The UK’s September mini heatwave may have come a little late this year, but there is still time to renew the usual debate about air conditioning – what impact it has on the climate, whether the ...

Nesta at the Installer ShowInstallerSHOW is the place to see and try new product innovations, network with industry peers, make valuable connections with manufacturers and gain industry insights for ...

Beautiful, easy data visualization and storytelling[1] A nutrient profile score is a holistic measure of health that assigns a score to food products based on their nutritional content (energy, sugar, ...

How a green ratio of 2.5 to 1 would make a heat pump cheaper than a gas boiler over the same lifespan The chart below takes an example home and demonstrates how the running cost of a heat pump ...

Heat pump users are highly satisfied with their heat pumps, considering them to be safe, reliable, quiet heat sources that are effective for space heating and producing hot water. Overall, ...

This report primarily uses data on heat pumps from EurObserv’er for the years between 2011 and 2021. The majority of the heat pumps in this dataset are air-to-air heat pumps, many of which are used ...

Removing levies would make energy cheaper for everyone One option for reforming levies is to remove all the levies from electricity. This would make energy bills cheaper for every household in Britain ...

There is good evidence that loneliness causes worse mental health and wellbeing outcomes. The impact on mental health is potentially substantial, for example, people who report feeling lonely are 2.25 ...

Toby worked with local governments to develop and pilot improvements to services that support young children and families. This report outlines the potential of AI tools in schools and colleges, and ...

At this very early stage in the responses to the pandemic, four narratives are taking shape, pointing us to quite different futures. These scenarios combine elements of continuity and discontinuity, ...

Introduction by Jen Rae, Head of Innovation Policy, Cities and Regions at Nesta For many people and places across the UK, the economy never really recovered from the 2008 recession. The COVID-19 ...

The impact of reducing the flow temperature of a domestic gas condensing boiler was measured at whole-house level under controlled conditions at the University of Salford Energy House test facility.