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THE ZERO WASTE RESEARCH CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND BEHAVIOURsd+b

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“If we want a good economy and a healthy environment in the long term, we need technologies that are clean and preserve resources. The aim is to avoid waste of materials, energy, and water and reduce consumption without compromising on our lifestyle. This is an economy which does not grow at the cost of our health and the ecosystem.“

Professor Steffen Lehmann, UniSA

“Zero Waste SA’s reputation for innovation is underpinned by successful partnerships such as with the Zero Waste Research Centre for Sustainable Design and Behaviour. Our five-year collaboration under Professor Lehmann’s leadership has seen the centre become a world class research hub tackling solutions to the world’s great sustainability challenges. The synergies and opportunities through a cross-disciplinary approach are both exciting and essential to achieving the outcomes we are striving for.” Vaughan Levitzke Chief Executive, Zero Waste SA

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OUR COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP

About the Centre: Sustainable Design and the Future of our Cities

Founded in 2009, the sd+b Centre at the University of South Australia is an internationally recognised research centre and a multidisciplinary innovation cluster with interest and expertise in a wide range of environmental, urban and sustainability issues. The Centre develops relevant research expertise for intelligent, holistic solutions and improved decision making in environmental sustainability, urban development and complex human-nature interlinked systems. The sd+b Centre facilitates collaborative and cross-disciplinary research across academia, industry and government.

As a joint initiative of Zero Waste SA and UniSA, our Centre has a series of major projects currently underway, concerning low carbon construction, urban microclimates and sustainable living, material flow, sustainable building and design, and environmental engineering and society.

Our collaborative, cross-disciplinary research spans UniSA’s Divisions of Education, Arts and Social Sciences and Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment.

We nurture a culture of innovation in which our researchers, including numerous PhD students, thrive, making us a hub of international research expertise for creating more sustainable societies. Read on and see how you can best engage with our dynamic sd+b Centre.

A CATALYST FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Aims and Missions: Excellence with Relevance

Our centre promotes UniSA’s commitment to education by creating and disseminating new knowledge, engaging with communities to address the major issues of our time, and developing multidisciplinary research; addressing societal needs and critical technologies.

The sd+b Centre works side-by-side with the China-Australia Centre for Sustainable Urban Development (CAC_SUD). Both centres are interdisciplinary think tanks, led by Professor Steffen Lehmann, a researcher of international repute.

Aim

To become a source of broad-based authoritative information and a forum for international collaboration.

Priority research areas

• Resilient urbanisation • Integrated sustainable design • Cities for an ageing population

Scope of research areas

• Societal needs • Critical technologies • Advanced research • Evidence-based policy formulation

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Professor Steffen Lehmann, Dr-Ing, AADip, is a German-Australian architect, author and urbanist, Chair Professor of Sustainable Design at the University of South Australia’s School of Art, Architecture and Design, and the inaugural Director of the sd+b Centre. He has held positions in Australian universities as well as visiting professorial positions at leading universities worldwide (Berlin, Munich, Singapore, Shanghai and Berkeley).

Steffen has presented his research and creative work at more than 500 conferences in 35 different countries, frequently as a keynote speaker, and has published 15 books and numerous academic papers. In recognition of the international significance of Steffens work, he has held the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Urban Development for Asia and the Pacific since 2008; since 2011 he continues to work with UNESCO ex-officio. He has won design awards for his involvement in the architectural creation of the ‘New Berlin’ in the 1990s.

Steffen has strong links to Germany, China and the US. He provides high-level independent advice to governments, municipalities and industry worldwide; he has a track record of 25 years high profile project delivery, public speaking and consultancy.

Through the sd+b Centre, Steffen has established the China−Australia Centre for Sustainable Urban Development (CAC_SUD), an international research think tank exploring how Asia-Pacific cities can plan for and manage sustainable urban growth.

[email protected]

STEFFEN LEHMANN: INSPIRING DESIGN

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Strategic Research Priorities

The sd+b Centre is one of the University’s leading research units for resource efficient architectural and urban design and has forged research alliances across different Divisions and Schools, and with government and industry partners. Our research interests include climate-responsive building design, resource and material efficient urban design, principles of integrated sustainable design, rapid urbanisation in the Asia-Pacific and the development of new curriculum materials. Our key research priorities are impactful, project-driven and stakeholder-focused in the following areas:

•Materialflows,urbanmetabolismandvaluechainsfor resource efficiency and resilient urbanisation

•Wasteavoidanceandwastemanagement,towardsa truly sustainable society

•Sustainabledesignandhumanbehaviour that addresses issues of modified consumption patterns, and social innovation in sustainable design

Our four research programs

OUR RESEARCH FOCUS - A VIBRANT RESEARCH CULTURE

•Thepsychologyofconsumption,understandingand changing consumer behaviour, and mobilising these for attitudinal changes

•Resilientcities,energyandmaterial-efficient architecture for an ageing population

•Socialsustainabilityanditsrelationtourbanecology, technology and design issues

•Prefabricated,lightweightconstructionsystemsfor disassembly, material efficiency and durability

•Measuringembodiedenergy,lifecycle,consumption and ecological footprint

•Improveddecisionmaking;helpinggovernments, municipalities and companies to improve their waste cycles, water and energy, and manufacturing processes

•Strategiestodevelopresilientecosystemsand communities

•Creatingavibrantcitywithhealthyneighbourhoods

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URBANISM

INFRASTRUCTURE

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES

URBAN GOVERNANCE: POLICIES AND LEGISLATION

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Research Programs and Projects

The sd+b Centre produces internationally competitive research in partnership with industry and government, to ensure effective translation of research into practical solutions. This is research that will change the society we live in.

The sd+b Centre focuses its work in four key research programs and research projects (work packages), which reflect the challenges we face today. These programs are interacting and influencing each other. The integrated research areas operate at different scales and ensure the participation of industry and government partners.

PROGRAM 1 – Engaged Communities: Transition Scenarios for Social Sustainability, Consumption and Behaviour

•Behaviourchange:Zeroinginonfoodwaste

•Work,lifeandsustainableliving:pro-environmental behaviours across community, home and workplace

•Urbaninfill:addressingtheculturalbarriersandsocial acceptance of CLT multi-storey apartment living

•Sustainabilityandconsumptionasproblemsof narrative discourse in visual communication design

PROGRAM 2 - Infrastructure: Energy, Water, Transport, Waste, Productive Landscapes

•Infrastructure:renewableenergysupplysystemsand services

•Mathematicalmodellinganddesignofpermeable pavements for water-sensitive urban design

•Publicspaceandurbanmicro-climates:mitigationand adaptation strategies for UHI effect in three selected cities

•Lowcarbonprecincts:integratedETWW(energy, transport, waste and water) demand forecasting and scenario planning for precincts

•Lowcarbonliving:energyandmaterialefficientuse and operation

PROGRAM 3 - Buildings: Materials Flow and Low Carbon Construction Innovation

•Re-consideringsustainablebuiltenvironmentand design: a cultural change approach

•Urbaninfilldevelopmentusinglowcarbontimber construction for modular prefabrication

•Sustainabledesign:strategiesforzerowaste,green buildings, products and resource recovery

•Buildingenvelopes:climate-adaptedlow-energyfacade systems

PROGRAM 4 - Cities and Green Urbanism: Retrofitting, Transforming Urban Form

•ZeroemissionsandZeroWasteCity:themetabolismof low carbon cities

•Comparativeanalysisofexistingandemergingpublic space networks in the Asia-Pacific: urban waterfront in Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore

•SmartCities:facilitatingincreasedconnectivity between urban systems for community-based provision of basic needs

•Identitytransformed:theimpactofrapidurbanisation in cities in the Asia-Pacific

A LABORATORY OF IDEAS

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Since 2003, Professor Steffen Lehmann has successfully supervised and mentored PhD students and Masters students, has been an External Examiner of PhD research and is accredited as a registered PhD supervisor for Principal Supervision. His former postgraduate students now work in universities, research institutes and leading positions in organisations and companies worldwide.

We invite enquiries from prospective students to conduct research in our priority research fields.

Every year the sd+b Centre organises the Annual PhD Students Colloquium and Symposium as a public high-profile event and proceedings are published.

Current PhD Candidates and their topics

Mr Atiq U. Zaman

‘Performance assessment and strategy development of municipal solid waste management in Adelaide based on zerowasteindex’

Mr Chris Thornton

‘Communicating sustainability: the role of human values, narrative identity and social action’

Ms Mabel John

‘The sustainable design of Water’s Edge Public Spaces - an architectural analysis of convergence and divergence between public space in the East and the West’

Mr Ehsan Sharifi

‘Impacts of the Urban Heat Island effect on quality of vitality in public space’

Ms Gabriele B. Fitzgerald

‘Effects of greening community organisations’

Mr John Devlin

‘Developing a framework for waste informatics using a case study approach in Jakarta, Indonesia’

Mr He He

‘Towards the integration of waste management in a shared platform for ETWW demand forecasting and scenario planning’

Ms Gertrud Hatvani-Kovacs

‘Urban microclimates: social impacts of heat waves in Australian Cities’

Centre Staff

Centre Director

Professor Steffen Lehmann

Post-doctoral Fellows

Dr. Conrad Philipp

‘Urban microclimates: mitigation strategies for cities in the Asia-Pacific region’

Dr. Queena Kun QIAN

‘How transaction costs affect real estate developers entering into the building energy efficiency market?’

Research Assistants

Dr. Reazul Ashan

Ms Katharine Thornton

Centre Officer

Ms Lily Stanley

PhD RESEARCH AND SUPERVISION

Zero Waste Research Centre team, July 2013

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The sd+b Centre enjoys a high number of publications with important outlets, worldwide.

Professor Steffen Lehmann is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Green Building, editor of the Earthscan Book Series of Sustainable Design (Routledge) and a member of editorial boards of five academic journals; he continues to publish books with reputable publishers.

In 2012-2013, Steffen co-edited with Dr Robert Crocker two books: Designing for Zero Waste and Motivating Change. Behaviour and Sustainable Design in the Built Environment. The new book Low Carbon Cities will be launched in 2014.

The Centre as a whole has published numerous academic papers, articles and book chapters with high impact.

The sd+b Centre places research at the heart of its activities, constantly making the work of the Centre and its PhD students highly visible, encouraging younger academics to develop new research projects.

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS Sustainable development research is a rapidly progressing field that is becoming increasingly globalised. International research collaborations allow to interact with scientific communities worldwide to build long-term capacity. The sd+b Centre works closely with researchers in Europe, the US and the Asia-Pacific.

TWO HIGH-IMPACT CENTRES WORKING SIDE-BY-SIDEThe Zero Waste Centre for Sustainable Design and Behaviour and the China-Australia Centre for Sustainable Urban Development work on integrated topics.

With their high-impact research agendas, both centres are active hubs for research training; they are globally visible and internationally connected. Both centres have attracted significant external funding and have established a strong track record of publications.

OUR RECENT PUBLICATIONS

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OUR SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS PROGRAM The sd+b Centre Student Prize (value $2,000 p.a.) is anannualprizetargetedtowardsstudentsenrolledinthefinal year of the Master of Sustainable Design program in the School of Art, Architecture and Design. The 2013 recipient is Ken K. Long.

The Pam Keating Memorial Scholarship was established in memory of Pam Keating‚ a noted environmentalist and waste management expert‚ committed to education and training for sustainability. The 2013 recipient of the Scholarship (value $10,000 p.a.) is Ms Madeleine Hughes, Bachelor of Interior Architecture (Honours): Adaptive Reuse of Heritage Buildings: A Strategy for Sustainability in the City of Adelaide.

The sd+b Scholarship for PhD Studies recipient for 2011 is John Devlin.

CURRENT PROJECTS• ETWW demand forecasting tool (led by Professor M. Taylor)

• Urban microclimates: Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide (led by Professor Steffen Lehmann)

• Prefab engineered timber for urban infill (led by Professor Steffen Lehmann)

• Identity transition and rapid urbanisation of Chinese cities (led by Professor Steffen Lehmann)

SEED FUNDING FOR NEW RESEARCH PROJECTSIn 2013, the sd+b Centre allocated significant seed funding to support six interdisciplinary research projects at UniSA:

• Sustainable composite construction of rubberised concrete

• A building oriented resource model for age-friendly precincts in Australia

• Developing a rolling wheel loading device for recycled pavements

• Effective recycling of electronic printed circuit boards (e-waste)

• Designing for Reverse Logistic within the building life cycle

• Enabling sustainable lifestyles and behaviour change through community engagement using social media

RECENTLY COMPLETED ARC-LINKAGE PROJECTS • Zeroing in on food waste (led by Dr A. Sharp)

• Work, life and sustainable living (led by Professor B. Pocock)

• Permeable pavements for water-sensitive urban design (led by Professor S. Beecham)

• Re-considering sustainable design in construction (led by Associate Professor S. Pullen)

PARTNERSThe Centre provides high-level independent advice to governments, municipalities and industry worldwide and has been a planning advisor to numerous cities. We collaborate with a large number of key partners, including: Zero Waste SA, the Governments of South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, the Cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Newcastle and Perth; the CRCs for Low Carbon Living and for Water-sensitive Cities. Hassell, Bluescope Steel, CSIRO, SA Water, Arup, Siemens, Brookfield Multiplex, and many other partners. Internationally, we collaborate with the United Nations (UNESCO, UN ESCAP, UN Habitat, UIL), the Cities of Singapore, Shanghai, Tianjin, Beijing, Ho-Chi-Minh City, Berlin, Freiburg, Helsinki, Oslo, Vienna and Abu Dhabi.

2013 Pam Keating Memorial Scholarship recipient Madeleine Hughes with Ian Harvey, Zero Waste SA and Professor Steffen Lehmann, UniSA

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CENTRE GOVERNANCEResearch concentrations at UniSA benefit greatly from the Advisory Board’s governance that assists in their development.

The Director of the Centre reports quarterly to the independent Advisory Board and a Management Committee.

Advisory Board

The Centre’s Advisory Board is the governing body of the Centre; it is a decision making committee with responsibility for overseeing the governance arrangements as detailed in the Funding Agreement between the Minister for Environment and Conservation and the University of South Australia. The role of the Advisory Board is to provide independent expert advice. The Advisory Board has 10 members; it meets four times a year and is currently chaired by Mr Kelvin Trimper.

Management Committee

The Management Committee meets quarterly to oversee the Centre’s operation, develops the Centre’s Implementation Plan and reports to the Advisory Board.

Committee members are:

• Professor Steffen Lehmann (Chair)

• Professor Pal Ahluwalia

• Professor Rob Short

• Professor Mads Gaardboe

• Ms Annie Campbell

• MrVaughanLevitzke

• Professor Wasim Saman

• Professor Kurt Lushington

ABOUT ZERO WASTE SAZero Waste SA has worked successfully as a catalyst for waste management, recycling and resource recovery in South Australia since 2003. Its primary objective is to promote waste management practices that, as far as possible, eliminate waste or its consignment to landfill, and advance the development of resource recovery and recycling. Zero Waste SA provides strategic policy advice, guidance and leadership to government and stakeholders to bring about change. Zero Waste SA establishes programs and projects that maximise waste reduction, and promote recycling and ecological sustainability. Zero Waste SA’s programs are leading-edge and achieving environmental and economic benefits, as well as attracting international recognition.

zerowaste.sa.gov.au

Researcher and Industry Forum organised by the sd+b Centre, February 2013

VaughanLevitzkeChief Executive, Zero Waste SA

CONTACT Please direct all enquiries to:

Ms Lily Stanley, Centre Officer Zero Waste Research Centre for Sustainable Design and Behaviour (sd+b)Level 4, Kaurna BuildingCity West Campus, North TerraceUniversity of South AustraliaGPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia, 5001

Ph + 61 8 8302 [email protected]

unisa.edu.au/sustainable-design