sustainable buildings research centre

Name: AIRAH Building Physics Forum
Start: 2018-11-22T00:00:00+11:00
End: 2018-11-23T23:59:59+11:00
Location: Sustainable Buildings Research Centre

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... 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 Conference in Queensland, where the Award is given for the paper judged to make the most signi... 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 Wollo... 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: The Desert Rose is a student-designed and -built house that will promote well-being and ada... Read More...

SBRC PHD Student wins Student of the year from AIRAH

Last Thursday one of our PhD students at the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) won the national Student of the Year - Higher Education and Research A... Read More...

UOW hosts the first Improving Residential Energy Efficiency (IREE) International Conference

In February 2017 the SBRC hosted the first Improving Residential Energy Efficiency (IREE) International Conference at the Innovation Campus. This conference ... Read More...

How home energy efficiency can reduce power bills and improve health

Industry first conference brings researchers, builders, housing providers and policy makers together While energy prices soar, climate change-induced weather disasters become more common, and energy blackouts provoke a high-stakes political blame ga... Read More...

Sustainable building expertise added to centre focused on low carbon living

Research project will assist in designing and implementing low-carbon upgrades to community and public housing University of Wollongong’s (UOW) engineers and... Read More...