Research Collaboration With Misawa Homes

Pilot study on IEQ of an aged-care facility in Victoria

H-W Chau, J Zhou, M Noguchi, D Hes, L Aye

2018-01-29

Australian population is ageing. The proportion of Australian population over 65 years old has been increased and it is projected ..

Sensitivity analysis of building envelope parameters affecting thermal comfort

S Naji, L Aye, M Noguchi

2018-01-29

The ever-increasing attention towards implementation of environmentally sustainable building design approaches necessitates the pr..

COMPARING MIXING VENTILATION AND DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION IN UNIVERSITY CLASSROOMS

J Zhou, HW Chau, Y Kang, D Hes, M Noguchi, L Aye

2018-01-01

There are two main types of mechanical ventilation systems: the mixing ventilation (MV) and the displacement ventilation (DV). The..

EXPLORING DEMANDS FOR MASS CUSTOMISED PREFABRICATED HOUSES IN BRAZIL

AA Yokota, L Aye, M Noguchi

2018-01-01

Housing shortage has been a challenge faced by many countries around the world. In Brazil, the housing supply capacity was less th..

Structuring the Environmental Experience Design Research Framework through Selected Aged Care Facility Data Analyses in Victoria

H-W Chau, M Nan, J Zhou, M Noguchi

2018-01-01

ZEMCH SUSTAINABLE DESIGN WORKSHOP: AN INTERACTIVE MODEL FOR SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION

HW Chau, AA Yokota, M Noguchi

2018-01-01

The term 'sustainable development' has been widely used after the Brundtland Commission report published in 1987. Education for su..

Structuring the environmental experience design research framework through selected aged care facility data analyses in Victoria

N Ma, HW Chau, J Zhou, M Noguchi

2017-11-25

Humans relate to the living environment physically and psychologically. Environmental psychology has a rich developed history whil..

Verification of the performance of a vertical ground heat exchanger applied to a test house in Melbourne, Australia

KB Ooi, M Noguchi

2017-10-01

The ground heat exchanger is traditionally used as a heat source or sink for the heat pump that raises the temperature of water to..

A baseline study on thermal performance of prefabricated modular buildings in Australia

S Naji, V Ployet, M Noguchi, L AYE

2017-06-05

Prefabricated modular construction is one of building solutions that has positive effects on construction time and waste managemen..

Full Cost Assessment: A method to analyse sustainability of buildings

A Akemi Yokota, L AYE, M Noguchi

2017-06-05

Quantifying the sustainability of buildings is a complex and very challenging task. Three interdependent factors: society, economy..

Net ZEB design opportunities and challenges

A Scognamiglio, HN Røstvik, F Garde, JT Kim, E Musall, M Noguchi, D Waldren, T Weiss, S Wittkopf

2017-03-03

This book presents a unique study of 30 NZEBs that have been constructed and have had their performance measured for at least 12 m..

A SIMULATION VERIFICATION OF SUSTAINABLE GEOTHERMALLY-HEATED HOUSE IN COOL CLIMATES

KB Ooi, M Noguchi

2017-01-01

Heating is required for residential buildings in climates like or cooler than that of Melbourne, Australia's cool temperate. Here,..

Courtyard Environmental Performance Analysis of Yung Ho Chang's Split House

H-W Chau, M Noguchi, V Bunster

2017-01-01

International Movement of Zero Energy Mass Custom Homes (ZEMCH)

M Noguchi

2017-01-01

“Energy and Resources” is a journal issued bimonthly by the Japan Society of Energy and Resources, which has been based in Tokyo, ..

PASSIVE DESIGN STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE LOW-ENERGY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CURITIBA

K Xu, M Noguchi

2017-01-01

Curitiba, Brazil, is no exception having the urban poverty in Latin American contexts, the improvement of housing energy efficienc..

SCRUTINISING THE ZEMCH DESIGN APPROACH TO SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN BRAZIL

AA Yokota, RSS de Melo, EH Hirota, M Noguchi

2017-01-01

Brazil faces the challenge of delivering affordable sustainable homes and it is emerging as a major problem due to the housing sho..

Sustainable Heating or Cooling and Ventilation of Affordable Zero-energy Housing

K Beng Ooi, M Noguchi, H Wah Chau

2017-01-01

This paper updates the ongoing research, by simulation and experimentation for a sustainable low-energy method to heat or cool and..

ZEMCH AND GREEN TARGET COSTING APPROACHES: INFERENCES FROM A DESIGN WORKSHOP

RSS de Melo, ACV de Carvalho, AA Yokota, AD Granja, M Noguchi

2017-01-01

Although they tend to be pursued as two distinct research domains today, Zero Energy Mass Custom Home (ZEMCH) and Green Target Cos..

An Update of a Simulation Study of Passively Heated Residential Buildings

Koon Beng Ooi, Mohammad Omar Abdullah, Masa Noguchi

2016-12-01

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>“A simulation study of passively heated residential buildings” published in Procedia Eng..

Mass customisation

M Noguchi, C Formoso, CG da Rocha, MD Andújar-Montoya, V Bunster, R Cameron, C Imai

2016-01-01

Climate change accompanied by global warming issues necessitates that homes are more environmentally friendly in production and op..

Mass personalisation

V Bunster, M Noguchi, T Kvan

2016-01-01

Ensuring quality in affordable housing remains a major challenge for both developed and developing countries. Residential quality ..

The economic value of low-energy housing

H Wu, RH Crawford, G Warren-Myers, M Dave, M Noguchi

2016-01-01

This paper explores a new perspective towards understanding barriers to ascertaining the economic value of low-energy housing. It ..

ZEMCH business operation in Japan

M Noguchi, E Hirota, JT Kim, C Formoso, H Altan, P Bell, A Frattari, L Riscala

2016-01-01

Today, Japanese housing manufacturers mass-customise their highly industrialised houses with the aim to deliver quality affordable..

ZEMCH: Toward the Delivery of Zero Energy Mass Custom Homes

2016-01-01

In this book, leading international experts explore the emerging concept of the zero energy mass custom home (ZEMCH) – designed to..

Zero energy homes

L Aelenei, A Frattari, L Riscala, H Altan, A Hashemi, KAT Aoul, M Noguchi

2016-01-01

In the last 50 years a fifth of the planet’s inhabitants had a strong development that deeply changed their habits and their life ..