A University of Wollongong sustainable building project has been recognised alongside industry heavyweights, named as a finalist in the State Government's top environmental awards.
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The Desert Rose house is one of four finalists in the Green Globe Awards Built Environment Award category, which recognises the most sustainable built environment through design or management.
More than 200 students from UOW and TAFE NSW, designed and built the Desert Rose house that produces more energy than it uses.
The house was designed to support people living with dementia and other age-related conditions.
The Desert Rose house is the country's first net-zero energy home designed to meet the needs of ageing and dementia-affected Australians.
It has been named as a finalist alongside Lendlease's Barangaroo South, which is Australia's first carbon-neutral precinct, City of Sydney's Green Square Town Centre which minimises car dependence, emissions and water consumption, Local Government Super which has achieved the nation's first carbon-neutral property portfolio, and Wollongong City Council which has the oldest building in Australia with a six-star Green Star rating.
Lead academic on the project and head of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, Professor Tim McCarthy was proud to see the Desert Rose mentioned among industry leaders.
"The fact that a student project is able to go head to head with projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars, such as Barangaroo South, is amazing," Professor McCarthy said.
Desert Rose house is in the running for a suite of awards at present, finalists in two categories of the Green Gown Awards, finalists in the Safework NSW Awards and finalists in two categories of the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating AIRAH Awards.
The house will soon be reassembled at the Innovation Campus.
The Green Globe Award winners will be named on November 27 in Sydney.
Agron Latifi
Wollongong born and bred. I love reporting about the Illawarra region and have been doing it for more than 20 years. I've moved into sport recently after covering the education round for the last five plus years for the Illawarra Mercury. It's been a great pleasure.
Wollongong born and bred. I love reporting about the Illawarra region and have been doing it for more than 20 years. I've moved into sport recently after covering the education round for the last five plus years for the Illawarra Mercury. It's been a great pleasure.
