ‘Balancing Competing Energy Policy Goals’, held in Oxford in September 2014

Values in the Smart Grid: the co-evolving political economy of smart distribution

Research article by Stephen Hall, Tim Foxon on 15 Sep 2014

Hall S, Foxon T J, (2014) Energy Policy, DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.08.018

Adaptation to Climate Change and US Residential Energy Use – Does Adaptation Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

Presentations and data by on 12 Sep 2014

This research goes beyond previous analyses by evaluating which drivers would explain the relationship between climate change and energy use. read more »

The impact of energy prices on energy efficiency: Evidence from the UK Refrigerator Market

Presentations and data by on 3 Jul 2014

François Cohen, Matthieu Glachant and Magnus Söderberg. World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists. Istanbul, 28 June – 3 July 2014. – Link to presentation

A UK ‘dash’ for smart gas poster

Presentations and data by Bob Ward on 25 Jun 2014

UK dash for shale gas poster read more »

Divergence of trends in US and UK aggregate exergy efficiencies

Working paper by Paul E. Brockway, John Barrett, Tim Foxon, Julia Steinberger on 1 Jun 2014

National exergy efficiency analysis relates to the quality of primary energy inputs to an economy with end useful work in sectoral energy uses such as transport, heat and electrical devices. This approach has been used by a range of authors to explore insights to macro-scale energy systems and linkages with economic growth. However, these studies use […]