{"id":2422,"date":"2021-07-01T10:22:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T10:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/sussexenergygroup\/?p=2422"},"modified":"2024-01-31T14:38:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T14:38:03","slug":"sussex-energy-group-new-projects-idric-creds-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/sussexenergygroup\/2021\/07\/01\/sussex-energy-group-new-projects-idric-creds-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Sussex Energy Group new projects: IDRIC, CREDS & more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decarbonisation of industrial clusters is of critical importance to the UK\u2019s ambitions of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. The UK Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge (IDC) of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) aims to establish the world\u2019s first net-zero carbon industrial cluster by 2040 and four low-carbon clusters by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vision of IDRIC<\/a> is to become a world-leading, high-impact research and innovation centre, acting as the national focal point and international gateway for UK industrial decarbonisation research and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEG Director Benjamin K Sovacool<\/a> is co-director of the Social, Economics, and Policy Research Innovation Theme. This theme examines social attitudes, preferences, and the sociotechnical dynamics of industrial decarbonisation. Read the University of Sussex IDRIC launch press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IDRIC\u2019s strategic objectives are to: accelerate challenge-led research through transformative innovation; develop leadership by nurturing talent, building capacity and mapping skills; co-create and share knowledge by stimulating cross-learning, active networks and outreach; support policy and mission advocacy by providing evidence to policy makers and the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IDRIC is backed by \u00a320m funding until 2024. The initiative is part of the \u00a3170m Industrial Decarbonisation challenge, delivered through the UKRI Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CREDS: Digital Twin project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Centre for Research Into Energy Demand Solutions<\/a> (CREDS) project, starting in September 2021, aims to examine the development of the digital twin (DT) concept within the built environment sector. It will investigate the drivers and barriers for DTs to transform understanding and practices to reduce energy demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DT concept is increasingly prominent in the built environment and infrastructure sectors in the UK. A DT is a virtual replica of a physical asset or system that uses system data to provide a representation of it in operation; the technique has been used on equipment like jet engines and power generation turbines. Its application for systems within the built environment presents potentially powerful tools for both system and policy innovations to shape and reduce energy demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project aims to answer the following questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n