Understanding the wider benefits and drivers of home energy efficiency
A small grant from Public Policy was provided to support this work by our UCL community to enhance policy engagement and impact.
4 February 2020
Problem: A lack of knowledge of the barriers, balancing and reinforcing feedback loops that underpin the motivations and actions of households in GB to undertake retrofit insulation and heating measures to improve the energy efficiency of their homes.
Project: Workshops, participatory systems mapping and modelling to embed in policy development integrated decisionmaking that takes account of the drivers of home energy efficiency, policy interventions and their impacts.
Policy audience: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy