In the last of three episodes from the 2019 Melbourne Forum on energy poverty, we hear from Sustainability Victoria’s Michele Burton. She details a pilot project in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley that aims to retrofit low-income households – its target market occupying homes originally constructed as short-term builds for the mining sector. Burton’s talk covers the advantages (including the energy cost savings and thermal comfort improvements) and challenges of the initiative, as well as the project’s next steps.
This episode also features a Q&A with Burton and the other Melbourne Forum speakers – Dr Nicola Willand of RMIT University’s School of Property, Construction and Project Management and Kerry Connors of Energy Consumers Australia. For more from these speakers, please see the first and second episodes of AIRAH on Air’s Melbourne Forum series.
Guests:
Michele Burton, Sustainability Victoria’s senior project adviser of sustainable homes
Dr Nicola Willand, RMIT University's School of Property, Construction and Project Management lecturer
Kerry Connors, Energy Consumers Australia's associate director, researchThe Melbourne Forum aims to increase the development and refurbishment of our built environment to achieve greater levels of sustainable performance. The series facilitates a unique space for leading practitioners and policymakers in the sector to come together and discuss sustainability issues, as well as technologies and developments.
It also offers a platform for the sharing of ideas and experiences. It is supported by Sustainability Victoria, the University of Melbourne, RMIT University, City West Water, City of Melbourne and AIRAH. For more on the Melbourne Forum, please visit: bit.ly/2VYxlwr
AIRAH on Air is a podcast exploring topics related to building services/design and a hidden industry in a constant state of innovation: the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) industry. To keep up to date and hear about new releases, please follow us on Facebook (AIRAHconnect), LinkedIn (AIRAH) and Twitter (AIRAHnews).
For more on AIRAH - including information on how we can help your career, training and development in the HVAC&R industry - please visit www.airah.org.au
We also welcome your comments and suggestions for our podcast. Please get in touch at airah@airah.org.au

<div><br></div><div>In the last of three episodes from the 2019 Melbourne Forum on energy poverty, we hear from Sustainability Victoria’s Michele Burton. She details a pilot project in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley that aims to retrofit low-income households – its target market occupying homes originally constructed as short-term builds for the mining sector. Burton’s talk covers the advantages (including the energy cost savings and thermal comfort improvements) and challenges of the initiative, as well as the project’s next steps.</div><div><br></div><div>This episode also features a Q&amp;A with Burton and the other Melbourne Forum speakers – Dr Nicola Willand of RMIT University’s School of Property, Construction and Project Management and Kerry Connors of Energy Consumers Australia. For more from these speakers, please see the first and second episodes of AIRAH on Air’s Melbourne Forum series.</div><div><br></div><div>Guests:</div><ul><li>Michele Burton, Sustainability Victoria’s senior project adviser of sustainable homes</li><li>Dr Nicola Willand, RMIT University's School of Property, Construction and Project Management lecturer</li><li>Kerry Connors, Energy Consumers Australia's associate director, research</li></ul><div>The Melbourne Forum aims to increase the development and refurbishment of our built environment to achieve greater levels of sustainable performance. The series facilitates a unique space for leading practitioners and policymakers in the sector to come together and discuss sustainability issues, as well as technologies and developments.</div><div><br></div><div>It also offers a platform for the sharing of ideas and experiences. It is supported by Sustainability Victoria, the University of Melbourne, RMIT University, City West Water, City of Melbourne and AIRAH. For more on the Melbourne Forum, please visit: <a href="http://bit.ly/2VYxlwr" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bit.ly/2VYxlwr</a></div><div><br></div><div>AIRAH on Air is a podcast exploring topics related to building services/design and a hidden industry in a constant state of innovation: the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&amp;R) industry. To keep up to date and hear about new releases, please follow us on Facebook (AIRAHconnect), LinkedIn (AIRAH) and Twitter (AIRAHnews).</div><div><br></div><div>For more on AIRAH - including information on how we can help your career, training and development in the HVAC&amp;R industry - please visit <a href="https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.airah.org.au&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csarah.rix%40airah.org.au%7Cfb14abeb49d14fdd54ab08d779dc3b2c%7Cb82441acf5e9404baee01f1f04aed2eb%7C0%7C0%7C637111859095996987&amp;sdata=0P0U%2BEkP6KOn3PmVKXmx4uRmd%2FigXLUwQk%2BF8q6Hkz8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.airah.org.au</a></div><div><br></div><div>We also welcome your comments and suggestions for our podcast. Please get in touch at <a>airah@airah.org.au</a></div>

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