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Current projects

CPPU conducts engaged research focused on the theme of society, sustainability and energy – current projects include:

JustCities Hub

Environmental Protection Agency 

Lead | Mar 2024 – Mar 2028 | UCC Budget: €593,579

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ENCLUDE: Energy Citizens for Inclusive Decarbonization 

Horizon 2020 LC-SC3-CC-1-2020 – Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) aspects of the Clean-Energy Transition
Partner | Jun 2021 – May 2024 | UCC Budget: €281,938

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EUB SuperHub: European Building Sustainability Performance and Energy Certification Hub

Horizon 2020 LC-SC3-B4E-4-2020 – Next-generation of Energy Performance Assessment and Certification

Partner | Jun 2021 – Nov 2023 | UCC Budget: €199,000

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ACCEPT: Active Communities & Energy Prosumers for the Energy Transition

Horizon 2020 LC-SC3-EC-3-2020 – Consumer engagement and demand response

Partner | Jan 2021 – Jun 2024 | UCC Budget: €363,000 

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X-ROTOR: X-shaped Radical Offshore Wind Turbine for Overall Cost of Energy Reduction 

LC-SC3-RES-1-2019-2020 - Developing the next generation of renewable energy technologies

Partner | Jun 2021 – Dec 2023 | UCC Budget: €585,016 

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SafeWAVE: Streamlining the Assessment of Environmental Effects of Wave energy

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund EMFF-OM-2019

Partner | Oct 2020 – Nov 2023 | UCC Budget: €229,720 

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EnergyMeasures: Tailored measures supporting energy vulnerable households

Horizon 2020 LC-SC3-EC-2-2020 – Mitigating household energy poverty

Coordinator | Sep 2020 – Aug 2023 | UCC Budget: €310,000 

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REALISE: Demonstrating a Refinery-Adapted Cluster-Integrated Strategy to Enable Full-Chain CCUS Implementation

Horizon 2020 LC-SC3-NZE-5-2020 – Low carbon industrial production using CCUS

Partner | May 2020 – Apr 2023 | UCC Budget: €368,625 

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EnergyPolities: Politico-institutional framing of collective engagements with the energy system

SEAI National Energy Research Development and Demonstration Programme

Dec 2018 – Nov 2021 | UCC Budget: €354,721 

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Re-Wind: Reuse and Recycling of Decommissioned Composite Material Wind Turbine Blades

Science Foundation Ireland / National Science Foundation (US) / Department for the Economy (NI)

Jan 2018 – Dec 2021 | UCC Budget: €319,831 

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REUSE: Sustainable Food Containers 

Demonstration project funded by the Green Campus Living Lab Seed Fund, University College Cork

Sep 2019 – Dec 2020

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Some examples of completed projects can be seen here

Cleaner Production Promotion Unit

G.03 Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Lee Road, Cork T23 XE10, Ireland

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