Heating, healthcare and warmer homes: the community approach to our energy future
Four articles produced with Guardian Labs explore some of the innovative approaches being adopted across communities in the new energy world - from city partnerships and energy efficient hospitals to iconic new housing developments
City partnerships, the health benefits of warmer homes and energy efficient hospitals, along with cutting edge technology for iconic new housing developments, and leveraging our decades of international experience in creating low carbon communities. These topics are under discussion in a series of articles published with The Guardian that explore some of the innovative approaches being adopted in the new energy world.
We’ve combined with some of our partners to explore some of the ways we are delivering a sustainable, fair and affordable energy transition across the UK.
The series of four articles - created as part of a paid-for partnership with Guardian Labs - feature contributions from Coventry City Council and the Greater London Authority, our partners at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, and from our colleagues in the wider E.ON Group who have been working to reinvent the city of Malmo as a sustainable leader for many decades.
Drones, driving and decarbonising schools: how Coventry is leading the way in energy innovation
Outlining the exciting range of sustainability schemes initiated as part of Coventry City Council’s pioneering strategic energy partnership with E.ON – a first for the UK which is already sparking interest from other local authorities
Feeling the heat: the futuristic energy network keeping city homes cosy
Exploring E.ON’s involvement in the massive Silvertown redevelopment project in London’s Royal Docks – where thousands of homes and businesses will be warmed and cooled by our ectogrid technology that is designed to share energy between neighbouring buildings, and repurpose surplus heat from local industry
Healing people and the planet: everyone wins when the NHS cuts its carbon footprint
Warmer homes, more efficient hospitals. This article looks at energy efficiency and its impact on health and wellbeing – both how the NHS is embracing sustainable energy solutions to reduce costs and carbon emissions, and how home improvements make for happy, healthier populations.
What can we learn from the futuristic energy-efficient district of Hyllie on the outskirts of the Swedish city of Malmö – and the decades long relationship between the city authorities and E.ON that has driven such change.
Turning the UK into a clean energy superpower – and delivering clean energy by 2030 – must involve engaging people in cities and towns nationwide, and creating local, community-based energy partnerships.
To make sure the benefits of the energy transition are felt across those communities, the UK needs to include local government and partnerships with the private sector – for example in hitting the ‘sweet spot’ of smart local energy systems such as heat zones where we can connect areas of demand with supplies of waste energy.
The series of four articles were created as part of a paid-for partnership with Guardian Labs.
You can read the articles in full here: Urban Energy Innovation | The Guardian