• City Planning and Design
• Buildings
• Transport
• Energy Supply
• Environment
• Society and Economy
• The Integrated Model

Energy Efficient Cities initiative [EECi]

The Energy Efficient Cities initiative [EECi] aims to strengthen the UK's capacity to address energy demand reduction and environmental impact in cities through cross-disciplinary research in building and transport technologies, district power systems, and urban planning.

This research will facilitate deployment of energy efficient buildings, transport, and energy supply technologies in city design, by developing quantifiable, system-level models that assess their feasibility and implementation in the wider context of socio-economic, physical, and regulatory characteristics of the city. The system-level model will not only enable a more robust scaling-up of the impact of technological innovations up to the city level, but also allow trade-offs between their environment, societal, and economic impacts to inform regulations and policy scenarios.

The research is organized around six key themes:

1. City Planning and Design;
2. Buildings;
3. Transport;
4. Energy Supply;
5. The Environment;
6. Society & Economy.

The research themes are being coordinated by a team of three new lecturers appointed as part of EECi: