Scenarios for future living- new report, Emerging technology innovation and development
The latest report from the Scenarios for Future Living team has uncovered that emerging technologies are disconnected from our future climate-constrained energy reality, with increased vulnerability in remote and ageing communities who may rely more on energy.
The full report by Dr Kari Dahlgren, Dr Fareed Kaviani, Dr Rex Martin, Dr Mike Roberts and Professor Yolande Strengers drew on 93 reports, expert interviews and industry observations to identify trends that are expected to shape the future.
Drawing on a review of 93 reports, interviews with 20 experts, and ethnographic qualitative research conducted at nine conferences and expos, this report identifies emerging trends across sectors including health technology, disability advocacy, construction, HVAC, and digital and energy technologies. It catalogues and analyses trends likely to shape the future energy system, with a particular focus on implications for residential energy demand.
The trends are organised into large-scale macro-trends with cross-sectoral impacts, alongside more specific everyday practice trends linked to everyday household life. These are then presented as synthesised industry visions, which bring macro-trends and everyday practices together in a speculative form to illustrate how these dynamics may play out in everyday life, presented through AI-generated images.
Read the full report