Team leader
Professor Wasim Saman, Director of Research, ISST PhD, Master of Science, Bachelor of Science
Wasim Saman has a considerable track record in developing and implementing sustainable systems and technologies including solar and energy efficient heating and cooling systems and solar lights. He led the development and implementation of a methodology for evaluating and reducing energy use in new housing developments. He also led the research project to validate heating and cooling energy requirements predicted by AccuRate energy rating software. He is currently involved in developing a new energy rating tool for Australian and New Zealand housing and is a Chief Investigator of NATHERS Peak load Research.
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New Housing Estate Team members
Professor Barbara Pocock, Director, Centre for Work + Life PhD, B achelor of Economics (Hons).
Barbara leads a centre that researches the interactions of work, home, family and community and the lived and policy implications of those interactions. The Centre considers socio-economic and spatial differences, gender differences, work-care flows and the ethic of care. The Centre’s research has national and international components.
Intelligent Grid Projects:
Housing Estate Pilot Doctor Edward Halawa, Research Associate, ISST PhD, Master of Engineering, Bachelor of Enineering
Edward Halawa has worked on various energy systems modelling including solar hot water systems and application of renewable energy in residential buildings. He was involved in the research project to validate heating and cooling energy requirements predicted by AccuRate energy rating software. He is currently involved in the NATHERS Peak load Research.
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Housing Estate Pilot Doctor Frank Bruno, Senior Research Fellow, ISSTPhD, Bachelor of Engineering
Frank Bruno has in-depth expertise in solar air space heating systems, phase change energy storage, low energy air conditioning and heat transfer in buildings. He has conducted a number of testing on various air conditioning systems for thermal performances evaluation.
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Housing Estate Pilot Doctor Jane Edwards, Research Associate, Centre for Work + Life PhD, Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
Jane is a qualitative social researcher with expertise in community participation, community capacity audits, health and well-being and social equity issues. She has extensive experience in rural and remote research. Jane has been Research Fellow on a recent ARC funded project, ‘Water scarcity and rural social hardship: can water markets alleviate the problem?’
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Housing Estate Pilot Dr John Boland, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics, ISST PhD, Master of Mathematics, Bachelor of Mathematics
John Boland has worked on Time Series Analysis and Forecasting for Climate Variables, Renewable Energy Utilisation, Climate Change and Risk Analysis, Water Harvesting and Ecological Footprint.
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Housing Estate Pilot Associate Professor Monica Oliphant, President of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES)Master of Science, Bachelor of Science
Monica Oliphant has worked on many projects at the state and national government levels in Australia as well as for industry in the areas of residential RE and energy monitoring, measurement and analysis, wind surveying, remote area RE power supply, building integrated PV and demand side management.
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Housing Estate Pilot
