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Living laboratories testing renewable energy

The Innovation Hub for Affordable Heating and Cooling (i-Hub) A team of researchers from the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre have established living labo... Read More...

Virtually tour UOW’s most sustainable buildings

You can now virtually tour the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre, Illawarra Flame House and Desert Rose House here ... Read More...

Team UOW win Engineering Excellence Award

Desert Rose wins again Team UOW won the Inspirational Engineering Project award for their project Desert Rose House at the recent Australian Engineering Excellence Awards. The award recognises Australia’s top engineering projects and the engineer... Read More...

Avoid energy bill shock: National energy efficiency scheme NatHERS to be expanded to existing home

This story was originally published on Domain.com.au. By Jim Malo. Some home buyers are set to get more information about how much energy their potential new... Read More...

Living on the bushfire frontier

Building Community Resilience to Bushfires At the University of Wollongong a team of experts are participating in a unique project wi... Read More...

PODCAST ALERT – Engineering Heros

RESILIENT ENGINEERS https://engineeringheroes.com.au/Resilient-Engineers-with-Leela-Kempton/ Both of Leela’s parents were scientists and were gaining their PhD’s while she was still in high school. And while Leela herself was very good at ma... Read More...

PODCAST ALERT – Stirring the Pot

In this episode of Stirring the Pot Former Director of Australia’s Sustainable Buildings Research Centre, Professor Paul Cooper, talks about his work bringing ... Read More...

Living Building status formally awarded

University of Wollongong’s Sustainable Buildings Research Centre was formally recognised as a Living Building last week. Industry partners, project teams and... Read More...

Homes with higher energy ratings sell for more. Here’s how Australian owners could cash in

Illawarra Flame House demonstrates how a typical Aussie fibro home can be transformed into a net-zero-energy sustainable home. By Daniel Daly, University of Wollongong Everybody wants an energy-efficient home. After all, an energy-efficient home ... Read More...

From zero to hero: Helping small businesses achieve net zero by 2030/50

Dr. Daniel Daly, from the University of Wollongong Sustainable Buildings Research Centre, shares his expert advice on lowering carbon emissions in your business... Read More...