Durra Panel and Natural Building Materials

Dr Chris J was interviewed for ABC Landline’s piece on Durra panel and the barriers for innovative new products to enter the building industry market.

Episode 31 OCTOBER 2021, the segment starts at approximately 26 minutes.

Cold Houses

Speaking with Yan Zhuang on the topic if cold houses in Australia. 25 JUNE 2021 , listen here

Australia’s Cold Housing

25 JUNE 2021

Speaking with Tom Oriti on ABC News Radio about our cold ‘russian winter’ houses.

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Being cold in cold houses, “why your toes are freezing off right now”

A quick chat on a wintery June day 2021 with Joanna Lauder on the Triple J Hack IV show discussing Melbourne’s cold houses and how they compare on the international stage. Listen to the show here

Interview on Overheating

Dr Chris J on behalf of the University of Melbourne provides information related to the widespread issue of apartment overheating. 19 APRIL 2021, Listen here

Blueprint for Living –‘Building for Comfort in the Sky’

Expert guest on the role of ventilation for high rise buildings. 15 APRIL 2017, Listen here

Blueprint for Living - ‘Lost and Found - Skin’

Greensphere joins the show as an expert guest on the ‘role of the building skin’. 17 AUGUST 2019 Listen here

Living Well Study for Apartment Heat Stress

An extensive study at the University of Melbourne led by Dr Chris J demonstrated the impact of heat waves on apartment buildings in Melbourne.

The University of Melbourne, article

The Australian Financial Review, article

The Age, Domain, article

3AW, segment The Fifth state, article

Supertall building shading

Dr Chris J provides analysis of tall building shading over the Shrine. Independent Report, read the article

This project designed by EME Design in conjunction with Greensphere Consulting incorporates large amounts of internal mass and very thick insulation, coupled with high performance glazing (triple glazed). The north facing greenhouse also provides winter warmth, and was modelled extensively to demonstrate the additional thermal performance of this design beyond the 10 star rating cap. Solar PV, Solar Hot Water and community living complete the submission. BDAV winner announcement

Greensphere was contracted to provide a peer review of what would become the Gold Coast’s tallest building – the 88 level Iluka Redevelopment.

Part of the findings included the fact that the surrounding buildings, predominantly located to the east of the proposed tower, had been largely ignored by the original shading study that was submitted to Council as part of the application. The findings also showed that the Councils policy on shading was generic and allowed a wide interpretation. Read the article

Beyond Zero Emissions Radio Show

Greensphere was invited to the 3CR “Beyond Zero Emissions” Radio show, to discuss the strategies that were used to achieve 10 Stars on the winning design (in conjunction with EME Design).

‘Living Places’ Suburban Revival public housing establishes a benchmark for environmentally and socially sustainable low-cost housing in Victoria.

The culmination of an open design competition initiated by the Office of the Victorian Government Architect and the Office of Housing,’ Living Places’ involves the design of fifteen environmentally efficient, low-cost dwellings on six consolidated residential allotments in Dandenong. The project establishes a solar responsive urban framework which, in combination with efficient internal planning and the integration of ESD technologies, facilitates dwellings with energy ratings in excess of 8 stars. WSUD principles, grey water treatment and indigenous planting reduce the site’s dependence on mains water and minimise its impact on the local environment.

Greensphere Consulting’s Chris Jensen was asked to comment on the current building standards relating to the 6 Star energy standards. Read the article

Chris was invised to to living by Design radio show, to discuss the typical requirements put on a design project to achieve the minimum performance of 5 Stars for a residential development. Such requirements include insulation, double glazing, thermal mass, orientation, shading and cross-ventilation. Listen here

Greensphere’s Chris Jensen was interviewed on ABC National Radio by Bernadette Young on the topic of Roof colour and how it can impact temperatures.

Following the contentious Iluka Tower redevelopment planning approval by Gold Coast City Council in October 2015, Greensphere’s Chris Jensen was interviewed about the impact of shading of tall buildings on neighbours. 13 OCTOBER 2015