Impact

Drawing on the insights from our modelling and trials, we deploy flexibility at scale to show what happens when demand is treated as an active part of the system. We publish our research openly and work closely with policymakers, system operators, and innovators to turn evidence into system change.

Key projects

Smart Building Rating

A new measure of the flexibility capacity, or “energy smartness”, of a building.

Synthetic Smart Meter Data

Advancing the global adoption of synthetic smart meter data to accelerate energy system decarbonisation

Our papers

December 2025

Scaling the S-Curve: The Exponential Phase of EV Adoption

Centre for Net Zero Rocky Mountain Institute University of Oxford

April 2025

Synthetic Data for Smart Energy: Applications for AI-Generated Smart Meter Data

Centre for Net Zero

January 2025

Net Zero Building Metrics: Smart Homes for the Future Energy System

Centre for Net Zero & Energy Systems Catapult

January 2025

Net Zero Building Metrics: Technical Annex

Centre for Net Zero Energy Systems Catapult

July 2024

Summary: Definition of 'Good' for Synthetic Smart Meter Data

Centre for Net Zero Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Oxford Georgia Institute of Technology

January 2024

Quantifying Demand Flexibility: Towards a Standardised Approach

Centre for Net Zero Enedis Enel X National Grid Electricity Distribution Octopus Energy

January 2024

Quantifying Demand Flexibility at Household Level: Analysis of Baselining Methodologies

Centre for Net Zero

October 2023

The Smart Building Rating: a Digital Tool to Scale Demand Flexibility

Centre for Net Zero , Energy Systems Catapult