Case Studies > Climate Change

• Liverpool Mutual Homes and Bramall Construction

  Daneville Estate, Liverpool

  Old, run-down homes are usually inefficient. Walls and windows let heat escape, boilers use a lot ... more

  Keywords: Housing, Climate Change, Partnership Working, Energy

• One Brighton

  Building homes that promote greener lifestyles

  One Brighton is a mixed-use development in the New England Quarter of Brighton, offering 172 eco-homes plus office spaces and areas for community use. The development ... more

  Keywords: Energy, Climate Change, South East, Brownfield, Partnership Working, Community

• Cornwall Sustainable Energy Partnership

  Working towards a sustainable future for Cornwall

  Cornwall Sustainable Energy Partnership (CSEP) is a consortium of organisations from the... more

  Keywords: South West, Partnership Working, Climate Change, Energy

• Kirklees Council - Warm Zone

  Leading carbon emission reduction projects by setting an example

  Kirklees Council has consciously been reducing its carbon emissions since 1992. In 2002,... more

  Keywords: Energy, Climate Change, Yorkshire and Humber, Partnership Working

• Goteborg 2050 (Western Sweden)

  Developing visions for a sustainable future

  The Goteborg 2050 Project brought together of a wide range of local stakeholders and decision-makers... more

  Keywords: Partnership Working, Climate Change, Rest of World, Transport, Planning, Energy

• Eco-towns: Dongtan (China)

  The challenge for sustainable urban growth

  China is home to two hundred cities with populations equalling or exceeding one million people. In... more

  Keywords: Planning, Housing, Eco-town, Transport, Climate Change, Rest of World, Energy

• Going Carbon Neutral in Ashton Hayes

  Working to create England's first carbon neutral village

  'Going Carbon Neutral' is a grassroots project that aims to turn Ashton Hayes into England's first... more

  Keywords: North West, Community, Climate Change, Rural, Energy

• Manchester Is My Planet

  Pioneering innovation to tackle climate change

  In 2005 'Manchester Is My Planet' emerged from a unique local authority, business and academic... more

  Keywords: North West, Energy, Climate Change, Community, Partnership Working

• Woking Borough Council

  Quantifiable results from mitigation and adaptation

  In 2002, Woking Borough Council adopted a new Climate Change Strategy, one of the first of its kind... more

  Keywords: Partnership Working, Housing, Energy, Climate Change, South East

• Sherwood Energy Village

  How local people transformed a brownfield site and their own community

  When the Ollerton Colliery was closed in 1994, the local community, economy and environment were in... more

  Keywords: Planning, Housing, Empowerment, Community, Energy, Climate Change, Leadership, East Midlands, Brownfield