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Lifetime Affordable Housing (LAH) research outcomes


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Conference papers and presentations

3rd Australasian Housing Researchers’ Conference, Melbourne, June 18-19, 2008.

Horne, R, Morrissey, J, O’Leary, T, Berry, M, Hamnett, S, Kellett, J, Irvine, S.
Lifetime Affordable Housing in Australia – Assessing Life Cycle Costs (DOC 259KB)

Asia Pacific Network of Housing Research Conference and the Australasian Housing Researchers Conference. Sydney, Australia, August 5-6, 2009.

Morrissey, J, Moore, T, Horne, R.
How affordable is sustainable housing? Methods to assess the cost implications of higher energy efficiency for new Australian homes.

6th National Housing Conference. Melbourne Australia November 24-27, 2009.

Meyrick, B, Berry, M.
Reframing affordability: should the concept of housing affordability used in Australian policy be reframed to take stock of the environmental sustainability of housing?.

State of Australian Cities National Conference 2009, Perth Australia November 24-27, 2009.

Irvine, S.
Transit Oriented Development: When is a TOD not a TOD? (PDF 134KB)

Invited paper presented at DesignBUILD 2010 Seminar Series, Melbourne, June 25, 2010.

Morrissey, J, Moore, T & Horne, R.
7 stars are cheaper - The case for energy efficiency in sustainable housing (PPT 1.47MB)

Invited paper presented at the Sustainable Living Festival, Melbourne, February 19, 2010.

Morrissey, J.
Lifetime Affordable Sustainable Housing.

New Housing Researchers' (NHR) Colloquium, Istanbul, Turkey, 2 - 3 July 2010.

Meyrick, B.
'The new National Affordable Housing Agreement in Australia: policy change or more of the same'.

Healthy Cities Conference. Brisbane, Australia, July 12-15, 2010.

Moore, T, Morrissey, J, Horne, R, 2010.\
The lifetime costs & benefits of building zero emission new houses in Melbourne, Australia.

Australasian Housing Researchers Conference, Auckland, November 17-19, 2010.

Moore, T, 2010.
Affordable zero emission housing: Through life cost-benefit analysis to identify policy pathways for zero emission residentialnew-build in Melbourne, Australia.
Affordable zero emission housing (PDF 358KB)

NZSSES Transitions to sustainability conference. Auckland, New Zealand, November 30 - December 3, 2010

Moore, T, Morrissey, J.
Optimising cost benefit pathways to zero emission housing; Empirical evidence from Melbourne, Australia (PDF 119KB)

Invited paper presented at the Sustainable Living Festival, Melbourne, February 18, 2011.

Morrissey, J.
Lifetime Affordable Housing.

Invited paper presented at the Sustainable Living Festival, Melbourne, February 18, 2011.

Moore, T.
Zero Emission Housing.

Journal articles and book chapters

Morrissey, J. & Horne, R.E., ‘Life cycle cost implications of energy efficiency measures in new residential buildings’. Energy and Buildings 43(4): 915-924.

Morrissey, J, Carre, A, Boland, J, 2011, ‘Development of an environmental sustainability benchmark for new residential development in South Australia: An Ecological Footprint approach’ In Household Energy: Economics, Consumption and Efficiency, Nova Science Publishers, New York (In press)

Morrissey, J., Moore, T., Horne, R.E., ‘Affordable passive solar design in a temperate climate: An experiment in residential building orientation.’ Renewable Energy 36(2): 568-577.
Affordable passive solar design

Morrissey, J, Berry, M & Horne, R, (In review), ‘Economic comparison of residential energy efficiency investments over the medium term. The significance of the discount rate’

Working papers and policy briefings

Modelling working paper (PDF 1.7MB)

Policy briefing: Optimal lifetime performance (PDF 624KB)

Policy briefing: Affordable Passive Solar Design: Residential Building Orientation (PDF 866KB)

Policy briefing: Investment in Thermal Efficiency: The Influence of the Discount Rate

Policy briefing: Zero Emission Housing: Cost Benefit Evidence from Melbourne, Victoria


Lifetime Affordable Housing in Australia