This technical report presents a series of research projects funded by the Low Carbon Living (LCL) CRC, the CSIRO and agencies such as Sydney Water, Sustainability Victoria and the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage have been developing and piloting an Agent-Based Modelling (ABM) approach to better understand the decisions made by community members when they are presented with a range of resource conservation products and services, or are selecting resource consuming appliances and fixtures.

NED stands for three of the key reasons for using an Agent-Based Modelling, i.e. Nudge, Emergence and Diversity.