AI helps lighten the load on the electric grid – without skimping on people’s energy use

Smart buildings can team up to be more energy efficient while keeping the people inside comfortable.

Zoltan Nagy, Assistant Professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin • conversation
Aug. 7, 2024 ~5 min

Four ways to make AI algorithms more sustainable and better for consumers

Designing AI to be more efficient has both upsides and downsides for consumers – here’s how to get the balance.

Tahir M. Nisar, Professor of Strategy and Economic Organisation, University of Southampton • conversation
July 31, 2024 ~7 min


Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

What steps could the next UK government take to reduce demand for fossil fuels and help prevent gas prices spiking again?

Louis Fletcher, Research Fellow in the Geopolitics of Energy, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick • conversation
May 7, 2024 ~7 min

Five reasons to heat your home using infrared fabric

New infrared fabric technology is easy to install, cheap to run and affordable so it has huge potential as a future alternative to heat pumps, especially for retrofit projects.

Michael Siebert, Lecturer in Architecture, School of Architecture, Design and Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Feb. 14, 2024 ~7 min

Fuel poverty: as government support dries up, communities are taking action

Energy bill discounts have failed to meet the scale of the problem, research shows.

Tolu Olarewaju, Economist and Lecturer in Management, Keele University • conversation
Feb. 6, 2024 ~7 min

AI is supposed to make us more efficient – but it could mean we waste more energy

Whether artificial intelligence leads to more or less energy use will depend on how we adapt to using it.

Felippa Amanta, PhD Candidate, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford • conversation
Jan. 26, 2024 ~6 min

Swimming pools could slash bills by harvesting heat from servers – here’s how to make it work

Computer data centres produce vast amounts of heat that often gets wasted - now that’s being harnessed to warm swimming pools and improve overall energy efficiency.

Amin Al-Habaibeh, Professor of Intelligent Engineering Systems, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Jan. 25, 2024 ~6 min

Why the COP28 climate summit mattered, and what to watch for in 2024

The UN climate conference brought some progress. A former UN official who has been involved in international climate policy for years explains what has to happen now for that progress to pay off.

Rachel Kyte, Visiting Professor of Government, University of Oxford • conversation
Dec. 20, 2023 ~9 min


Four environmental red flags to watch out for when buying your new home

Buying a new house can be overwhelming – here’s how to make sure you’re not left with one that guzzles energy.

Alejandro Moreno-Rangel, Lecturer in Building Performance Evaluation and net Zero Design, University of Strathclyde • conversation
Oct. 19, 2023 ~8 min

How Sunak's back-pedalling on net zero could damage efforts to decarbonise Britain's homes

The government’s unpredictable approach to energy-efficiency has cost progress to net zero before.

Ludovica Gazze, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Warwick • conversation
Sept. 21, 2023 ~6 min

/

8