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Report 4th May 2023

Sustainable social housing retrofit? Circular economy and tenant trade-offs

Emma Baker, Trivess Moore, Lyrian Daniel, Rachel Caines, Hector Padilla, Laurence Lester

This research examines the preferences and trade-offs of tenants during social housing retrofit programs, particularly in regard to implementing circular economy (CE) practices. The study looks beyond the relatively narrow consideration of energy efficiency, to respond to the broader requirements of the social housing sector—to incorporate and balance tenant needs with provider mandates, budgetary limitations, and wider social policy.

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Report 13th April 2023

Sustainable housing at a neighbourhood scale

Stefanie Dühr, Stephen Berry, Trivess Moore

This study investigated the challenges and opportunities that built environment professionals in Australia experience when planning, designing, and implementing sustainable housing developments at the neighbourhood scale. It also examined strategies and policy levers employed in case study eco-neighbourhoods from across Australia and Europe to inform future Australian policy and practice.

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Report 4th November 2021

Sustainable Indigenous housing in regional and remote Australia

Tess Lea, Liam Grealy, Megan Moskos, Arianna Brambilla, Stephanie King, Daphne Habibis, Richard Benedict, Peter Phibbs, Chao Sun, Paul Torzillo

This research explores what is required for sustainable Indigenous housing in regional and remote Australia to deliver positive health and wellbeing outcomes for householders, so that housing stock is maintained at high levels over time and is designed with climate change challenges in mind. 

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Report 27th January 2015

Processes for developing affordable and sustainable medium-density housing models for greyfield precincts

Shane Murray, Nigel Bertram, Lee-Anne Khor, Deborah Rowe, Byron Meyer, Catherine Murphy, Peter Newton, Stephen Glackin, Tom Alves, Rob McGauran

This report seeks to address three areas of policy concern in relation to dispersed and ageing public housing properties in inner and middle ring suburbs.

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Report 14th December 2010

The environmental sustainability of Australia's private rental housing stock

Michelle Gabriel, Phillipa Watson, Rachel Ong, Gavin Wood, Maryann Wulff

This research contributes to present debates about the sustainability of Australian cities by focusing attention on the opportunities for and barriers to improving the environmental sustainability of Australia's private rental housing stock.

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