Interdisciplinary and whole systems thinking are central to meeting the challenges of the UK’s Clean Growth Strategy to stimulate outward focused economic activity and address the challenges of the energy transition and deliver Smart Local Energy Systems.
The whole systems understanding theme worked to capture knowledge from all aspects of the ‘value chain’. This knowledge was synthesised to provide whole system insights which were used to understand and use learnings from the PFER demonstrator projects. We also drew on existing literature, previous and ongoing pilots and wider research projects. Robust and independent evaluation of the PFER demonstrators and design projects was also undertaken.
Find out more about our work on Synthesis; Multi-criteria; and Next Wave of Energy Systems.