Program 1: Integrated Building Systems
Research strategies will comprise:
1. Data collection of electricity and gas consumption, building characteristics, and socio-demographic information from both BASIX and non-BASIX residential buildings.
a) Installation of metering devices to measure different types of energy consumption in dwellings by third party contractors.
b) Installation of temperature sensors by project researchers in homes covering the living area and one bedroom.
c) Data collection of building characteristics and social-demographic data through house visit and interviews.
d) Data collection through blower door test of a subset of dwellings.
e) Establishment of digital databases to facilitate energy performance modelling and analysis.
2. Post-occupancy energy performance analysis of BASIX and non-BASIX dwellings.
3. RP1017 Phase 2 project report to inform NSW OEH policy and rating tools.
Online survey
If you are a home owner in NSW and want do your part to help create model to regulate energy use and greenhouse emissions, you can help by participating in a survey. Access the online survey.
This survey is limited to the owners of the dwellings in NSW and dwellings approved during 2005-2014.
The BASIX project acknowledges and thanks the Pinnacle Apartment Building at Rhodes for participating in the project survey, Schneider for supplying metering devices and Feelture for supplying sensor devices.
Program
Project leader
A/Prof. Alistair Sproul
Project status
Complete
Project period
07/2014 to 06/2018
Local government network
Local councils in the greater Sydney area will aid the project by distributing the BASIX survey to their local residents:
- Ku-ring-gai Council
- Hornsby Council
- Parramatta Council
- Randwick Council
- Blacktown Council
- Camden Council
- Liverpool Council
- Penrith Council
- Fairfield Council
- Campbelltown Council
- Bankstown Council
- Sutherland Council
- Publications
- Posters
- Partners
CRCLCL Project Reports
RP1017e: Validating and Improving the BASIX Energy Assessment Tool for Low-Carbon Dwellings - condensed final report
This report is a condensed version of a technical report completed as part of Validating and Improving the BASIX Assessment Tool for Low-Carbon Dwellings, a research project funded by the Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living (CRCLCL) Ltd and the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), supported by the Cooperative Research Centres program, an Australian Government initiative.
Findings from this research show that the measured BASIX-compliant dwellings performed well in the overall reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and were close to BASIX estimations, thereby validating the effectiveness of BASIX tool in promoting low carbon dwellings. However, the breakdown of energy consumption measured by this project highlighted discrepancies in energy consumption for space heating and cooling, lighting and plug loads. An analysis of the attributes contributing to these discrepancies between BASIX estimates and actual energy consumption is discussed and recommendations for future improvements are presented in line with:
- Updating and improving the benchmarks utilised by the NatHERS and BASIX assessment models;
- Improving construction and building envelope quality control; and
- Encouraging sustainability awareness and behaviours.
basix short report final 26 03 19 (11521536 PDF)
CRCLCL Project Posters
Student Poster 2017: RP1017 - MODELLING RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOUR TO SUPPORT LOW CARBON LIVING TARGETS
Marini Prasadika Samaratunga: Student Poster 2017 - RP1017 (477860 PDF)
Student poster 2016: RP1017 Modelling residential energy consumption behaviour to inform basix sustainability assessment, building design and policy
Student poster - Participants Annual Forum 2016 - Marini Samaratunga Modelling residential energy consumption behaviour to inform basix sustainability assessment, building design and policy
Marini Samaratunga Student Poster 2016 RP1017 (406060 PDF)
Student poster 2015: RP1017 Validating and improving the BASIX energy assessment tool for low-carbon dwellings
Student poster - Participants Annual Forum 2015 - Marini Samaratunga
Development of an evidence based behaviour model for dwelling energy consumption to support sustainability assessment, inform building design and policy decisions
Marini Samaratunga student poster 2016 RP1017 (374504 PDF)
RP1017: Interim report: Validating and Improving the BASIX Energy Assessment Tool for Low-Carbon Dwellings - interim report
This project interim report presents the initial outcomes of the research that consist of:
PART 1: Recruitment of participants from single dwellings and multi-unit dwellings, and initial data analysis of the stage 1 survey;
PART 2: Analysis of the BASIX assessment model, key variables and methods of data collection for the stage 2 energy performance monitoring.
The above initial outcomes contribute to the following overall project research activities:
1) Recruitment of participants from single dwellings and multi-unit dwellings;
2) Collection of real-time energy performance and behavioral data through metering, sensing and thermal imaging technologies as well as face-to-face interviews;
3) Development of a post-occupancy energy assessment model, including:
Building envelope performance diagnostic modelling;
Post-occupancy behavior modelling; and
Modelling of the relationships between building design/condition, energy efficiency of appliances and consumer behaviour.
4) Generation of insights to inform future sustainability strategies and decision-making.
RP1017 Basix project interim report (6620643 PDF)
Research Snapshot Poster - RP1017
Research Snapshot A3 size poster from Participants Annual Forum 2014
Research Snapshot Poster - RP1017 (375151 PDF)
Student Poster - RP1017
Student Poster - Participants Annual Forum 2014, Marini Samaratunga - Size A2
Student Poster - RP1017 (5410385 PDF)
Partners on this project
- UNSW Sydney
- NSW Government - Office of Environment & Heritage