Jeff Robinson (Australia)
Aurecon
Built Environment
Bio for Jeff Robinson Jeff is a Principal and Sustainability Consultant working in Aurecon’s Melbourne Office Jeff has worked as a consulting engineer for over 34 years working in London, Ireland and for the last 23 years in Melbourne and overseas. He has an industry wide reputation as a passionate advocate for great Architecture and Urban Design and the design of Net Zero Carbon all electric, sustainable and healthy buildings which meet the Passive House Standard Jeff is an experienced Green Star Accredited Professional, LEED AP, and Infrastructure Sustainability Professional a member of the WELL Building Faculty and a WELL AP and a Climate Reality Leader He is a member of the Property Council’s Victorian Sustainable Development Committee and is a sustainability specialist on the Victorian Design Review Panels In June 2020 he was selected as one of the GBCA’s Inaugural Green Star Champions for his work inspiring change across the property industry in Australia.

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DESIGNING FOR OUR FUTURE CLIMATE BY CHANGING TWO THINGS – FASHION AND CUSTOM AND PRACTICE

Session Name
0230 - Academic Sessions - Circular 03: Low-carbon, renewable energy systems & measuring circularity (ID 53)
Session Type
Academic Sessions
Date
02/23/2022
Session Time
09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Room

Hall B

Presenter
Lecture Time
09:50 AM - 10:00 AM

Abstract

Abstract Body

For Australia to make the next major improvement to design, build and operate climate resilient Zero Net Carbon buildings we need to change two things Fashion and Custom and Practice.
The current Fashion for the design of commercial, Institutional and high rise residential buildings is for their facades to have a large percentage of unshaded glazing, often floor to ceiling glazing. This architectural style is not appropriate to the climate emergency we are currently facing. In New York and London regulations are making it more difficult to continue with “Glass box Architecture” and leading architects are embracing architecture for the Climate Emergency. This presentation will address the current problem and show many examples of climate appropriate architecture .
The other area which the Property and Construction industries need to change to be able to move to zero carbon buildings is in chaging Custom and Practice – The way in which we build our buildings in Australia.
Australian construction practice is lagging behind that in many parts of Europe in terms of the ability to achieve high levels of insulation and airtightness performance. This is starting to be recognised by many of major property developers in Australia who see that in order to achieve their Zero Net Carbon targets and future proof their buildings against a hotter climate they must change current custom and practice and substantially improve the envelope performance of their new buildings. Some developers are starting to look at Passive House Certification as a way of assuring building envelope performance and thereby enabling the design and construrtion of Net Zero Carbon all electric buildings.
This presentation will discuss the lessons learnt in designing and constructing the 2 largest buildings in Australia which have been designed using Passive House principles, Monash University’s Chancellery and Monash's Woodside Building for Technology and Design buildings, and discuss the opportunities and challenges of rapidly improving the insulation and airtightness of Australian buildings at scale.

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