About Carbon Connections

Carbon Connections is based at the University of East Anglia, recognised as a world leading research centre for environmental sciences. It already has a well established Carbon Reduction programme (CRed), which was set up as a direct result of the UEA’s focus on outreach activity: enabling research to achieve results. Carbon Connections is an investment body, set up by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to seek out, encourage and invest in carbon-saving innovation either through technological advance or behavioural change.
  • The programme has a fixed life span, starting in October 2006 and due for completion at the end of March 2009.
  • The key deliverable is a £3.5 million investment fund for supporting projects driving low carbon developments.
  • The key criteria for eligibility to a Carbon Connections project are demonstration of a reduction in carbon emissions, innovation, knowledge transfer and sustainability.

In the first phase, the project was rolled out to all universities in England attracting applications from over one third of them. All funds have now been allocated and Carbon Connections has begun a 12 month monitoring period of the successful projects. Carbon Connections will also seek funding to continue Carbon Connections model.

Metrics:
  • 316 expressions of interest
  • 107 full applications
  • 27 funded projects
Project categories
  • Microgeneration
  • Waste management
  • Biofuels
  • Carbon sequestration
  • Sustainable construction
  • Engineering
  • Domestic heating
  • Chemical processes
  • Combined heat process
  • Manufacturing
  • Adaptation
For further information on the application process please visit the downloads section.