Category Archives: Energy demand
How to switch the UK on to heat pumps
Heat is responsible for a third of carbon emissions and around half of the energy we use in the UK. Whilst there is a range of views about how to achieve the deep cuts needed in carbon emissions from heating, all … Continue reading
How to ensure investment in energy efficiency…and how not to
The government is looking at ways for the forthcoming Energy Bill not only to drive investment in new sources of low carbon power but also to pay for much needed investment in energy efficiency. There are different ways this could be done but … Continue reading
Gas from Norway, coal from Russia: eight graphs on the UK energy system
This post by Robin Webster was first published on The Carbon Brief The UK’s dependence on energy imports has increased to its highest level since 1976, according to statistics released by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Here’s … Continue reading
Can wine, quizzes and advice help reduce people’s energy use?
This is a guest post by Graham Smith, professor of politics at the University of Westminster, and principal investigator of a project on community-based initiatives for energy saving. It’s a widely held assumption on the part of policy-makers and activists that community … Continue reading
Everything you need to know about an electricity efficiency feed-in tariff
After calling for more government action to help people reduce electricity use for nearly two years, we’re delighted that the government is finally taking it seriously. Our recent report with WWF looked at three ways to reduce demand, as part of … Continue reading
How creating pop-up cafes and homework clubs can encourage people to save energy
This post is by Green Alliance policy assistant Jonny Hazell, who worked on Waste Watch’s Our Common Place project, which has recently published a report on its first year. Waste Watch’s Our Common Place programme emerged from the simple idea … Continue reading
Towering ambitions: bringing sustainable living to high rise homes
This post is based on our new report Towering ambitions, which is launched today. There are around 390,000 flats in high rise blocks in England, and they weren’t designed for low carbon living. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be … Continue reading
How we greened an inner-city neighbourhood
This is a guest post by Liz Kessler who developed a strategy to improve the EC1 area of south Islington, London. This project features as one of the inspirational examples in Green Alliance’s new report Towering ambitions, which will be launched at … Continue reading
High rise hope: can tower blocks become models of energy efficiency?
This is a guest post by Sean Farrance-White, campaign manager at Rockwool UK. It comes ahead of Green Alliance’s event next week Greening towers – can high rise living be sustainable? When it comes to energy efficiency, tower blocks can be … Continue reading
Why gas can’t solve the UK’s energy woes
This is a guest post by Jim Watson, director of Sussex Energy Group. The role of natural gas is at the heart of the increasingly fractious debates about UK energy policy – whether it is the pros and cons of shale … Continue reading
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