City Science Corporation Limited

**PROBLEM:** Aviation decarbonisation requires urgent scaling of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production, with Government mandating 22% sustainable fuel by 2040\[1\]. Simultaneously, local authorities face rising waste disposal costs as Energy from Waste (EfW) facilities enter the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from 2028, adding an estimated £98 per...

**PROBLEM:** The maritime sector stands at the cusp of a profound energy transition, facing critical decisions on environmentally effective and operationally feasible decarbonisation: research suggests that **70% of ports are already at or near to their ceiling in terms of available power**.\[1\] One key challenge is requirements to decarbonise port-owned...

Digital Twins are a vital tool for modernising, planning, and optimising energy operations. We propose a multi-faceted solution to transform interoperability, based on a foundational data model and cloud architecture, enabling secure linking of data across divisions and regions and from external data services. Our project develops a first-of-a-kind digita...

The UK's natural environment was valued at a stock of £1.5 trillion in 2021, but its habitats decreased by 24% from 1990 to 2024, reflecting a pressing need for investment into nature and natural restoration. However, investment into nature lacks adequate support throughout the planning system. Common hurdles include high transaction costs, planning obsta...

**BUSINESS CHALLENGE:** Detailed transport models are critical for supporting infrastructure investment and increasingly help local authorities understand their actions to decarbonise transport. However, transport models are expensive and time consuming to build. Production inefficiency places a sizeable constraint on progress, hindering organisations tha...

In many rural areas, the current state of transport data sharing is marked by a critical lack of discoverability, transparency and accessibility, hindering efficient and inclusive mobility solutions for residents. The cost of not opening transport data is estimated to be £15bn with rural transport a key overlooked area. Our project architects a first-of-i...

Our vision in this project is to leverage the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to streamline and optimize the creation of multi-modal transport models. By combining City Science's expertise in transport models and AI processes with cutting-edge techniques from the University of Exeter, a novel, end-to-end, AI-driven process will be developed, offerin...

This Phase 2 Pathfinder bid is made by Runnymede Borough Council, working in collaboration with the eight Local Authorities and three Local Enterprise Partnerships that make up the Heathrow Strategic Planning Group (HSPG). Our Phase 1 Net Zero Pathfinder project established the concept of addressing decarbonisation challenges at the Functional Carbon Area...

**CHALLENGE:** The UK has the oldest and least insulated homes in Europe \[1\], and there is an urgent need to deliver domestic retrofit at scale. Retrofitting leaky properties can dramatically reduce energy bills, reducing the risk of fuel poverty for millions. 17% of UK emissions come from domestic sources \[2\], so widespread insulation will bring us s...

Our team is currently completing a study (funded by CCAV & InnovateUK) examining the feasibility of delivering Dedicated Driverless Spaces (DDS) for articulated buses on two five mile sections of the Hertfordshire Essex Rapid Transit (HERT). A key constraint of our current study is that we can only consider fully physically segregated sections of the HERT...

**CHALLENGE:** The planning system is one of the key mechanisms to transform where we live and work into net-zero places. Planning is therefore a key lever for Local Authorities to meet environmental targets and create sustainable places. Local plans without a focus on environmental and social considerations can result in decisions that cause new developm...

City Science will develop and test a first of it's kind tool for providing "Investment Grade Proposals for Portfolio Retrofit". The core idea behind this tool is to help break down some of the key barriers to scalable retrofit and accelerate the decarbonisation of the UK building stock. Key barriers, as recorded by the Green Finance Institute include: * T...