Consumers, residential and business are most affected by rising energy prices. Connection Research track consumer sentiment and action in; Energy consumption and conservation, Technology in the home, Water usage and conservation, and Domestic waste.

Latest Research: 

The Annual Interconnected Home report - 2012

The report uniquely combines consumer research, industry analysis and market modelling to build a multi-dimensional picture of the home of the future - a future that is upon us now. read more

The Australian Residential Energy Atlas (AREA)

AREA is based on a detailed survey of over 5000 Australian household.  This data is overlaid on existing ABS and industry data to build up the most extensive analysis ever undertaken of device and appliance ownership, usage patterns and energy consumption in Australian homes. download extract

ICT Sustainability - sometimes called Green IT - has two major components.  It is important to reduce the energy consumption of IT, but more important is IT as an enabling technology for greater energy efficiency across the whole organisation.

 Latest Research:

The Annual ANZ ICT Sustainability report - 2011 

Tracks and measures an organisations maturity in 5 separate areas of ICT Sustainability - Equipment Lifecycle, End User Computing, Enterprise & Data Centre, ICT as a Low Carbon Enabler, and Metrics.   read more       

Current Surveys:

The annual Global Sustainable ICT Survey 

This survey is about making ICT more energy-efficient, and about the role of ICT in reducing the organization’s carbon footprint. It will take about 30 minutes to complete. click here to take survey