All 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.

All Projects Strategy Policy Research

Integrated System Plan Energy Efficiency Forecasting

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

Commercial Building Baseline Study Update

SPR was commissioned a deliver a limited update to the 2022 Commercial Buildings Baseline Study.

Apartment Building Mapping and Energy Use Analysis

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

Building Energy Use Baseline Study

The City of Melbourne commissioned SPR to prepare a Building Baseline Study of the city, its energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.

BtR and Student Accommodation NABERS Feasibility Study

SPR was commissioned to review the feasibility of establishing dedicated ratings tools for the built-to-rent and/or student accommodation sectors in Australia.

Commercial Building Disclosure Expansion Roadmap Calculator

SPR delivered a detailed model of expansion options for the CBD program, calculating potential energy and emissions savings from a wide range of user-determined options.

Review of Agricultural Energy Data and Programs

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry commissioned SPR to review available energy use data across the agricultural sector, including by fuel type, enterprise,activity, equipment and location.

Future of Energy in Tasmania

SPR were commissions to quantify the likely scale of investment in clean energy, and related employment creation, in Tasmania, under a range of plausible scenarios.

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.

Draft NatHERS In-Home Technical Note

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

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.

NABERS Universal Rating Tool for New Sectors

SPR was commissioned to assist with the final scoping of the NABERS universal rating tool.

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.

Renovation Pathways Australia

SPR was commissioned undertake detailed modelling of the potential for, and cost-effectiveness of, retrofitting existing Australian dwellings.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Roadmap

SPR was commissioned by Mornington Peninsula Shire to prepare a detailed and evidence-based Greenhouse Gas Emissions Roadmap to 2050.

Zero Emissions Roadmap

SPR developed a detailed and evidence-based roadmap to zero emissions for Bayside City Council.

Climate Ready Hobart Strategy emissions reduction pathway

SPR developed an Emissions Reduction Pathway report as a key input into Hobart’s new Climate Ready Hobart Strategy.

Roadmap to Net Zero Emissions

SPR developed a detailed and comprehensive plan for 11 Local Government Areas in South East Melbourne to reach zero emissions before 2050.

Operational Emissions Baseline Analysis and Abatement Pathways

SPR analysed a range of specific government building portfolios in Queensland, compiling data, projecting trends, and recommending preferred and least-cost carbon abatement options.

Updating Queensland’s Residential Energy Efficiency Requirements

SPR undertook detailed data analyses, simulation modelling and cost benefit analyses to test the robustness of a range of policy options for Queensland residential energy efficiency standards.

Commercial Buildings Energy and Emissions Model

SPR was commissioned to develop a modelling tool to estimate the potential energy and emissions savings associated with a range of policy options in the commercial buildings sector.

Pathways for Decarbonising Building Operations

SPR collaborated with DeltaQ to prepare a study into rapid and least-cost pathways for decarbonising building operations.

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.

NABERS Expansion Impact Assessment

SPR was commissioned to undertake a quantitative impact assessment of a range of NABERS expansion options that were open to the program at the time.

Commercial Building Baseline Study

SPR was commissioned to provide a publicly available body of high-quality and validated reference material, and associated analysis, to support applied buildings research, planning and policy development in Australia.

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.

National Australia Bank Green Mortgage Carbon Calculator

SPR were commissioned to develop a calculator tool for in-house use to quantify the greenhouse gas emissions savings associated with specific ‘green’ home loan portfolios.

Green Loan Carbon Estimator Tool

SPR was commissioned to create a calculator tool to quantify the greenhouse gas emissions savings associated with specific ‘green’ home loan portfolios.

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.

Treatment of Renewable Energy in NCC Energy Efficiency Requirements

SPR was commissioned to determine the extent to which renewable energy is relied on to enable new commercial buildings to comply with energy performance requirements under the National Construction Code.

CitySwitch Data Evaluation

SPR prepared the annual summary and evaluation of CitySwitch data for 2021.

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.

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.

Carbon Neutral Government Scoping Report

SPR was commissioned to advise the Tasmanian Government on a strategic pathway to carbon neutral government operations.

Energy Efficiency Forecasting

SPR partnered to prepare annual analyses and forecasts of energy efficiency for Transgrid, the NSW Transmission Network Service Provider.

Energy Use and Emissions Monitoring and Reporting

SPR has been analysing and reporting on Tasmanian Government energy use and greenhouse gas emissions since 2018.