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2 months ago | 
phys.org | Sarah Robertson |Nicola Willand |Ralph Horne |Trivess Moore
Hot on the heels of the warmest spring on record, Australia is baking through another scorching summer. Heat waves around the country contributed to the second-warmest January on record. Hot, dry, windy weather again swept across the country this week. Finding a home that stays cool in this heat is a real challenge.
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2 months ago | 
theaustraliatoday.com.au | Sarah Robertson |Nicola Willand |Ralph Horne |Trivess Moore
By Sarah Robertson, Nicola Willand, Ralph Horne, and Trivess MooreHot on the heels of the warmest spring on record, Australia is baking through another scorching summer. Heatwaves around the country contributed to the second-warmest January on record. Hot, dry, windy weather again swept across the country this week. Finding a home that stays cool in this heat is a real challenge.
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2 months ago | 
theconversation.com | Sarah Robertson |Nicola Willand |Ralph Horne |Trivess Moore
Sarah Robertson has received funding from various sources, including the Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation and the Fuel Poverty Research Network. She has benefitted from Australian Research Council, Victorian government and various local government and industry partnerships to support research related to this topic.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
architectureau.com | Ralph Horne |Sarah Robertson |Gordon Walker
Heatwaves in Australia are expected to become hotter, longer and more frequent under climate change. They can seriously affect our health and wellbeing, and even kill people. But how well-prepared are Australian households for life in a hotter world? Our new research explored this question in Victoria. We examined how households cope with, adapt to and endure summers and heatwaves. We found they overwhelmingly considered summer heat a temporary disruption – something to just get through.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Sarah Robertson |Gordon Walker |Ralph Horne
Heatwaves in Australia are expected to become hotter, longer and more frequent under climate change. They can seriously affect our health and wellbeing, and even kill people. But how well-prepared are Australian households for life in a hotter world? Our new research explored this question in Victoria. We examined how households cope with, adapt to and endure summers and heatwaves. We found they overwhelmingly considered summer heat a temporary disruption – something to just get through.
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May 26, 2024 | 
thefifthestate.com.au | Trivess Moore |David Kelly |Ralph Horne
The Victorian government is planning Australia’s largest urban renewal project. The plan is to knock down and rebuild 44 large public housing towers in Melbourne. The government says these towers, built in the 1960s and ’70s, are no longer fit for purpose and will cost more to maintain and upgrade than to replace. Rebuilding will allow 20,000 more people to live on these sites. However, most of the extra housing will be for private renters or owners.
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May 23, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Trivess Moore |David Kelly |Ralph Horne
The Victorian government is planning Australia’s largest urban renewal project. The plan is to knock down and rebuild 44 large public housing towers in Melbourne. The government says these towers, built in the 1960s and ’70s, are no longer fit for purpose and will cost more to maintain and upgrade than to replace. Rebuilding will allow 20,000 more people to live on these sites. However, most of the extra housing will be for private renters or owners.
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Jul 16, 2023 | 
dailybulletin.com.au | Ralph Horne
Households across Australia are struggling with soaring energy and housing costs and a lack of housing options. Mixed with a climate crisis, economic volatility and social inequality, it’s a potent set of policy problems. Australia needs a circuit-breaker – a bold national project to tackle the climate crisis and support households by shifting to a more sustainable housing industry. This is a project based on circular economy principles.
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Jul 11, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | Ralph Horne |Julie Lawson |Louise Dorignon |Trivess Moore
Households across Australia are struggling with soaring energy and housing costs and a lack of housing options. Mixed with a climate crisis, economic volatility and social inequality, it’s a potent set of policy problems. Australia needs a circuit-breaker – a bold national project to tackle the climate crisis and support households by shifting to a more sustainable housing industry. This is a project based on circular economy principles.
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May 10, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | Trivess Moore |Ralph Horne
The quality and performance of our housing have big impacts on the environment, cost of living and our health and wellbeing. The 2023-24 federal budget’s announcement of $1.6 billion for energy-saving upgrades to housing recognises the broad importance of retrofitting Australian homes. Until now, much of the focus in Australia has been on improving the quality and performance of new housing.
