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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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Nov 24, 2024 | 
dailybulletin.com.au | Trivess Moore
Ten years ago, a late-night cigarette started a fire that spread rapidly up 13 storeys on the Lacrosse apartment building in Melbourne. The November 24 fire caused more than A$5.7 million in damages, but thankfully no lives were lost. Investigators found Lacrosse was covered in flammable cladding. It’s a building defect that increases serious fire risk. Ten years on, has enough changed to reduce such defects, or is there more to do?
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Trivess Moore |David Oswald
Ten years ago, a late-night cigarette started a fire that spread rapidly up 13 storeys on the Lacrosse apartment building in Melbourne. The November 24 fire caused more than A$5.7 million in damages, but thankfully no lives were lost. Investigators found Lacrosse was covered in flammable cladding. It’s a building defect that increases serious fire risk. Ten years on, has enough changed to reduce such defects, or is there more to do?
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
thetimes.com.au | Trivess Moore
Following the lead of countries like New Zealand[1] and the United Kingdom[2], Australian [3] are moving slowly towards improving the basic quality and performance of rental housing. Victoria is leading the way in Australia. The state government this week proposed new minimum requirements[4] for rental properties and rooming or boarding houses. These changes would be phased in from October 2025. The new standards will greatly improve the quality and comfort of rental housing.
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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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May 23, 2024 | 
thetimes.com.au | Trivess Moore
The Victorian government is planning[1] Australia’s largest urban renewal project. The plan[2] 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[3] to live on these sites. However, most of the extra housing will be for private renters or owners[4].
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Oct 26, 2023 | 
techxplore.com | Andreanne Doyon |Trivess Moore
This summer, Canada experienced wildfires, extreme heat, drought and flooding. Other regions of the world faced similar events. It's hard not to wonder if we're prepared for what comes next with climate change. This includes our housing, which has a critical role to play in a sustainable, livable, and resilient future. Sustainable housing provides significantly improved environmental performance compared to (most) current housing achieving zero, or near zero, carbon outcomes.
