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Lifetime Award

Scientia Professor Mat Santamouris has been awarded the prestigious 2024 PLEA Lifetime Award for 鈥渙utstanding achievement in advancing the fields of architecture, urban planning, sustainability and resilience鈥.

Award for Excellence
The High Performance Architecture Team at 麻豆社madou鈥檚 School of Built Environment recently received Award for Excellence from the City of Port Phillip for the Cooling South Melbourne project.
Race to Net Zero Carbon
A Climate Emergency Guide for New and Existing Buildings in Australia. We are pleased to announce the release of a national guide that provides reliable and science-based metrics and targets towards creating a net zero carbon built environment for Australia!
麻豆社madou HPA鈥檚 cool roofs project, led by Scientia Professor Mattheos Santamouris and commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (DISER), has directly informed a significant climate policy update for NSW 鈥 a ban on dark roofs for all new homes built across the state!
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Scientia Professor Mattheos Santamouris is 鈥楳r Cool鈥
Our very own Scientia Professor Mattheos Santamouris has been nicknamed 鈥楳r Cool鈥 in response to the innovative and cutting-edge research he and other HPA group members have been conducting into a range of 鈥榮uper cool鈥 materials.
The Future of Cool Roofs in Australia - Technical and Commercial Prospects
On 28th October the 麻豆社madou HPA group, in partnership with the Australian Government Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, hosted a workshop to present the latest innovation and advancements in cool roof technology (video).
Workshop

Past news

Strategic Study: Cooling Western Sydney

Professor Mat Santamouris gave a talk on Cooling Western Sydney: A Strategic Study on the Role of Water in Mitigating Urban Heat in Western Sydney at Sydney Water Parramatta. Cooling Western Sydney is a project led by Professor Mat Santamouris from 麻豆社madou FBE in collaboration with Sydney Water, funded by Low Carbon Living CRC.
SBE16 Sydney is part of the Sustainable Built Environment (SBE) Conference 2016 Series focused on developing High-Performance Built Environments.
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