The S3 Group focuses on demand-side systems as entry points for sustainable transformations. The group analyses demand for energy and materials through the lens of service provision of mobility, shelter, and consumer goods, as well as how lifestyle changes can contribute to consumption reduction.
The S3 Group have two overarching research objectives. First, to understand the evolution of behaviors and lifestyles around energy services and assess their environmental impacts; and second, to identify and understand policy interventions that can change behaviors and lifestyles to minimize environmental impacts. The group’s research binds together work on three domains that are critical for a transformation toward sustainable societies, namely buildings, mobility, and consumer goods, which are connected through changes in infrastructures and lifestyles. S3 aims to establish and lead a research community on demand-side transitions and to innovate conceptual frameworks for demand-side model comparisons.
Models, tools, datasets
Projects
Staff
News
13 November 2024
IIASA researchers help central banks to assess climate risks in the financial sector
30 October 2024
Three pathways to achieve global climate and sustainable development goals
09 October 2024
The CircEUlar project: bridging business practices and consumer behaviours in circularity
Events
Focus
25 September 2024
How policymakers make informed decisions for climate action
Have you ever wondered how policymakers make informed decisions for climate action? "That’s an easy one," you might say. "With science of course!" But even for scientists, understanding the world's climate is complex, and forecasting potential future developments is even more so. IIASA 2024 Science Communication Intern, Moritz Boeswirth explored this topic.
14 June 2024
Expert workshop on digitalization narratives and climate change mitigation
Charlie Wilson and Elena Verdolini share insights and experiences from an expert workshop on the impacts of digitalization on energy, materials, the economy, markets, lifestyles, and society, and how these impacts directly or indirectly affect greenhouse gas emissions.
Publications
Washizu, A., Ju, Y., Yoshida, A., Tayama, M., & Amano, Y. (2024). Modeling the distributed energy resource aggregator services in a macroeconomic framework: The application to Japan. Energy 312 e133561. 10.1016/j.energy.2024.133561. Hirata, A., Ohashi, H., Hasegawa, T., Fujimori, S. , Takahashi, K., Tsuchiya, K., & Matsui, T. (2024). The choice of land-based climate change mitigation measures influences future global biodiversity loss. Communications Earth & Environment 5 (1) e259. 10.1038/s43247-024-01433-4. Jansakoo, T., Watanabe, R., Uetani, A., Sekizawa, S., Fujimori, S. , Hasegawa, T., & Oshiro, K. (2024). Comparison of global air pollution impacts across horizontal resolutions. Atmospheric Environment: X 24 e100303. 10.1016/j.aeaoa.2024.100303. Oshiro, K. & Fujimori, S. (2024). Mid-century net-zero emissions pathways for Japan: Potential roles of global mitigation scenarios in informing national decarbonization strategies. Energy and Climate Change 5 e100128. 10.1016/j.egycc.2024.100128. Yang, L., Yanhui, L., Ju, Y., & Kiyoshi, F. (2024). Forecasting the echelon utilization potential of end-of-life electric vehicle batteries: a province-level investigation in China. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy 10.1007/s10098-024-03072-x.