Research outputs

Research outputs

View a selection of research outputs from our researchers here

Books

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Post-Carbon Inclusion: Transitions Built on Justice

(Horne, R., Ambrose, A., Walker, G., Nelson, A. (eds), 2024.) This collection pays unique attention to the highly challenging problems of addressing inequality within decarbonisation, such as high consumption, degrowth approaches and perverse outcomes.

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A Transition to Sustainable Housing

(Moore, T. and Doyon, A., 2023.) This open access book explores the environmental, social, and financial challenges of housing provision, and the urgent need for a sustainable housing transition.

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Supertight

(Doyle, J.,Crist, G., 2022.) Supertight is an exploration of high-density urban life and reducing the footprint of cites through adaptations in design and behaviour.

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Energy Performance in the Australian Built Environment

(Rajagopalan, P., Andamon, M.M., Moore, T. (eds), 2019.) This book examines energy efficiency in the Australian built environment and presents current developments with a particular focus on the temperate setting of Victoria state.

Reports

  • Enhancing home thermal efficiency
    This report recommends several priorities to help Australia reach its goal of net zero by 2050 and investigates technologies and policy instruments to improve the thermal efficiency of homes in Australia – both existing stock and new dwellings.

  • Enhanced Indoor Air Quality for Improving the Well-Being of Vulnerable Population in Victoria
    This report presented results from the investigation of indoor air quality (IAQ) in schools and aged care homes using one-year long monitoring and measurements. The monitoring provided a comprehensive understanding of the actual conditions of the selected schools and aged care homes in different settings and an overview of the various physical and operational factors affecting IAQ in these facilities.

  • Circular Economy Policies for Optimal Use of Recycled Content in the Built Environment
    This report is a comprehensive exploration of circular economy policies in the Australian built environment, offering transferable insights applicable to other contexts. Click here to download a free copy of the report. 

Publications

Housing publications

Information and systems publications

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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