When: Wednesday 15 May 2013 Time: 7.00pm Where: Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn Campus (Engineering Building – Room EN303). For a map of Swinburne click here. Topic: Window and Glass Technologies (and their Significance for Building Thermal Performance) Convenor: Jim Lambert Window and glass technologies have a major effect on the thermal performance of buildings. [...]

The meeting was held at 7:00pm on Wednesday 20 March 2013 in Room EN213, Swinburne University, Hawthorn campus (Engineering Building). For a map of Swinburne click here. Convenor: Paul Fritze Measurement of Building Performance Building rating software is used to assess the design quality of new plans, but questions have been raised about how well [...]

The meeting was held at 7:00pm on Wednesday 20 February 2013 in Room EN101, Swinburne University, Hawthorn campus (Engineering Building). For a map of Swinburne click here. Convenor: Peter Wonfor Solar PV – a Very Good Investment Speaker – David Chiavaroli NRG Innovators The financial factors influencing the decision to purchase a solar PV system [...]

ATA Melbourne Branch Events Pre-2013 Oct 2012 Smart Grids Sept 2012 ATA Melbourne Project Night Aug 2012 Homes With No Heating and Cooling July 2012 Creating Sustainable Home and Community Gardens June 2012 Data Collection and Use May 2012 Electric Bikes March 2012 LED lighting Feb 2012 Update on the Zero Carbon Australia Plan Feb [...]

Christmas Breakup Our Christmas breakup will be held at the Hawthorn U3A site, 23 Sinclair avenue, Glen Iris. For a map click here. This is a fabulous central site with lots to offer. Date and Time 18th November from 12 noon onwards What to Bring Bring your own everything including a chair or rug AND [...]

Date: Wednesday 17th October 2012 Time: Annual meeting and elections 7pm – 7.30pm, Main Presentation 7.30pm – 10pm Place: Swinburne University, Hawthorn campus EN405 (EN Engineering Building). NB. different location to Project Night! See Swinburne map here. Entry: Gold Coin Donation to cover catering costs Visitors welcome. Web streaming: Project introductions will be streamed (see below) [...]

ATA Melbourne Branch Project Night 2012 This meeting was held on Wednesday 19th September 2012, 7pm-10pm at Swinburne University, Hawthorn campus TC104. Entry: Gold Coin Donation to cover catering costs Visitors welcome. Convener: Paul Fritze pafritze@gmail.com   Outline: This was a very successful evening with some 90-100 attendees. There was a real buzz in the [...]

This meeting was held at 5:45pm on Wednesday August 15th at the offices of URS, level 6 no 1 Southbank boulevard, Southbank (Click here for a map) Topic: HOMES WITH NO HEATING AND COOLING Convener: Ben Somerville btsomer@gmail.com Speakers: Tim Adams, Principal of F2 Design and author of the article “HOUSE WITH NO BILL”S” (in [...]

This meeting was held at 5:45pm on Wednesday July 18th at the offices of URS, level 6 no 1 Southbank boulevard, Southbank (Click here for a map) Entry: A gold coin donation to help with costs Visitors welcome. As always, please arrive promptly as the doors are locked shortly after 5:45pm. If you do get [...]

ATA Melbourne Branch June meeting: Data collection activities of ATA members 5:45pm Wednesday June 20 URS offices, Southbank Topic: This meeting explored the passions of those many members who systematically collect information about the environment. Whether maintaining a simple logbook of temperatures or building specialised instruments to analyse building performance, these insights are of potential [...]