Publications by authors named "Eoghan McKenna"
Article Synopsis
- - The winter of 2022/23 saw a significant rise in energy prices and living costs in Great Britain, leading to changes in household heating habits based on two surveys of about 5400 households.
- - Households lowered thermostat settings by about 1°C and were more likely to turn off heating when away, indicating a heightened effort to save energy during the cost-of-living crisis.
- - Challenges in staying warm and affording heating were linked to reduced well-being, emphasizing the relationship between poor housing conditions and mental health, while about 40% of respondents adjusted boiler settings, suggesting targeted information could influence behavior.
Reaching a 1.5°C target: socio-technical challenges for a rapid transition to low-carbon electricity systems.
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci
May 2018
A 1.5°C global average target implies that we should no longer focus on merely incremental emissions reductions from the electricity system, but rather on fundamentally re-envisaging a system that, sooner rather than later, becomes carbon free. Many low-carbon technologies are surpassing mainstream predictions for both uptake and cost reduction.
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