Energy affordability is now a critical problem, due to the large increase in gas prices, and therefore also electricity prices, following the Russian invasion of the Ukraine in 2022. The policy changes announced by the UK Government in response understandably focused on measures that could be quickly adopted – limiting price increases, and to a lesser extent supporting incomes.| CREDS
Affordable energy services are essential to a good quality of life. Currently there are major inequalities in access to key energy services, such as warmth and mobility.| CREDS
Digitalisation is a global mega-trend with profound implications for society and therefore energy use. Digital technologies have the potential to enable large energy savings in three ways: first by using digitalisation to optimise energy control, secondly by substituting information for material goods and services, and thirdly by enabling sharing of material goods.| CREDS
How can energy policy encourage retrofit of domestic buildings? By getting emotional, says Yekatherina Bobrova.| CREDS