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Email

andrea.pianella@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Education Fellow in Sustainable Construction
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
PhD
The University of Melbourne
PhD
The University of Melbourne
Masters
Università degli studi della Tuscia
ORCID

0000-0002-2917-6785

Dr Andrea Pianella

Education Fellow in Sustainable Construction
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning

18 Scholarly works
1 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Intense drought and vegetation browning exacerbate air temperature rise in unirrigated peri-urban areas under global warming
    DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2025.106643
  • 2025

    Other

    Urban climate variability in a warming world: Analysing long-term urban air temperature and rainfall trends in Santiago, Chile (1961–2024)
    DOI: 10.5194/icuc12-517
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    Talk, test, transform: The impact of interactive oral examinations in higher education
    DOI: 10.65388/gvmt6356
  • 2024

    Conference Proceedings

    From rooftops to ecosystems: Understanding the life cycle embodied GHG emissions of green roofs in Melbourne
  • 2024

    Conference Proceedings

    Unveiling the design faults of green roofs as novel urban green spaces for enhanced thermal comfort: Lessons from Melbourne
  • 2024

    Conference Proceedings

    Revealing the role of green roof substrate: limitations of simulated substrate temperatures for summer and winter day and night thermal performance in Melbourne, Australia
    DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/1363/1/012091
  • 2020

    Research Contracts

    Orrong Road Green Roof
Andrea Pianella

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2023

    Journal article

    High water use plants influence green roof substrate temperatures and their insulative benefits
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nbsj.2023.100088
  • 2023

    Conference Proceedings

    Cooling potential of C3 and CAM species of vegetative roofs for improving building thermal performance and surroundings urban environments
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Ten years of greening a wide brown land: A synthesis of Australian green roof research and roadmap forward
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127179
  • 2020

    Conference Proceedings

    Effects of substrate depth and native plants on green roof thermal performance in South-East Australia
    DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/588/2/022057

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