{"id":28841,"date":"2023-01-13T15:05:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T15:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=28841"},"modified":"2023-01-13T15:05:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T15:05:36","slug":"uk-energy-demand-observatory-and-laboratory-receives-8m-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/uk-energy-demand-observatory-and-laboratory-receives-8m-funding\/28841\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory receives \u00a38m funding"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory is a five-year programme funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in collaboration with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The project will develop a national energy data platform to help drive the energy transition<\/a>.<\/p>\n Professor Tadj Oreszczyn, the Principal Investigator for the project from the University College London Energy Institute, said: \u201cTo tackle the serious challenges facing our society, such as fuel poverty, the energy cost crisis and climate change, we need accurate real-world energy consumption data combined with additional data-streams from, for example, sensors and smart home devices, to facilitate innovative research. EDOL is a major step forward in enabling research for public benefit using cutting-edge technology and research techniques.\u201d<\/p>\n Data suggests that household energy use in the UK is responsible for around one-fifth of the country\u2019s carbon emissions, with the winter period drastically exacerbating energy demand. However, to achieve carbon-neutral targets by 2050, the UK urgently needs to transition from natural gas to a low-carbon energy system.<\/p>\n However, it is currently unknown what the impacts of a low-carbon system would be, how they could impact energy demand, and whether this would influence other aspects of the UK\u2019s energy system, such as the increasing prevalence of electric vehicles<\/a> (EVs) and heat pumps.<\/p>\n The Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory will help to overcome these uncertainties through its high-resolution data resource that will analyse household energy use, revealing why and when domestic activity impacts energy demand and carbon emissions<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dr Tina Fawcett, who will lead the social research aspect of the project, explained: \u201cEDOL i an important, long-term investment in energy demand research, which will enable us to understand current and future household energy use as never before. The experiments with EDOL households will allow us to explore who benefits or loses from different social, technical, and economic energy interventions. This will help provide the evidence we need to create a just energy transition.\u201d<\/p>\nUK homes cause 20% of carbon emissions<\/h3>\n
What will the Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory do?<\/h3>\n