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Data driven decarbonisation: from national statistics to citizen science

A DataFest fringe event

In A sustainable future
27 Oct 2022 17:30 – 19:00
Bayes Centre, University of Edinburgh

This event took place on Thursday 27 October.

Nesta - the UK's innovation agency for social good - and partners produced an interactive workshop to explore how data can be used to drive the decarbonisation of Scotland's homes to reach Net Zero targets by 2045.

We heard presentations and provocations from those using data on the front-line and posed problem-statements to choose from and discuss.

We introduced datasets that could be leveraged to make changes across Scotland and discussed ideas with data scientists working on these issues to help us decarbonise our homes.

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27 Oct 2022 17:30 – 19:00

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