Publications

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Books

Horne, R., Ambrose, A., Walker, G., Nelson, A. (eds), Post-Carbon Inclusion: Transitions Built on Justice.

This collection pays unique attention to the highly challenging problems of addressing inequality within decarbonisation – particularly under-explored aspects, such as high consumption, degrowth approaches and perverse outcomes.

Richly illustrated with case studies from the city to the household, this book critically examines ‘just transitions’ to achieve sustainable societies in the future.

Energy Performance in the Australian Built Environment book cover

Rajagopalan, P., Andamon, M.M., Moore, T (eds) Energy Performance in the Australian Built Environment.

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. It is divided into four main parts discussing policies, climate, and carbon footprint and presenting case studies on the energy performance and indoor environmental quality of various building types. The book is intended for readers wanting to understand the various policies related to different buildings types and their energy performance. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7880-4

Doyle, J.,Crist, G. (2021). Supertight, Actar, Barcelona, Spain

An insightful compilation of essays, interviews, and conversations with architects, building designers and practitioners on tightness of urban spaces in Asian cities, exploring the social, economic and dimensions of high density cities resulting from rapid growth and urban consolidation. The book highlights the relationship between our physical footprint and consumption of ecological resources arguing that a tighter city consumes less

Trivess Moore and Andréanne Doyon, A Transition to Sustainable Housing

Progress and Prospects for a Low Carbon Housing Future

Brings together a comprehensive discussion about sustainable housing performance, policy development and outcomes.

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

Akinwande, T., Hui, E. and Dekker, K. 2024, 'Effective affordable housing strategies for the urban poor in Nigeria', World Development. 173. pp. 1-13. Article 106438. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106438.
Farnes, K. et al. 2024, 'An exploratory study on the benefits of transit orientated development (TOD) to rail infrastructure projects', Smart and Sustainable Built Environment. 13(1), pp. 1-16. doi: 10.1108/SASBE-03-2023-0058.
Moore, T. 2024, *Our Housing Australia*, [Report]. Adelaide: University of Adelaide.
Rajagopalan, P., Woo, J. and Andamon, M. 2024, 'An Investigation of an Affordable Ventilation Retrofit to Improve the Indoor Air Quality in Australian Aged Care Homes', Journal of Architectural Engineering. 30(3), doi: 10.1061/JAEIED.AEENG-1700.
Jara-Baeza, F., Rajagopalan, P. and Andamon, M. 2024, 'Summer thermal performance of high-rise social housing in Melbourne', 6th International Conference on Countermeasures to Urban Heat Islands4 - 7 December 2023Melbourne, Australia. RMIT University, pp. 1117-1126.
Horne, R., Nelson, A. and Dorignon, L. 2024, 'Housing Narratives for Post-carbon Inclusive Societies', in Ralph, H.Ralph, H., Anitra, N., Aimee, A., Louise, D., Gordon, W. and Anitra, N.(eds.). Post-Carbon Inclusion Transitions Built on Justice. Bristol, England: Policy Press.
Moore, T. and Doyon, A. 2024, 'Victoria’s 2023 Housing Policy Agenda: Addressing Decades of Neglect or a Missed Opportunity to Reframe Housing Issues and Solutions?', Urban Policy and Research. doi: 10.1080/08111146.2024.2394217.
Rajagopalan, P., Chen, D. and Ambrose, M. 2024, 'Investigating envelope retrofitting potential and resilience of Australian residential buildings − A stock modelling approach', Energy and Buildings. 325. pp. 1-15. Article 114990. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114990.
Jara, F., Rajagopalan, P., Andamon, M. M. 2024, ‘The impact of occupants’ window opening behaviour during summertime overheating in high-rise social housing’, Energy and Buildings, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.115331

Buildings publications

Baeza, F., Rajagopalan, P. and Andamon, M. 2023, 'A holistic assessment of indoor environmental quality perception in Australian high-rise social housing', Energy and Buildings. 284. pp. 1-19. Article 112859. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.112859.
Weththasinghe, K. and Wong, S. 2023, 'Towards developing partnership models for leveraging design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) for school buildings', Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Management, Procurement and Law. pp. 1-16. doi: 10.1680/jmapl.22.00042.
Wong, S. 2023, 'The Role of Incentivization to Mitigate the Negative Impact of COVID-Related Disputes', in Shek, W.Sai, C. and , L.(eds.). Construction Incentivization: Beyond Carrot and Stick. Switzerland: Springer, pp. 215-229. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-28959-0_10.
Qi, L., Wong, S. and Holdsworth, S. 2023, 'Towards understanding the impact of the perceptions about construction innovation on advanced technology adoption', International Journal of Construction Management. pp. 1-9. doi: 10.1080/15623599.2023.2220519.
Yang, R. et al. 2023, 'Digitalizing building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) conceptual design: A framework and an example platform', Building and Environment. 243. pp. 1-14. Article 110675. doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110675.
Shooshtarian, S., Maqsood, T. and Wong, S. 2023, 'Policy Intervention of Waste Management', in Salman, S.Suhaib, B., Tayyab, M., A, M. and Shek, W.(eds.). Waste Management in the Circular Economy. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 77-104. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-42426-7_5.
Shooshtarian, S. et al. 2023, Development of end-markets for recycled construction and demolition waste resources in Australia, Nova Science, United States. 10.52305/PZRQ5282.
Johannes, K. et al. 2024, 'Implementing organisational change in a digitalising facilities management organisation through stewardship interventions', Journal of Facilities Management. 22(1), pp. 144-159. doi: 10.1108/JFM-11-2021-0139.
Sandri, O. et al. 2024, 'Maintaining Industry Currency and Upskilling for Low-Carbon Technologies in Small Business Construction Trades: Study of Plumbing Practitioners in Australia', Journal of Management in Engineering. 40(3), pp. 1-17. Article 05024004. doi: 10.1061/JMENEA.MEENG-5526.
Sandri, O., Hayes, J. and Holdsworth, S. 2024, 'Upskilling trades for a low carbon future: a case study of gasfitting and hydrogen', Journal of Vocational Education and Training. 76(2), pp. 468-495. doi: 10.1080/13636820.2024.2312110.
Shooshtarian, S. et al. 2024, ‘Enhancing the use of products with recycled content in the Australian construction industry’, Nova Science Publisher, New York, US. 10.52305/KKEK0064.
Shooshtarian, S., Maqsood, T. and Wong, S. 2024, 'Policy Intervention of Waste Management', in S, B.Salman, S., Tayyab, M., F, M. and Shek, W.(eds.). Waste Management in the Circular Economy. Switzerland: Springer Nature, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-42426-7_5.
Goodman, N. et al. 2024, 'Volatile organic compounds in regular and organic vaping liquids: a public health concern', Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health. pp. 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s11869-024-01645-9.

Precincts publications

Hurley, J. and Sun, Q. 2023, 'Private-led land assembly and urban consolidation: The relative influence of regulatory zoning mechanisms', Land Use Policy. 134. pp. 1-15. Article 106904. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106904.
Liu, C. et al. 2023, 'Community-Focused Renewable Energy Transition with Virtual Power Plant in an Australian City—A Case Study', Buildings. 13(4), pp. 1-21. Article 844. doi: 10.3390/buildings13040844.
Liu, C. et al. 2023, 'Supporting virtual power plants decision-making in complex urban environments using reinforcement learning', Sustainable Cities and Society. 99. pp. 1-21. Article 104915. doi: 10.1016/j.scs.2023.104915.
Duhr, S., Berry, S. and Moore, T. 2023, *Sustainable housing at a neighbourhood scale, AHURI Final Report No. 396*, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Farnes, K. et al. 2024, 'An exploratory study on the benefits of transit orientated development (TOD) to rail infrastructure projects', Smart and Sustainable Built Environment. 13(1), pp. 1-16. doi: 10.1108/SASBE-03-2023-0058.
Mcevoy, D. et al. 2024, 'Localized nature-based solutions for enhanced climate resilience and community wellbeing in urban informal settlements', Climate and Development. 16(7), pp. 600-612. doi: 10.1080/17565529.2023.2277248.
Stanford, H. et al. 2024, 'Finding the forgotten spaces: Using a social-ecological framework to map informal green space in Melbourne, Australia', Land Use Policy. 141. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107114.
Torquato, P. et al. 2024, 'Spatially analysed expansion of individual street tree crowns enables species-specific crown expansion predictions in different rainfall zones', Urban Forestry and Urban Greening. 94. doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128268.
Stanford, H. et al. 2024, 'Exploring the secret gardens of the city: An assessment of human-nature interactions on informal green space using citizen science data', Urban Forestry and Urban Greening. 98. pp. 1-10. Article 128414. doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128414.
Horne, R. and Dorignon, L. 2024, 'Inclusion in Post-Carbon Urban Experiments', in Ralph, H.Ralph, H., Louise, D., Aimee, A., Gordon, W. and Anitra, N.(eds.). Post-Carbon Inclusion: Transitions Built on Justice. Bristol, England: Policy Press.
Nazareth, I. and Gargano, L. 2024, 'Zero Carbon Precinct: Designing The Protocols, Overrun and Domain Of Energy Transition', New York – Livable Cities A Conference on Issues Affecting Life in Cities. United Kingdom:AMPS, pp. 9-19.
Martin, D. et al. 2025, 'Zoning and urban restructuring: long-term change in the location of manufacturing in industrialised city-regions', Regional Studies. doi: 10.1080/00343404.2024.2438316.

Information and systems publications

Gharehbaghi, K., Farnes, K. & Hurst, N. 2024a. ‘A novel method of refining the performance of rail systems: an evaluation of system dynamics using discrete event simulation’. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment.
Shahrivar F., Sidiq A., Mahmoodian M. Jayasinghe1 S., Sun Z., Setunge S. 2025. ‘AI-based bridge infrastructure maintenance management: A comprehensive review’, Artificial Intelligence Review, Springer Nature
Gharehbaghi, K., McManus, K., Georgy, M., Farnes, K., Pagliara, F., & Myers, M. 2024b. ‘Verifying the sustainability factors of mega transportation infrastructure: Sydney Metro’s commissioning through the “significance matrix” methodology’. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 22, 22-41.
Jayasinghe S.C., Mahmoodian M., Sidiq A., Nanayakkara T.M., Alavi A., Mazaheri S., Shahrivar F., Sun Z., Setunge S., 2024, ‘Innovative Digital Twin with Artificial Neural Networks for Real-time Structural Health Monitoring: A Port Structure Case Study’, Ocean Engineering (Q1 in Ocean Engineering and Environmental Engineering), 312, 119187
Jayasuriya, S., Zhang, G. & Yang, R.J. 2024. ‘Towards successful economic infrastructure partnership project delivery through effective stakeholder management’. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 26, 101173.
Johannes, K., Voordijk, H., Wakkee, I. & Aranda-Mena, G. 2024. ‘Implementing organisational change in a digitalising facilities management organisation through stewardship interventions’. Journal of Facilities Management, 22, 144-159.
Mahmoodian, M.; Shahrivar, F.; Li, C., 2022. ‘Maintenance Prioritisation of Irrigation Infrastructure Using a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology under a Fuzzy Environment’. Sustainability (Q1 in multidisciplinary research), 14, 14791. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142214791
Nazareth, I. & Schwarzman, D. 2024. ‘Pattern Recognition—The Big Smart Transactional City’. The Physical and the Digital City. Intellect.
Yan, X., Di Shu, K. & Bao, D.W. ‘Architectural Topological Form-Finding Integrating Solid and Fluid Structural Performances.
Zhao, H., Liu, C., Yang, R.J. & Sun, C. 2024. ‘Large-scale prediction of solar irradiation, shading impacts, and energy generation on building Façade through urban morphological indicators: A machine learning approach’. Energy and Buildings, 323, 114797.