Projects
Sustainable Building Innovation Laboratory (SBi Lab) researchers have successfully undertaken projects across the government and institutional, business and community sectors.
Citizen Science Project
Scientists engage with communities to improve urban microclimates.
Find out more Citizen Science ProjectAusZEH upgrade project – Stage 1
The project examined local and international case studies for setting and achieving targets for zero emissions residential buildings.
Find out more AusZEH upgrade project – Stage 1Sustainability guidelines for commercial office and retail fitouts
This project developed sustainability guidelines and standards for a major Australian bank’s international and local office and retail fitouts.
Find out more Sustainability guidelines for commercial office and retail fitoutsEnergy efficiency of residential heritage buildings: an economic assessment
This study evaluated the benefits of upgrading the thermal fabric, heater, cooler and hot water system of Victorian residential heritage buildings, using common financial analysis techniques.
Find out more Energy efficiency of residential heritage buildings: an economic assessmentGreen Loans HSA online tool: program evaluation and decommission
This project evaluated and decommissioned the Green Loans Home Sustainability Assessment (HSA) software tool.
Find out more Green Loans HSA online tool: program evaluation and decommissionAustralian house design: an assessment of alternative constructions
This project provided a comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of alternative constructions, based on a typical Australian house design.
Find out more Australian house design: an assessment of alternative constructionsPeer review of Green Home (green savings) calculator
This project delivered a peer review of the spreadsheet versions of the Green Home (green savings) calculator tool developed for Victoria and Queensland.
Find out more Peer review of Green Home (green savings) calculatorDevelopment of sustainability education modules
This project developed professional development modules in sustainability education for the Australian Graduate Certificate in Professional Development.
Find out more Development of sustainability education modulesVictoria residential mandatory disclosure (RMD) tool development and programming
This project involved further development of the Green Loans’ Home Sustainability Assessment (HSA) tool for use as Residential Mandatory Disclosure (RMD) tool.
Find out more Victoria residential mandatory disclosure (RMD) tool development and programmingNational sustainability and heritage commercial buildings project
This project investigated the energy performance and environmental impacts of selected heritage commercial buildings using various energy efficient strategies.
Find out more National sustainability and heritage commercial buildings projectSustainable building index
This project developed the UNEP-SB Index which provides a globally consistent framework to understand, measure, report and verify actual building performance on core sustainability issues.
Find out more Sustainable building indexA five-star sustainability tertiary education
This project developed a benchmarking tool to assess sustainability in tertiary institutions.
Find out more A five-star sustainability tertiary educationGreen Loans HSA online tool
Key SBi Lab researchers were involved in research and coordination of a series of related external research programs for the Green Loans program.
Find out more Green Loans HSA online toolNational heritage and sustainability project – residential buildings
This project examined the energy and environmental performance of 14 heritage residential buildings in Australia and New Zealand.
Find out more National heritage and sustainability project – residential buildingsBuilding integrated photovoltaics (BiPV) opportunities for Korea
This project focused on the sustainability and requirements for integrating BiPV technologies in new and existing high-rise apartment buildings in Korea.
Find out more Building integrated photovoltaics (BiPV) opportunities for KoreaBuilding capacity for a sustainable future
Using universities as a case study, this research developed and implemented an organisational change model for embedding sustainability in higher education.
Find out more Building capacity for a sustainable future