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SUMMARY:An interdisciplinary approach for decarbonising the built environm
 ent - Tina Fawcett (Environmental Change Institute Oxford)
DTSTART:20091029T120000Z
DTEND:20091029T140000Z
UID:TALK20858@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Scott Kelly
DESCRIPTION:Recent research highlights from the Environmental Change Insti
 tute\n\nFirst Speaker: Tina Fawcett\n\nThe 'Lower Carbon Futures' energy t
 eam at ECI undertakes multi-disciplinary research on energy use and carbon
  emissions\, with a particular focus on household energy use. Recent resea
 rch output include: modelling energy demand scenarios to 2050\,  investiga
 ting the UK market for micro-generation\, strategies for low carbon renova
 tion for the existing housing stock\, personal carbon trading\, personal e
 nergy feedback and smart metering. In our research we attempt to blend sci
 entific\, technological\, economic\, policy and social science approaches 
 and insights to generate new knowledge and to develop approaches to delive
 ring a lower carbon future. In this talk I will give examples from our rec
 ent work and demonstrate the benefits of a multi-disciplinary research phi
 losophy.\n\nA framework for modelling decarbonisation: perspectives from e
 ngineering and economics.\n\nSecond Speaker: Scott Kelly\n\nMany engineeri
 ng-based models exist that aim to measure the energy consumption\, efficie
 ncy and carbon emissions from the built environment. These models take a p
 hysical approach to quantify energy consumption based on real-world engine
 ering limits. Likewise\, there are a number models that use economic theor
 y that attempt to predict how households swith technologies and make decis
 ions about energy demand. In order to build an accurate picture for how pe
 rsonal comfort\, energy demand and technology choice will effect carbon em
 issions from the built environment\, a multidisciplinary approach is requi
 red that considers both the physical and environmental constraints and the
  economic social constraints. This talk will give recent experience in mod
 elling the decarbonisation of the built environment using a combination of
  both these approaches.\n\n\n \n
LOCATION:CRASSH Seminar Room 17 Mill Lane
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