Policy Projects

The projects below are a sample of the work SPR has done in recent years. SPR has worked with clients across Australia and internationally to deliver projects in the domains of climate, energy and economic analysis. Our clients include Commonwealth and state government departments, private firms, local governments and Not-For-Profits.

Services SPR offer include policy design, research and development, quantitative analysis and modelling of economic, energy and emissions scenarios and interventions, program evaluation and assessment, stakeholder engagement and consultation, as well as the preparation of specific products such as regulation impact assessments, cost benefit analyses and inventory reports.

Integrated System Plan Energy Efficiency Forecasting

SPR was commissioned to prepare energy efficiency forecasts for each separate Australian State and Territory.

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Apartment Building Mapping and Energy Use Analysis

SPR was commissioned to map Australia's national apartment building and dwelling stock.

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NatHERS Homes Upgrade Analysis

SPR, in collaboration with RED Sustainability Consultants, established a Government Programs Technology List for use in programs such as the Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s Home Energy Upgrade Fund and Green Loans schemes.

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Draft NatHERS In-Home Technical Note

SPR partnered to prepare iterative drafts of a new Technical Note for NatHERS for Existing Homes assessors.

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Climate Policy and Accounting graduate course

SPR was commissioned by UTAS to develop and deliver a 12-week Graduate Program in Climate Policy and Accounting.

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New Residential and Commercial Gas Connections Ban impact assessment

SPR was commissioned to undertake an impact assessment of the potential for NSW LGAs to ban new gas connections for residential and commercial buildings.

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NCC 2025 Update to Achieving Low Energy Commercial Buildings in Australia

SPR and DeltaQ prepared the technical and economic analyses that determined the recommended energy efficiency stringencies to be adopted in the 2025 update of the National Construction Code.

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NatHERS In-Home Technical Note and Assessor Handbook

SPR and RED Sustainability Consultants worked developed early drafts of the Technical Note and Assessor Handbooks for the in-home version of NatHERS.

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Regulation Information Notice Data for Energy Policy Analysis

SPR was commissioned to compile RIN data and analyse the potential to make wider user of this data for energy policy development.

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Cost Benefit Analysis of Adopting Section J of the NCC in the Northern Territory

SPR teamed up with DeltaQ to deliver a technical and cost benefit analysis of aligning the Northern Territory's commercial building energy performance requirements with national standards.

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Review of NCC 2022 Consultation Regulation Impact Statement

SPR was commissioned to peer review the Consultation RIS for NCC 2022, and to assist in preparing its submission to the CRIS process.

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