August 28, 2020
Australia’s biggest challenges driving innovation – Good quality housing is even more important
Editorial In order to build comfortable and cost- effective homes for the future it is vital to continue adapting and…
August 28, 2020
HStar Portal updates – August 2020
Several major improvements to the HStar Portal will be released soon to improve the efficiency of the ratings process. NCC2019…
August 28, 2020
Australian Energy Rating Webcast
With the postponement of the 2020 Energy Rating conference, in its place the team has been running Webcasts to deliver…
August 28, 2020
Looking down to look ahead, slab insulating and heat retention
As urban growth sprawls, CSIRO researchers investigate the effect high water table has on the conductivity of the soil and…
August 28, 2020
Energy ratings: From planning to finance
Energy Ratings are not only be used for National Construction Code compliance: Bank Australia has recently launched the nation’s first…
August 28, 2020
Building Simulation Assessment & Communication cluster update
Anthony Wright – Cluster Leader What a start to the year! When we sent out our last newsletter fires were…
November 7, 2019
Editorial November 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…
November 7, 2019
3DANN: A correlation-based model for heat losses through building ground
Zhengen Ren, Omid Motlagh, Dong Chen Heat loss of a building through the ground becomes relatively important as the above-grade…
November 7, 2019
The hot issue in houses we have to deal with
Dong Chen, Zhengen Ren and Brad Lane Heat waves have been recognised as one of the major natural hazards which…
November 7, 2019
Does the energy efficiency of a new dwelling vary with the socio-economic status of the area in which it is built?
(This research was presented by Melissa James at the Improving Residential Energy Efficiency (IREE) conference held in Brisbane in April…
