• Courses
  • Community
    • Forum
    • Games
  • SDG Tools
    • Newsroom
    • Project Management
    • Research
      • Data
    • Mobility
      • Routes & Maps
      • Fuel
    • NGO’s
    • Free Downloads
  • en English
    en Englishfr Frenchde Germanpt Portuguesees Spanishsv Swedish
    Have any question?
    (+41) 77 489 45 39
    hello@paradise-city.org
    RegisterLogin
    Paradise CityParadise City
    • Courses
    • Community
      • Forum
      • Games
    • SDG Tools
      • Newsroom
      • Project Management
      • Research
        • Data
      • Mobility
        • Routes & Maps
        • Fuel
      • NGO’s
      • Free Downloads
    • en English
      en Englishfr Frenchde Germanpt Portuguesees Spanishsv Swedish

      @ecologywa

      • Home
      • @ecologywa
      • BT and Hubbub to explore untapped potential for smart tech to slash household emissions

      BT and Hubbub to explore untapped potential for smart tech to slash household emissions

      • Posted by Emma Xll
      • Categories @ecologywa, Allgemein
      • Date 26. November 2020
      Smart technology can help optimise energy use in the home, cutting emissions and reducing bills

      Smart technology can help optimise energy use in the home, cutting emissions and reducing bills

      Collaboration follows new research showing nearly two-thirds of UK households do not use technology to help run their home more efficiently

      Communications giant BT and environmental campaign group Hubbub are teaming up to encourage households to boost their energy efficiency and drive down carbon emissions by deploying smart technologies in their homes, the organisations announced today.

      Dubbed the Smarter Living Challenge, the new project will work with 60 households over the next three months to explore how digital technology can help save them money and improve energy efficiency. By monitoring energy use, attitudes, and behaviours, the study will develop a series of case studies intended to encourage more households to employ smart technologies throughout 2021.

      Related articles


      The project follows new research commissioned by Hubbub showing that nearly two-thirds of people do not use any smart technology to run their homes. The survey, conducted by Censuswide and covering 3,000 people, found evidence that a misunderstanding of the role that such technologies can play in boosting efficiency and lowering bills is hampering the adoption of smarter building and heating management systems.

      Meanwhile, although 61 per cent of respondents told researchers they were very concerned about the impact of climate change, 43 per cent said they feared taking action to tackle the problem would be expensive.

      “Our research shows that 41 per cent of people said they’d use technology more to manage their homes if it saved them money on their bills, suggesting a need to explore exactly which technology can have a positive impact on household bills and how much money can be saved,” said Gavin Ellis, director at Hubbub.

      “By investigating what works for different types of households we hope to inspire the public to embrace technology in a way that works for them, helping to save money and cut carbon emissions in the home.”

      A growing number of smart meters and apps are available that allow people to digitally control their heating and devices so as to optimise comfort and reduce energy use. However, the national roll out of smart meters remains behind schedule and even where smart building functionality is available it is not always used.

      The collaboration between Hubbub and BT aims to support the telecommunication firm’s pledge to become a net zero carbon emissions business by 2045, according to the group’s sustainability officer Andy Wales.

      “We also have a responsibility to help households reduce their own carbon emissions and we’re hoping to inspire action on a big scale when we reveal the outcomes of this project to the wider public in spring 2021,” he said.

      The initiative also follows the UK government’s announcement of a 10 point plan to tackle climate change, which included a range of measures to make households more energy efficient, including expanding the Green Home Grants voucher scheme and installing 600,000 heat pumps every year through to 2028.

      Tag:bills Collaboration, cutting, emissions, energy, help, Home, optimise, reducing, smart, technology

      • Share:
      Emma X.ll avatar
      Emma Xll
        Built to educate..

        Previous post

        An interview with Marval O'Farrell Mairal discussing artificial intelligence in Argentina | Lexology
        26. November 2020

        Next post

        Innovation Forum - Plastic’s big scale-up sustainability challenge
        26. November 2020

        You may also like

        rgocontainer-11-1189716
        Credit Suisse Builds Out ESG Strategy Team with Series of New Hires – ESG Today
        22 January, 2021
        logo-IPS-2-1
        Personal Testimonies, Pledges Mark the Start of the ‘Fair Share to End Child Labour’ Campaign
        22 January, 2021
        Water needs to become everyone’s Business
        22 January, 2021

        New Delhi: Water has become one of the focus areas for the government and steps are being taken to ensure water availability in rural areas and villages. Water conservation. Rainwater harvesting and watershed development are in the process of development …

        Register
        Forgot Password
        Resend activation code
        Log in

        Online Members

        Featured Courses

        LP Courses

        logo-eduma-the-best-lms-wordpress-theme

        Support

        hello@paradise-city.org

         

        Company

        Links

        • Courses
        • Events

        Support

        • Documentation
        • Forums

        Paradise City - Instituto De Prueba En Ecologia | Paraguay 2019

        Become An Instructor?

        Join thousand of instructors and earn money hassle free!

        Get Started Now
        To change your privacy setting, e.g. granting or withdrawing consent, click here: Settings