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Move your idea to impact faster with less effort using research, design and trials.
 
See beyond what people say to understand what they do in our Living Lab of smart homes.
 
Relate people’s behaviour to the energy system with data science and computer models.

RESEARCH

Find out what people want

Research Services

Home Truths®

Get rapid, cost-effective consumer feedback on your product, service or policy idea. Home Truths® is the Catapult’s online panel of 000’s of UK households.

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Research Services

Segmentation

People are different, especially when it comes to energy. They want different things and do different things to get what they want. Segmentation puts similar people into groups.

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Research Services

See beyond what people say

We’ve done various studies to understand how life shapes energy use. We use sensors to see beyond what people say to what they do, and models to relate behaviour to energy use.

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DESIGN

Create great experiences

Design Services

Discovery Workshops

Kick-start innovation with design thinking. Map out how your customers experience your product or service. Then use simple exercises to structure your creativity.

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Design Services

Prototyping

Turn your concept into a prototype you can get feedback on. Our service designers and UX professionals can help you apply leading-edge digital tools to qualify and de-risk your idea.

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Design Services

Market-ready experiences

We can take responsibility for the entire design development cycle and build you a winning digital experience that is consumer-proven, technically robust and developer-ready.

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TRIAL

Test and learn in the real world

Trial Services

Usability testing

Make sure people can easily use your product or service before you launch it. Give designers the information they need to create delightful experiences.

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Trial Services

Diary studies

Find out how people use your product or service so you can improve it. Use simple things, like diaries, to record their everyday experiences using your product.

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Trial Services

Living Lab

Soft launch your product or service to check it works before opening your gates to the public. Includes 100 highly instrumented homes and a suite of modelling tools.

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Cannon House, 18 The Priory Queensway

Birmingham B4 6BS8

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