Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Empowering Consumers |
Low-Cost Energy- Efficient Technology for
Homes
Energy poverty is a serious issue for our society that threatens the lives of vulnerable and low-income households . Combatting it means developing appropriate low-cost technologies and combining them with advanced monitoring technologies . |
Competitive Advantage • Significant experience in developing low-cost , energy-efficient technologies that lower energy needs and provide comfort to low-income households , at minimum cost
Proven solutions that :
• Decrease energy consumption by up to 70 %
• Reduce carbon emissions by up to 50 %
• Improve indoor thermal comfort by up to 70 %
• Lower the level of indoor pollutants by up to 90 %
Impact • Meaningful improvements in the quality of life of low-income households
Successful Applications • Several large-scale retrofitting projects in lowincome dwellings worldwide
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Capabilities and Facilities • Laboratory capable of performing a wide range of energy and environmental measurements in buildings
• Mobile energy bus with thermal cameras , tracer gas equipment , IAQ sensors and analysers , light and daylight measuring equipment , and a drone for performing aerial measurements
• A wide range of tools to simulate energy usage in buildings
More Information Professor Mattheos Santamouris
School of Built Environment
T + 61 2 9385 0729
E : m . santamouris @ unsw . edu . au
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• Collaboration with major government institutions to alleviate energy poverty |
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