Carbon Reduction in Buildings (CaRB) - A socio-technical, longitudinal study of carbon use in buildings
Funding
EPSRC Grant Reference: GR/S94377/01
Lead researchers
Principal Investigator: Simon Guy.
Senior researcher: Tracey Crosbie.
Research Partners
The CaRB Consortium has 5 UK partners: Manchester University, De Montfort University, University College London, Reading University, and Sheffield University. They are supported by the Carbon Vision initiative, which is jointly funded by the Carbon Trust and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, with additional support from the Economic and Social Research Council and the Natural Environment Research Council. The partners are assisted by a steering panel of representatives from UK industry and government. The project concludes December 2008.
CaRB is an EcoCities related project.
Summary
CaRB Socio-technical forms part of the Carbon Reduction in Buildings (CaRB) consortium under the Carbon Vision programme led by the University of Manchester. CaRB's vision is to create an innovative, public domain, socio-technical model of energy use in domestic buildings applicable at national, regional, city and community level.
CaRB recognises that reducing carbon emissions from buildings requires understanding both the technical and social dimensions of energy use. Toward this end, CaRB socio-technical is examining the social and cultural influences on home energy use. In addition there will be a direct focus on exploring opportunities for socio-technical interventions - interventions that look at how people use technologies in practice, how these practices are affected by the design of the technologies, and how they affect home energy use.
Further information
For further information on the CaRB consortium see:
Contact
Email: Simon Guy .