Work packages
Work packages
The Scenarios for Future Living project is structured around seven interconnected Work Packages (WPs), each addressing critical challenges in the evolving energy landscape.
Through these work packages, the project will ensure scalable, impactful, and long-lasting contributions to Australia’s energy transition.
WP1: Understanding how people use energy
We will deliver real-world foresights into how diverse households and home businesses will interact with energy in the future – tracking changing expectations, and analysing the impact of future everyday life values and practices to guide industry and policy decisions.
WP2: Anticipating emerging technologies
From smart home innovations to next-gen energy solutions, we’re analysing new technologies and industry trends to understand their potential impact on energy use in homes and businesses.
WP3: Developing future energy scenarios
Using social and design research, technology trends and climate science to create Scenarios for Future Living – rich, evidence-based narratives that help industry and government plan for plausible energy futures.
WP4: Advancing energy forecasting tools
Designing new modelling tools and processes that integrate real-world social trends into energy sector planning, ensuring more accurate predictions and better decision-making.
WP5: Designing people-centred energy solutions
Exploring how new energy products and services can align with people’s evolving needs – helping deliver a low-cost, net-zero future while ensuring fair access for all consumers.
WP6: Leading Australian Energy Transition Workshops
Bringing together energy experts, industry leaders, and policymakers to expand the scope of energy foresighting and ensure that future planning reflects the realities of everyday energy users.
WP7: Scaling and sustaining knowledge
Through collaboration with CSIRO’s National Energy Analysis Centre (NEAC), we’re extending the impact and longevity of our research – integrating new insights into national energy planning.