Editorial November 2019
November 7, 2019
A recent article in The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/australias-still-building-4-in-every-5-new-houses-to-no-more-than-the-minimum-energy-standard-118820) shows that the majority of purchasers of new houses in Australia get the minimum allowable energy efficiency level for their new home. The authors reported that this “six-star minimum falls short of what is optimal in terms of environmental, economic and social outcomes. It’s also below the minimum […]
3DANN: A correlation-based model for heat losses through building ground
November 7, 2019
Zhengen Ren, Omid Motlagh, Dong Chen Heat loss of a building through the ground becomes relatively important as the above-grade components of the building fabric are built more energy efficient. While analytical methods can provide fast and accurate results for some simple foundation configurations, detailed 3D numerical models can be used for complex configurations with […]
Does the energy efficiency of a new dwelling vary with the socio-economic status of the area in which it is built?
November 7, 2019
(This research was presented by Melissa James at the Improving Residential Energy Efficiency (IREE) conference held in Brisbane in April 2019) New residential buildings in Australia are subject to the energy efficiency provisions of the National Construction Code (NCC). When designed and built they must meet a prescribed minimum standard. Whilst this confers some protection […]
Australian Housing Data portal – new dashboards
November 7, 2019
Since the launch of the AHD portal, we have had 3000 people visit the site and received lots of positive feedback, so if you have not had a chance to have a look why not do so at https://ahd.csiro.au. We have also added some additional dashboards since the launch. These include: Postcode dashboard – See […]
H-Star Portal
November 7, 2019
Several major improvements to the HStar Portal will be released soon to improve the efficiency of the ratings process and update to the latest NaHERS requirements. These improvements include: New certificate design for NCC2019 compliant softwareNCC2019 Generator has been built from the ground upNew PDF(s) are significantly smaller in sizeWatermarks have been added as an […]