Households and small businesses across New South Wales can learn how to potentially unlock lower power bills and obtain deeper insights into their energy use by joining a new Living Lab Project.
The project is a collaboration between the NSW Government and national science agency CSIRO, and supported by the Reliable, Affordable, Clean Energy (RACE) for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre.
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This unique two-year citizen science project offers participants a chance to gain personalised insights into their energy usage and identify options for reducing their energy costs.
The new Living Lab project will leverage energy analytics to collect real-world data, observations and feedback from 1,000 households and 60 small businesses across metropolitan and regional NSW.
This information will be used by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) to improve consumer energy programs aimed at helping households and small businesses reduce energy bills, lower emissions and enhance grid reliability across NSW.
NSW DCCEEW executive director consumer energy Gill Goldsmith said, “This is a direct opportunity for residents and small business owners to learn how to take control of their energy future.
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“Whether you’re a homeowner or a renter or live in an apartment in the city or a farmhouse in rural Australia, we want to hear from you.
“Participants in the NEAC Living Lab program will receive valuable information to learn ways to save money on energy bills and will be helping to inform future policies and programs that will benefit all of NSW.”
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