Research to Reality Expo: NSW

Date: Tuesday, 14 May 2019

Location: Royal Randwick Racecourse - Kingston Town Room; Event Moderator: Dr Josh Byrne

9:30 – 10:00 Registration, Tea and Coffee

10:00 – 10:10 Housekeeping and Introduction to Speakers Dr Josh Byrne (Moderator)
10:10 – 10:25 Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country Mr Sandy Holloway AO, Deputy Chairman, CRCLCL

10:25 – 10:40 Celebrating and Accelerating the CRCLCL’s Success Scientia Professor Deo Prasad AO, CEO, CRCLCL

10:40 – 10:55 OEH-CRCLCL Energy Efficiency Decision-Making Node (EEDMN) Dr Kathleen Beyer, Chair of EEDMN, NSW Office of Environment & Heritage
Theme 1: Cooling Cities
10:55 – 11:00 Introduction to the Theme and Speakers Dr Josh Byrne (Moderator)
11:00 - 11:15 Characteristics of the Urban Overheating in Sydney and the Potential of Mitigation Technologies Scientia Professor Mattheos Santamouris, UNSW

11:15 – 11:30 Driving Increased Utilisation of Cool Roofs Mr Lloyd Niccol, BlueScope / Mr Alan Green, UOW
11:30 – 11:45 UHI Decision-Support Tool & Index A/Professor Lan Ding, UNSW

11:45 – 12:00 Guides to Urban Cooling Strategies A/Professor Paul Osmond, UNSW

12:00 – 12:10 Q&A

12:10 – 13:00 Lunch
Theme 2: Low Carbon Living
13:00 – 13:05 Introduction to the Theme and Speakers Dr Josh Byrne (Moderator)
13:05 – 13:20 Count Your Carbon A/Professor Tommy Wiedmann / Dr Soo Huey Teh, UNSW
13:20 – 13:35 Carbon Value Engineering A/Professor Philip Oldfield, UNSW

13:35 – 13:50 Warm, cool, comfortable – mainstreaming high performance housing Dr Josh Byrne, Curtin University
13:50 – 14:05 Low Carbon Tourism and Communities A/Professor John Merson, BMWHI
14:05 – 14:20 The ClimateClever Initiative: Students Leading the Way to a Low Carbon Future Dr Vanessa Rauland, Curtin University

14:20 – 14:30 Q&A

14:30 – 14:45 Afternoon tea
Theme 3: Low Carbon Affordable Retrofits
14:45 – 14:50 Introduction to the Theme and Speakers Dr Josh Byrne (Moderator)
14:50 – 15:05 Mainstreaming Low Carbon Retrofits in Social Housing Dr Dan Daly, UOW / Susanna Savolainen of LAHC
15:05 – 15:20 Guides for Residential Building Retrofits Dr Georgios Kokogiannakis, UOW

15:20 – 15:35 Guides for Commercial Building Retrofits Dr Riccardo Paolini, UNSW

15:35 – 15:50 Reality TV: Changing the World? Making the World a Better Place One Renovation at a Time Mr James McGregor, Blue Tribe

15:50 – 16:00 Q&A

16:00 – 16:15 Conclusion
16:15 – 17:00 Networking Drinks and Nibbles