Publications

 

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  • Research Report - Cost Savings Through Building Redesign Part 1

    Research Report - Cost Savings Through Building Redesign Part 1. This report identifies that current popular design as constructed by Australia’s largest volume builders can meet the 6 star energy efficiency.

  • Case Study 2 - Concrete slab-on-ground Floored Residence

    Case Study 2 - Concrete slab-on-ground Floored Residence. This case study discusses and illustrates the method and process that were undertaken by the School of Architecture, University of Tasmania.

  • Case Study 1 - Enclosed-perimeter Platform-floored Test Building

    Case Study 1 - Enclosed-perimeter Platform-floored Test Building. This case study discusses and illustrates the method and processes that were undertaken by the School of Architecture, University of Tasmania.

  • Technical Guide - Environmental Measurement of Residential Buildings

    Technical Guide - Environmental Measurement of Residential Buildings. This guide focuses on the methods used to obtain data sets suitable for empirically validating house energy rating (HER) software.

  • Stage 1 Research Report - AccuRate Xpress

    Stage 1 Research Report - AccuRate Xpress. This user guide describes the software requirements and instructions for the Fast Input Mechanism system.

  • Research Report - AccuRate Greenhouse Performance Module

    Research Report - AccuRate Greenhouse Performance Module. The goal of the project was to combine the research modules for energy and GGE from water heating, space conditioning and lighting.

  • ANZHERS Report - Space Cooling Rating Tool

    ANZHERS Report - Space Cooling Rating Tool. This report constitutes one module of the ANZHER, developing the cooling module. The three cooling systems, refrigerative, evaporative and heat.

  • Research Report - Peak Load Performance Module

    Research Report - Peak Load Performance Module. The objective of the research is to develop a methodology for the ranking of residential buildings in both Australia and New Zealand.

  • Research Report - Temperate Climate Test Cell Thermal Performance

    Research Report - Temperate Climate Test Cell Thermal Performance. The general objective of this project is to better understand and quantify the thermal performance of light-frame buildings.

  • Research Report - Department Feedback Mechanism

    Research Report - Department Feedback Mechanism.The Sustainability Advisor module in the AccuRate Sustainability tool is a rule based system capable of providing expert advice to assessors.