The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world.
The CSIRO Home Energy Saving Handbook - CSIRO’s practical guide to help Australian households reduce their carbon footprints and take action against climate change. Learn more>
Energymark - Facilitating community discussions on climate change, energy and the role individuals play in moving towards a clean energy future. Learn more>
Energy modelling - By developing models about future energy needs and impacts, CSIRO is helping industry and governments make decisions about reducing emissions. Learn more>
To address the enormous challenge of climate change, we need the collective action of individuals, communities, companies and government.
CSIRO is working at each of these levels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help develop technologies, change behaviours and map the pathway to a clean, viable and secure energy future.
In the future we will need to provide cleaner energy to a larger, energy-hungry population. We will need to improve the current technologies we use and find new ones. And we will need to change the way we operate in business, government, as communities and at home.
CSIRO is modelling the options for achieving this goal and giving industry and individuals the knowledge and tools they need to make a difference.
A new web-based smart metering system has been developed by CSIRO to enable householders, small businesses and electricity retailers to remotely control energy use over a broadband Internet connection.
CSIRO together with Australasia’s major aviation players is leading a world-first study to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from air transport by helping to develop a sustainable aviation fuels industry.
This conference will cover a wide range of technical issues - from how hydrogen is safely produced, stored, transported and utilised to broader topics such as environment, education and regulatory developments.
CSIRO has commissioned a report that identifies technical barriers to widespread embedded generation (EG) within electricity distribution networks. This one-day technical workshop is an opportunity to discuss the key findings of the report and identify the next steps towards understanding how to manage networks with EG.
CSIRO is developing autonomous technologies to monitor the environment and infrastructure and improve safety and operating efficiency in the mining, manufacturing and agricultural industries.
New plastics developed by CSIRO, Hanyang University Korea and the University of Texas have the potential to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and help purify water and CSIRO research leader Dr Anita Hill discusses this research in this vodcast. (2:20)
Ms Anne-Maree Dowd is an applied research expert in climate change mitigation, adaptation, behaviour change, public perception, community engagement, organisational behaviour and communication.
Dr Stephen White is developing new techniques and technologies using low temperature solar thermal energy for cooling systems in homes, offices and buildings.
The June 2010 issue of Process demonstrates how applying CSIRO expertise to a wide range of industry projects continues to have a positive impact on the Australian minerals sector. (12 pages)
Australia's most authoritative magazine on sustainability in the environment, industry and community. ECOS is published bi-monthly by CSIRO PUBLISHING both in print and online.
This 2-page fact sheet outlines geological storage options and the technologies from the oil and gas industry being used to enable the storage of carbon dioxide.
The UltraBattery is an advanced energy storage system with applications for hybrid electric vehicles and renewable energy storage. The technology will be commercially available in the automotive and motive power sectors in 2009.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world.