Community Carbon Reduction Project (CRed)

Low Carbon Innovation Centre

Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research

School of Environmental Sciences

CRedibility

• School of Environmental Sciences 5**• Climatic Research Unit• Centre for Environmental Risk• Centre for Social and Economic Research

on the Global Environment• Tyndall Centre for Climate Change

Research

Future Global Warming Rates

Why CRed?

• Energy White Paper – aspiration for 60% cut in CO2 emissions by 2050

• Will require unprecedented partnership activity in local communities to ensure on track by 2020s

Why CRed? Opportunity• Leading the way to the new lower-

carbon economy• Attracting people with new ways of

thinking and new ways of doing things• Norwich/Norfolk, with partners in the

East of England, showing the world – “exemplar for the world”

Ambition

To engage, enthuse and empower a large, diverse community to debate, plan and execute a

programme to reduce carbon emissions by up to 60% by 2025

The Challenges

• Awareness, perceptions, attitudes, acceptances

• Awareness-raising, demonstration & research project

• Scientific/technological

CRedibility?School of Environmental Sciences (6*)

HQ Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Climatic Research Unit Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global

Environment Centre for Environmental Risk

East Anglian Business Environment ClubEnvironmental Management Systems ClubSchools’ Energy ClubSchools’ Waste Club

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thermal comfort +28%

air quality +36%

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The CRed Community

• Participatory/inclusive• Spark imaginations• Modes of participation (targets/methods)• Matrix of modes of participation = representative of

real-world complexity• Centred on Norwich/Norfolk, but links across the

region, country, the world….• Partnerships

The right language?

5 hot air balloons full of CO2 per person per year

CRed Will Develop a Community in Our Region

CRed can show how this community can meet the

challenge facing us

How do we know the CRed community represents our

region?Suffolk C. Council

Norwich Union

Liftshare

Eastern Heatpumps

Banham Poultry

Woody’s

Norfolk C.Council

NEWS

SMS

Strattons

Deepdale Farm

Camelot Craft

Alpha Schools

Jarvis

Farmers link

SERCO

LSI

R.Bilbie

AmicusAEEAC

Norwich 21

Global Commodities

Kingswood School

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SLP Energy

Powergen

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Norwich Colour Print May

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EEDA

BPSSth Norfolk D. C.

The Broads Auth.The RSPB

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Supporting Buildings TransportProcessEnergy Saving

Funding

Promotion & Awareness

Raising

AlternativeEnergyProjects

Local Government        

Large Business        

Small Business    

Schools            

Householders              

Farmers/ Landowners

           

Contruction/ Builders

           

Organisation            

Suffolk C. Council

Norwich Union

Liftshare

Eastern Heatpumps

Banham Poultry

Woody’s

Norfolk C.Council

NEWS

SMSStrattonsDeepdale

FarmCamelot Craft

Alpha Schools

Jarvis

Farmers link

SERCOLSIR.Bilbie

Amicus

AEEACNorwich 21

Global Commodities

Kingswood School

100 +

SLP Energy

PowergenEDP

LEA

Powergen

Norwich Colour Print

May Gurney

EEDA

BPS

Sth Norfolk D. C.

The Broads Auth.

The RSPB

SUSTRANS

Woodfordes

Anglia Rwys

Renewables East

Norwich Diocese

Nitex

RNAA

NFUIndividual Farmers

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Norfolk C.CouncilNorwich City

Emphasised turbines – from Broad

Reduction in CO2 emissions (yr-1)

Each 1.5MW turbine:1800 tonnes (1000 balloons) – avge. mix of generation3900 tonnes (2167 balloons) – coal generation

Each turbine will provide electricity for 1000 homes (e.g. whole of Cringleford).

CRed can:

Identify obstacles to the adoption of low carbon practices

Help overcome themIntegrate myriad activitiesThrough partnerships, provide joined-up thinkingPromote demonstration and awareness-raising projectsStimulate/encourage research (scientific, economic,

policy)Influence decision-making and policy