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 ...

Tues 24 June: 14:30-14:45 | Wed 25 June: 11:30-11:45. Nesta’s nationwide ‘Visit a heat pump’ scheme has seen more than 900 hosts sign up to the platform with over 1800 visits having taken place across ...

Across the UK, professionals in local authorities are developing innovative ways to use data to improve the first, formative years of a child’s life. But innovation thrives on connection and it’s ...

In 2016 we shared the impact of the innovations supported in the first three years of our partnership with DCMS and now, after a further three years of work, supporting an additional 64 innovative ...

The health of the nation should be a priority for all governments. Yet in the UK obesity has doubled since the early 1990s, and now three in five people are overweight or obese.Obesity increases the ...

Background and context. The transition to a ‘net-zero’ carbon economy will create demand for green jobs and skills. There is evidence that these jobs are desirable for workers and employers, but are ...

The Get A Heat Pump website provides further clarification, resources and guidance to help homeowners make well-informed decisions about the future of their home heating. This information does not ...

In London, the ‘Great Stink’ led to urgent government legislation and the creation of a modern sewer network; the increase of urbanisation created a necessity for indoor toilets, as new buildings were ...

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 ...

Most people live in homes that burn gas or other fossil fuels to provide heat and hot water. To reach net zero emissions by 2050, we have to switch to greener heating. Heat pumps, which run on ...

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, ...