Research 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.

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Commercial Building Baseline Study Update

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

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.

NABERS Universal Rating Tool for New Sectors

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

Renovation Pathways Australia

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.