SHD 2021 Expert Session: Insulation and energy efficiency

If you're trying to lowering your home's bills and carbon footprint, insulation is one of the best places to start. As part of our Sustainable House Day Retrofitting Week, this Expert Session will bring you presentations by academics and industry experts on how to make your home more efficient through the use of insulation, among other techniques. 

In the second half of our webinar, we'll open up a panel discussion and Q&A session with our experts and some of our Sustainable House Day homeowners, who will share their first-hand experience with increasing their homes' efficiency. You can find links to their house profiles below.

Speakers

Wendy Miller, Associate Professor of Engineering at the Queensland University of Technology 

I initiate and conduct industry and government funded socio-technical research in energy efficiency, renewable energy and resilience in the built environment, with a particular focus on housing. Current research projects include resilient cooling, living laboratories, electronic building passports, building regulation and compliance, natural ventilation, and indoor environment quality. I am especially interested in the rise of prosumers and what this means to energy policy, regulations and markets. Past research projects include ARC funded projects on manufactured housing and sustainable housing; National Climate Change Adaptation research on housing and heatwaves; industry funded research on the impact of cool roof coatings for cooling loads in subtropical and tropical buildings, and post-occupancy performance assessment of subtropical and tropical housing.

Ben Caine, Founder/Architect at Leanhaus

After 12 years at top tier design, construction and property development firms, Ben saw the need to create a better method of delivering great design and high performance for more than just the 1%. By adopting lean design and construction our designs can allow more people to live healthy, low impact lives. Ben’s past commercial projects have been highly awarded by the Institute of Architects. Ben is a past councillor of the Australian Institute of Architects (WA) and a regular Juror for AIA Awards.

SHD Homeowners

Romney Bishop - Our Comfy Home (VIC)

Matt Kosnik - Thornleigh Passive House (NSW)

Lucinda Flynn - HomePatch (VIC)

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Dean Lombard, Policy and Research Manager at Renew

Dean is responsible for policy analysis and advocacy in national and state energy markets, with an emphasis on making the energy system work better for residential consumers while also reducing its environmental impact. He's passionate about ensuring that no-one is left behind as we transition to a clean energy future. Qualified as a social worker, Dean worked in several community development roles followed by a decade in energy policy advocacy for the Victorian Council of Social Service before joining Renew in 2016.

Tickets

• You will receive the link to attend the webinar in your ticket confirmation email.
• This webinar will take place on Zoom. If you need to download Zoom, you can do so here.
• We have a number of free tickets available for those experiencing financial difficulty.
• Sustainable House Day is a national event by Renew, a non-profit organisation. Renew recognises that this event that takes place on the stolen lands of many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We will be directing 5% of all proceeds generated by these webinars to the Pay the Rent initiative, and 5% to Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network.