Projects | Climate change
Social marketing pilots in Wales to reduce domestic energy use
Started: January 2013
Due for completion: July 2013
Welsh Government
Brook Lyndhurst are delighted to have been commissioned by the Welsh Government to design two (or more) social marketing behaviour change pilot projects, aimed at reducing domestic carbon emissions....
Domestic energy use study: to understand why comparable households use different amounts of energy
Started: February 2012
Ended: October 2012
DECC
Domestic gas consumption in the UK can vary dramatically between households. Brook Lyndhurst were commissioned by DECC to undertake qualitative research exploring the day-to-day lives of the people that live in those houses so as to build a rich, people-centred picture of how energy is actually consumed. The research reveals wide and in many cases intriguing variations in behaviours that have consequences for gas consumption....
Corporate sustainability support
Started: November 2010
Ended: December 2011
PwC UK
PwC’s vision to become the iconic professional services firm includes a significant focus on sustainability. To this end, Brook Lyndhurst was commissioned to provide support to PwC's environmental and social sustainability programme in the UK....
Review of the Scottish Climate Challenge Fund
Started: March 2010
Ended: June 2011
Scottish Government
Brook Lyndhurst carried out in-depth research with 20 projects funded by the Scottish Government's Climate Challenge Fund in order to better understand critical success factors in community-based climate change initiatives....
Evaluation of the Greener Living Fund
Started: February 2009
Ended: June 2011
Defra
Brook Lyndhurst was appointed to evaluate the performance of Defra’s Greener Living Fund (GLF). The fund, launched in November 2008, provided over £6 million in grants to eight delivery partners from the third sector....
Evaluation of the Big Green Challenge
Started: September 2007
Ended: December 2010
NESTA
A three-year project to conduct an ongoing and formative evaluation of NESTA’s ‘Big Green Challenge’ programme...
Evaluation of the Big Green Challenge Plus
Started: July 2009
Ended: December 2010
NESTA
Brook Lyndhurst reviewed the work of the projects supported by NESTA's Big Green Challenge Plus in order to draw out key lessons for policy and future funds of this kind....
Reducing emissions through behavioural change - Scoping pilot programmes in Wales
Started: May 2010
Ended: October 2010
Welsh Assembly Government
Brook Lyndhurst worked with the Energy Saving Trust to provide advice to the Welsh Assembly Government on developing pilot interventions aimed at changing behaviour to improve domestic energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions...
Consumer understanding of green terms
Started: October 2009
Ended: March 2010
Defra
An investigation into consumer responses to, and understanding of, the terms used to refer to 'green' issues, from recycling to air miles; and from carbon footprints to water neutrality. ...
Assessment of green claims in marketing
Started: March 2009
Ended: October 2009
Defra
A review of 'green' claims in marketing from 2006 to 2009, taking in both statistical data and the perspective of the advertising and marketing community.......
Climate change and local policy: South London Partnership
Started: September 2008
Ended: February 2009
South London Partnership
Investigation into the kind of climate change projects and programmes that were operating in South London and consideration of how climate change issues might best be integrated into the sub-region’s policy priorities...
A review of the Environmental Action Fund (EAF)
Started: January 2005
Ended: February 2009
Defra
A review of the Environmental Action Fund, a three year initiative supporting voluntary and community sector groups to further the government's sustainable development objectives...
Per capita carbon footprints
Started: January 2008
Ended: December 2008
Defra
An investigation into public responses to the provision of personal carbon information through carbon calculators and, in particular, Defra’s “Act On CO2” calculator....
Evaluation of the Climate Challenge Fund
Started: January 2008
Ended: October 2008
Defra / Decc
An evaluation of DECC's Climate Challenge Fund, which supported 83 climate change projects from across England with funds totalling £8.5 million between 2006 and 2008...
London's food sector greenhouse gases
Started: January 2008
Ended: June 2008
Greater London Authority
This report builds on the Mayor's 2007 Climate Change Action Plan and the London Food Strategy (2006) by quantifying the contribution of London's food sector to the capital's greenhouse gas emissions...
Measuring Londoners’ attitudes to climate change and evaluating the impacts of initiatives to shift them
Started: September 2007
Ended: March 2008
Greater London Authority and the LSx
A project to review the current ‘state of play’ regarding ABC1 and BAME attitudes to climate change, assist the development of messaging for use through different communications channels, and evaluate the extent to which these initiatives have changed Londoners’ attitudes to climate change....
Strategic sustainability support
Started: April 2007
Ended: March 2008
Quintain Estates and Development PLC
Consultancy support to set up, develop and help implement Quintain Estates & Developments’ sustainability strategy....
Climate Challenge: What must cities look like to meet the challenge of climate change?
Started: June 2006
Ended: March 2008
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
An exploration of some of the ways in which urban areas in the UK might adapt in order to meet carbon emissions reduction targets...
Public understanding of sustainable energy consumption in the home
Started: February 2007
Ended: September 2007
Defra
A qualitative research project into public attitudes to domestic energy consumption, involving focus groups, in-home energy audits and follow-up, in-depth interviews. Analysis of attitudes across different segments of the population enabled us to make policy recommendations to Defra across five key behaviour goals (better energy management in the home, installing domestic micro-generation, insulation products & energy efficient appliances and switching to a green energy tariff). ...
UK energy and the built environment: A fact sheet
Started: June 2007
Ended: July 2007
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Brook Lyndhurst developed, for RICS, a fact-sheet detailing energy production and consumption in the UK, including information on trends and a particular focus on the use of renewables....
Brook Lyndhurst Blog
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You need to dismantle in order to build the future economy…
What has 23 screws, 15 separate rubber parts, 13 wires, 4 plastic boards, 3 metal plates, 3 unidentifiable objects, 2 microphones and 1 circuit board? These are the ingredients of an old landline phone, obviously! In a Green Alliance conference last week, I took part in a tear down session run by the RSA as [...]
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Coming home to a house with no power
I’ve just moved into a new apartment in London, which has one of these (see picture): In case you’re not sure, it’s an electricity meter, complete with ‘key’. Using PayPoints in local shops, you pay in advance for electricity you are going to use in cash (cards not accepted). This balance gets digitally recorded on [...]