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Desert Rose blooms after taking out second place with sustainable, age-friendly house

Two years of hard work and innovation awarded second place in international sustainability competition in Dubai Key points: The Desert Rose is a student-d... Read More...

Two Stand-Out SBRC Staff at the Annual AIRAH Awards

Two Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) members were among the stand-out people, projects and products celebrated at the black-tie AIRAH Awards present... Read More...

SBRC’s Daniel Daly invited to speak at inquiry into rental housing energy efficiency

Daniel Daly, a research fellow at the Sustainable Building Research Centre at the University of Wollongong, was recently invited to provide evidence at a public hearing on improving the energy efficiency of rental properties in Australia. The Senate... Read More...

Team UOW hard at work in Dubai, racing to the finish line

Students battling desert heat and international competition in the Dubai desert to complete the Desert Rose House. Key points: Student-designed and built ... Read More...

SBRC Director becomes AIRAH Fellow

Sustainable Buildings Research Centre Director, Senior Professor Paul Cooper, becomes a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning... Read More...

Getting the temperature just right helps people with dementia stay cool

Federico Tartarini, University of Wollongong; Paul Cooper, University of Wollongong, and Richard Fleming, University of Wollongong Everyone knows how bad it feels when the temperature is uncomfortably hot or cold. For most of us it doesn’t las... Read More...

SBRC Best Research Paper Award

Congratulations to Duane Robinson, Zhenjun and Joel Anderson for winning the Best Research Paper prize at the recent Sustainability in Energy and Buildings Conf... Read More...

Desert Rose House to bloom in Dubai

Dementia-friendly, sustainable-energy home complete and ready to compete in global energy competition New South Wales Deputy Premier The Hon. John Barilaro M... Read More...

Engineering studies a ticket to the world

Dan Simpson awarded Robert Hope Memorial Prize for work in sustainability, international projects When Dan Simpson began his studies at the University of Wollongong, he decided to take a simple approach to the opportunities that came his way: he wou... Read More...

Hands and minds get to work building a home for all ages

Wollongong tertiary and vocational students have started construction on a sustainable house that is set to change the way older people live Key points: T... Read More...