RESEARCH

To keep abreast of the latest developments,and investigate areas of importance where no information exists, SBE maintains an active research profile. Many of these investigations are developed into papers as detailed below:

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BOOK / PAPERS LIST
PUBLICATIONS BY OTHERS
TEACHING AND LECTURING
   
 

BOOK / PAPERS LIST


Books

Small Solar Buildings in cool northern climates, Architectural Press, London, 1981
Oppenheim, D.J.,

Papers

Oppenheim, D., Luther, M.,
Learning from measurement ,
Proceedings, ISES 2001, ISES Conference, November 2001, Adelaide

Oppenheim, D.,
The Bairnsdale House,
Proceedings, Solar 2000, ANZSES Conference, December 2000, Brisbane

Oppenheim, D.J.,
ESD Possibilities for Public Housing,
Proceedings, Office of Housing Seminar, June 2000.

Luther, M. and Oppenheim, D.
Assessing Thermal Comfort and Energy Consumption in School Classrooms, Proceedings, PLEA 2000, July 2000, Cambridge, UK

Luther, M, Oppenheim, D and Fry, C.,
An approach to investigating bioclimatic performance for school buildings,
Proceedings, Solar 99, ANZSES Conference, December 1999, Geelong

Oppenheim, D., Luther, M.,
Daylight monitoring at Park Ridge Primary School, Proceedings, Solar 99, ANZSES Conference, December 1999, Geelong

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Waste minimisation,
RAIA Vic Chapter magazine ‘Architect’ January/February 1998, pp22 and 23

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Daylight for small office buildings: an integrated approach for architects and engineers,
Proceedings for the 1998 AIRAH International Conference “Global Warming – are you ready for the Challenge, 6-8 April 1998, Sydney. Published in the proceedings on CD and reprinted in AIRAH Journal, October 1998, pp 18-21

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Natural Ventilation,
Proceedings for the 1997 ESD Conference in Architecture and Building, 27-28 October 1997, Melbourne

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Ecologically sustainable development: an architect’s approach,
Proceedings of Pathways to Sustainability Conference, June 1997, p 332 (abstract*) published by City of Newcastle, Newcastle

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Characteristics of Green Office Buildings,
Architect Victoria, October 1996, pp 16-17

Oppenheim, D. J.,
Antipodean Building Efficiency -
Energy, Environment and Economics Conference, Melbourne, November 1995

Oppenheim, D.J.,
What is the Reality in the Building Sector (Non residential) -
Proceedings of International Energy Agency Future Buildings Forum, Lake Constance, Switzerland, May 1995, pp 107 - 116

Oppenheim, D. J.,
Energy Efficient Office Building, Canberra -
Cutting Energy Costs Conference, Sydney, April 1995

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Energy Efficient Office Building, Canberra - Proceedings, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES) November/December, 1994, pp 367 - 370

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Daylight, life and form giver to architecture - International Energy Agency Daylight in Buildings International Workshop, Sydney, November 1994

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Sustainable Architecture as a Teaching Model - Science Update Seminar, Melbourne, August 1994

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Here, There and Everywhere -
RAIA (Qld) Winter School, July 1994, pp 1-11

Oppenheim, D.J. and Treloar, G.,
Towards the Extreme-High Mass Buildings in Temperate Australia -
Proceedings of PLEA 94, July 1994

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Energy Efficient School Design,
Proceedings of Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), Australian and New Zealand Third regional Conference, February 1994, pp Oppenheim 1 - 8

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Watts in Green Substances -
the first ACF Green Home and the Australian Sustainable materials Group -
Proceedings, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES) December, 1993, pp 75 - 80

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Whatkatauki: Sustainable Design-
accepted paper for New Zealand Institute of Architects National Conference, August 1993

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings -
Proceedings in Energy in Buildings Conference, TAS Magazine, May 1993, pp 29 - 30

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Designing for the Body and the Soul -
Development Now,
Spiritual Connections in Architecture - Conscious Living, September 1992

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Residential or Non-Residential - A new approach to determining climate dominated or internal load dominated buildings
Proceedings, Passive Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) 92, August 1992

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Towards an ESD house - Solar design and spiritual connections -
Proceedings , Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES) 1992, pp 167 - 177

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Solar Thermal Energy Systems -
an eight part lecture series United Nations
Project SYR/88/007 project report, November 1991

Oppenheim, David,
Eco Design - Head, Heart or Hand?,
Keynote address - Proceedings, EcoDesign 1 Conference, Melbourne, October 1991, pp 24 - 29

Oppenheim, D.J.,
The Axis Mundi and Solar Architecture
unpublished paper, October 1991

Oppenheim, D.J. and Bellemore, B,
Casuarina - School of Light
Proceedings, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES) 1991 Conference, pp 187 - 192

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Energy Efficiency and Quality Office Environments - Building Design Implications proceedings, Energy Efficiency and Quality Office Environments, UNSW, Solarch, 1990

Oppenheim, D.J .
Approaching energy efficient design in an office and a house
Architecture Bulletin May 1990, p7

Oppenheim, D.J.,
The Green Resort - A Climatic Analysis
unpublished proceedings of "The Green Resort Conference" held at Coffs Harbour 1990, pp 3.1 - 3.4

Oppenheim, D.J. ,
Sacred Architecture and Solar Buildings Proceedings ANZSES 1990 Conference, p69 *

Oppenheim, D.J.,
The All Australian House - Doing it for Bob Proceedings ANZSES 1989 Conference, p4 *

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Jung, thermal mass and the mid-life crisis
ANZSES Buildings Group 1989 Conference, unpublished papers *

Oppenheim, D. J.,

Turn the lights off - school is in
ANZSES Buildings Group 1989 Conference, unpublished papers *

Oppenheim, D.J.,
An Entrant in the Melbourne Low Energy House Competition,
2000 AD Solar Progress Vol. 9, No 3, September 1988, pp 5 - 6

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Climatic Responsive Design
The final report for the 1987 ACI Sisalation/ Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) Scholarship, available from the RAIA, Canberra, 1988

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Ventilation for Cool and Comfort
Solar Progress, pp 18 - 19

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Skin and Skeleton - the Building Designer's Response to Varying Climatic Conditions
Proceedings ANZSES 1987 Conference, pp 347 - 351

Oppenheim, D.J.,
Design of Residential Swimming Pool Enclosures Proceedings ANZSES 1986 Conference pp 266 – 271
 
 



PUBLICATIONS BY OTHERS

“Catalyst” television program,
Channel 2, 11 October 2001,
Report on Bairnsdale House

Bendigo Advertiser,
August 4, 2001, p14
Taylor Oppenheim scoop Sustainable award

The Geelong Advertiser,
22 October 1999,
Deakin Students warm to solar challenge

The Australian Magazine,
May 29-30, 1999, p33 - 36
Much Ado About Energy (one of five experts interviewed) Evan McHugh

L’Architettura Naturale,
4/99, pp 26-29
Edifici per uno sviluppo sostenibile

The Weekend Australian,

Oct 3-4, 1998, p10
Costs push energy out the window, Jennifer Sexton

The Sunday Age,
14 June 1998,
Green architecture with spirit, Jeanne Marie Cilento

Home Beautiful,
March 1997, pp 8 - 13
A spiralling success Julie Oliver

Architect, Awards 1996
Daylesford House -
Architect, Awards 1996, p 34

Hollo, Nick,
Warm House – Cool House
Choice Books, Marrackville, 1995, pp94 –5 (Daylesford House), pp166-7 (ACF Green Home)

Douglas, Michelle,
Solar with a twist -
Soft Technology, No 52, pp 21-24, July-September 1995

International Energy Agency CADDET,
Light tunnel for natural daylighting of Australian school,
AU92.002/3C.F02, June 1992

Kodama, Yuichiro et al (editors)
Park Ridge Primary School -
Process: Architecture, No 98, September 1991, Tokyo
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TEACHING AND LECTURING


David Oppenheim

RAIA
2001
Invited speaker at RAIA Leaders course on leadership and sustainability

Deakin University
1996 -
Appointed senior lecturer to teach sustainable design and environmental science

CIBSE
1994
Invited speaker at CIBSE Australia and New Zealand Regional Conference in Sydney

RAIA
1994
Keynote speaker at RAIA (Qld) Winter School

Deakin University
1993
Appointed lecturer and teaching in third year design studio concentrating on sustainable architecture and in environmental science

RMIT,
1993
Invited lecturer for 13 week course on energy technology

Solar Energy Information Centre
1992
Invited lecturer for the inaugural Clarry Small

The Grange, TAFE, Tasmania
1992
Invited lecturer to prepare and present an eight part week end workshop on solar and environmental design

Melbourne College of Decoration
1992
Invited lecturer to prepare and present for 8 week Environmental Design Course

RMIT
1991
Keynote speaker at EcoDesign conference at RMIT

Deakin University
1991 - 1992
Invited visiting design lecturer
Greentown Project 1991 Invited lecturer at Greentown Conference


RMIT
1991and on going
Invited lecturer on latest concepts in energy efficient architecture

Energy Victoria, Australia

1991- 1992
Invited lecturer on Solar Efficient Design of Buildings

United Nations
1991
Consultant for solar lectures series in Damascus, Syria

UNSW, Sydney, Australia
1990
Invited lecturer on energy efficient non- residential architecture

Solar Course, Coffs Harbour

1990
Two day solar design course

TSIT, Launceston, Australia

1990
Invited lecturer on green resorts

Queensland University, Brisbane

1989
Design assessor at end of year

Melbourne University, Melbourne

1980 - 1981
Design tutor

Deakin University, Geelong
1980 - 1981
Visiting lecturer on solar design and tour leader of solar buildings to south-west USA

Sogesta Solar School, Italy
1979
Solar seminars


Ceridwen owen

Melbourne University
2002
Guest critic on 5th year final design review

Deakin University
2002
Guest critic on 3rd year final design review

RAIA National Convention
2002
Invited speaker on marketing of sustainability

Melbourne University
2002
Presentation of PhD research

Deakin University
2002
Invited lecture on green Aesthetics

University of Melbourne
2002
Invited lecture on sustainable public housing design

Monash University
2002
Invited lecture on green Aesthetics

University of Melbourne
2002
Invited lecture on green Aesthetics

Sustainable Living Fair
2001
Invited speaker on environmentally appropriate
materials


University of Melbourne
2001
Environmental design tutor (3rd year)

University of Melbourne
2001
Invited lecture on sustainable public housing design

University of Melbourne
2001
Invited lecture on ecophilosophy and design

University of Melbourne
2001
Guest critic on 5th year mid-year design review

Sustainable building workshop
2000
Lecture on environmentally appropriate materials

Deakin University
2000
Guest critic on 2nd year mid-year design review

University of Queensland
1999
Presentation of research into rammed earth at sustainable retreat

Sustainable building workshop
1999
Lecture on environmentally appropriate
materials

Edinburgh University
1992
Design tutor (1st year)

 

JANE TONER

RMIT
2000 - 2004
Building Technology 3 (Environmentally Sustainable Design) Tutor

RMIT
2004, 2005
Invited guest lecturer on Energy Rating Systems

Deakin University
2002, 2003
Guest critic for 3rd year design studio end of year review

SunSmart (Cancer Council Victoria) and the Heart Foundation
2004
Healthy Urban Environments - series of 8 workshops Presenting on "Sustainable Shade in Community Environments"


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