As part of Policy Week at Manchester University, Manchester Energy and Tyndall Manchester hosted a public event to discuss how to improve domestic heating provision in Manchester and reduce energy vulnerability at a time of rising prices and pressing environmental challenges. Jenni Viitanen reports on some of the main discussion points made at this well attended and highly topical event.
Category: CURE member activities
CURE team starts work on the HOME project
Together with Future Climate, we recently received funding from the EAGA Charitable Trust for a new project titled Housing in Multiple Occupancy: Energy Issues and … More
Beyond the ‘sustainable city-region’ – prospects for urban intelligence
Joe Ravetz reviews experience from ‘CURE-1’ (Centre for Urban & Regional Ecology), and the prospects for ‘CURE-2’ – Centre for Urban Resilience & Energy. The text is based on an editorial for the Special Issue on ‘Urban Ecology and Resilience’, Town and Country Planning, October 2013.
CURE launch lecture
We are delighted to announce our official launch lecture. It will be delivered by Professor Harriet Bulkeley, and is titled Just Energy … More
Energy transitions and vulnerability – interactions with German audiences
Earlier this month I spoke at three different events in Germany, focusing on various aspects of the relationship between energy … More
Another CURE-led call for papers for 2014 AAG: Energy and the socioecological production of space
Visitors to this blog may be interested in this call for papers for the Annual Meeting of the Association of American … More
New perspectives on urban energy governance
Last week I attended a fascinating two-day workshop organized by the Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires and Sociétés (LATTS) in Paris. The … More
New research findings published by the EVALUATE project team
Visitors to this site may be interested in a recent presentation that was provided by two members of the EVALUATE … More
Research on energy poverty in Greece – update
The EVENT project commenced its programme of activities during July and August. These were undertaken amidst an atmosphere of rising … More
Revamping urban-energy.org
As of today, this site has a new structure – from our initial aim to act as an information vehicle … More
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