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  • Blog
  • 13th Jun 2023

Do smart meters reduce households’ energy consumption?

Smart gas and electricity meters are devices that measure and record the amount of energy that a household uses (every 30-minutes) and inform the consumer of how much they are spending on energy via an In-Home-Display (IHD). Consumption data is also automatically relayed to the household’s energy supplier. Smart meters…

  • Blog
  • 5th Jun 2023

How can we build a Net Zero society?

To mark the World Environment Day, we’d like to tell you about our recent major sustainability event.  To achieve the UK's net-zero targets, we need significant social and behavioural shifts. But how can we get there? To help answer this question, earlier this year, BIT released a new flagship report…

  • Blog
  • 29th Mar 2023

How can we encourage adoption of home energy efficiency measures?

The adoption of home retrofits (e.g. wall, floor, loft insulation) is also a behavioural challenge that we explored with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).

  • Blog
  • 9th Mar 2023

How can influencers encourage sustainable behaviours?

Working with Unilever, and its brands Dove and Hellmans, BIT designed and ran, to our knowledge, the largest online randomised-controlled trial with over 6,013 TikTok or Instagram users from across 3 countries (the UK, USA and Canada) to test the effect of different types of social media messaging.

  • Report
  • 25th Jan 2023

How to build a Net Zero society

Tackling climate change is not only a moral and legal obligation but is the growth opportunity of the 21st century and is backed by huge public support

  • Blog
  • 3rd Jan 2023

New survey shows a UK energy-saving campaign is much needed

As the Northern Hemisphere’s heating season continues amid the biggest energy crisis since the 1970s, BIT conducted a survey with 2,022 UK home-owners and renters on views of energy saving

  • Blog
  • 27th Jun 2022

How can we boost uptake of heat pumps beyond the effect of subsidies?

Heat pumps are a far more eco-friendly way to heat our homes, however expensive installation and running costs pose major barriers to their adoption.

  • Blog
  • 9th Mar 2022

How much are we willing to pay to make home heating greener?

When it comes to reducing emissions from the way people heat their homes (home heating is currently responsible for around 14% of UK emissions), the UK government (alongside many other countries) is betting a lot on heat pumps. We tried to understand how willing UK householders are to adopt a…