Energy Demand Reduction - An Energy Data Centre Introductory Guide
Abstract:
This guide introduces the concept of energy demand reduction within the UK's energy system, highlighting its central role in addressing climate change, energy security, and affordability. It explains how demand-side solutions - often overlooked in favour of supply-side interventions - could contribute up to half of the UK's required greenhouse gas reductions by 2050. The document outlines government approaches at national, devolved, and local levels, focusing on strategies to improve efficiency in heating, transport, industry, and food systems. A three-part framework - Avoid, Shift, Improve - structures the discussion of solutions across sectors, from compact cities and electric vehicles to heat pumps and circular manufacturing models. The guide also reviews the UK's publicly funded research and innovation landscape, exploring the roles of behavioural change, digitalisation, and social engagement. Special emphasis is placed on the need for coordinated action among governments, businesses, and communities to embed demand reduction within policy and practice, thus supporting a fair and flexible transition to net zero.
Publication Year:
2024
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UKERC
Author(s):
Colechin, K. and Colechin, M.
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English
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256000 B
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Energy Demand (Demand Reduction)
Local & Regional Energy Systems
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