Industrialised, Integrated, Intelligent sustainable Construction - I3con

SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION HANDBOOK 2
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Authors’ Biographies
George Zillante is Associate Professor and Head of Building at University
of South Australia. He has qualifications in Architecture, Urban &
Regional Planning, Building Surveying, Business Administration and
Construction and has worked (and continues to work) at the professional
level in those fields. Over the years George has done a lot of work in the
field of Building Legislation and this has resulted in his appointment to
many Government Committees including, inter alia, Chair of the South
Australian Building Advisory Committee, member of the South Australian
Development Policy Advisory Committee, member of several Australian
Building Codes Board Committees as well as representing the Australian
Construction Industry on the International Association for the Professional
Management of Construction. This interest in Building Legislation led
George to establish the Centre for Building & Planning Studies at UniSA in
1993 and has resulted in several research projects dealing with the impacts
of legislation on development and, more recently on bushfires and
Government Policy responses to the impact of bushfires and Organisational
Change. George is also a member of several Professional Bodies (RICS,
AIBS, AIB, ACCE etc) and serves on a number of Education and
Accreditation Committees.
Dr Stephen Pullen is a building scientist with over fifteen years
experience in the study of sustainability of construction materials, buildings
and the urban environment. He commenced research into embodied energy
in 1993 and in 1997/1998 participated in the ARC supported project at the
University of Adelaide called Design of Environmentally Responsible
Housing for Australia. In 2003/2004, he was a Chief Investigator in the
ARC Linkage project at the University of New South Wales on Water and
Energy profiles for Sydney: Towards Sustainability. He is also a Chief
Investigator in the recently awarded ARC Linkage project on an Integrated
Model for the Assessment of Urban Sustainability. As part of his PhD
studies, he developed a model of the urban environment which spatially
represents embodied energy consumption and may be used for scoping
reductions in the life cycle energy of buildings including the refurbishment
of existing buildings.
Dr Lou Wilson is a sociologist at the University of South Australia. Lou
teaches courses in social planning and research methods and has research
interests in affordable housing, social inclusion, social cohesion, social
capital and sustainability. He is currently a member of three research teams
investigating these topics on projects supported by the Australian Research
Council, the South Australian Government and private industry partners.
Dr Kathryn Davidson is a senior environmental economist with Masters
qualifications and a Ph.D from the University of Adelaide. Kathryn has a
strong interest in the development of models and tools to advance
understanding of social, economic and environmental sustainability, with a
focus on criteria and indicators. She currently holds an ARC Post-doctoral
position at the University of South Australia. Prior to taking up a PhD,
Kathryn Davidson worked for 8 years as a senior economist within
international research and consultancy organisations.