Program 2: Low Carbon Precincts
This research seeks to identify the opportunities and blockages to the retrofitting of low carbon precincts through a living laboratory approach (using Broadway precinct in Sydney). It will then identify widely applicable typologies that may enable such a transition to be applied to any precinct.
Outputs of the project will include an urban transition manual and toolkit which will assist future transition teams to create successful low carbon infrastructure. The research will be include distinct phases:
- Phase one will be focus on setting the context and baselines for the research and the transition of the precinct into a Living Laboratory.
- Subsequent phases will be focus on option and scenario development and documentation of transition pathways.
Program
Project leader
Roger Swinbourne
Project status
Complete
Project period
03/2015 to 03/2016
- Publications
- Posters
- Partners
- News
- Students
Peer Reviewed Research Publications
RP2016: Journal Article: Assessing the impact of solar PV on domestic electricity consumption: Exploring the prospect of rebound effects
This study examines patterns of electricity use by households in Sydney who have installed solar photovoltaic (PV) technology compared to those who have not in order to assess the impact of government solar incentive schemes, and to identify whether conservation or rebound (increased consumption) effects are associated with rooftop PV.
CRCLCL Project Reports
RP2018: Empowering Broadway - Phase 1 Report
The Empowering Broadway research project’s purpose is to enable low carbon energy and water transitions for existing urban communities in Australia’s growing cities. If we are going to enable a low carbon future it will be critical that we learn how to transition existing urban systems ageing water and power infrastructure to flexible, resilient and sustainable networks. Emerging research and global best practice is demonstrating that empowering communities to form precincts, develop local water and energy solutions is both lowering utility costs and carbon reduction. Emergent technologies and business models in the energy and water sector along with the managing a changing climate will drive a step change in how these services are configured and consumed. We are undertaking research to better understand existing precincts, create business cases and implement the technologies and governance models required to
transition to a low carbon community. This research seeks to empower stakeholders within communities to drive transitions to low carbon energy and water use, by providing them with the data and processes they need
for change. The following highlights, barriers, opportunities and next steps are identified through the research.
RP2018: Empowering Broadway - Phase 1 Report (3345651 PDF)
Fact sheets
RP2018 FACTSHEET: Driving Low Carbon Transitions At A Precinct Scale
RP2018: Factsheet: Driving Low Carbon Transitions At A Precinct Scale (843699 PDF)
CRCLCL Project Posters
Research Snapshot Poster - RP2018
Research Snapshot A3 size poster from Participants Annual Forum 2014
Research Snapshot Poster - RP2018 (237042 PDF)
Partners on this project
- TAFE NSW / Sydney TAFE
- UNSW Sydney
- City of Sydney
- Swinburne University of Technology
- UrbanGrowth NSW
- Multiplex
- AECOM
News articles
RP2018: News Article: HotHouse: On collaboration as key to better neighbourhoods
HotHouse lived up to its name on 12 August at Sydney’s Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences (formerly the Powerhouse Museum) – as a means of cultivating and fast-tracking ideas – by bringing together a diverse group of people to consider how to create sustainable neighbourhoods...
Read the full article in The Fifth Estate HERE