Thrive is the new hub, based at the University of Melbourne, for industry-relevant research on design and innovation for sustainable, thriving built environments. Its mission is to carry out applied trans-disciplinary research that will investigate thriving in cities and develop real world solutions for the built environment.

Thrive’s key focus is to develop new knowledge in the theme areas of buildings, people and ecosystems in cities. The central focus of the hub is on applied research and visible outcomes that create a better world. We ask a central question: what will support sustainable city development in the 21st century – and how can cities thrive through future challenges?

Address
Melbourne School of Design
Glyn Davis Building (133)
The University of Melbourne
Parkville Victoria 3010 Australia
Email
thrive-research@unimelb.edu.au
Phone
+61 3 8344 4230

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People | Buildings | Ecosystems

The seven lamps of planning for biodiversity in the city

Kirsten M. Parris | Marco Amati | Sarah A. Bekessy | Danielle Dagenais | Ole Fryd | Amy K. Hahs | Dominique Hes | Samantha J. Imberger | Stephen J. Livesley | Adrian J. Marshall | Jonathan R. Rhodes | Caragh G. Threlfall | Reid Tingley | Rodney van der Ree | Christopher J. Walsh | Marit L. Wilkerson | Nicholas S.G. Williams (2018)
Keywords: Architecture | Geddes | Landscape architecture | Planning | Ruskin | Urban ecology

Cities tend to be built in areas of high biodiversity, and the accelerating pace of urbanization threatens the persistence of many species and ecological communities globally. However, urban environments also offer unique prospects for biological conservation, with multiple benefits for humans and other species. We present seven ecological principles to ...

People | Buildings | Ecosystems

Impact of community engagement on sustainability outcomes

Dominique Hes (2017)
Keywords: Engagement | Sustainability | Custodianship | Regenerative Development

For the last 20 years, there has been an increase of emphasis on community engagement to achieve sustainability goals, for example in the recent United Nations’ agenda for sustainable development (of which Australia is a signatory) proposed 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs). Within many of these, there is a focus ...

People | Buildings

Working Paper – Green Lemons? Energy-efficiency Disclosure and House Prices

Franz Fuerst | Georgia Warren-Myers (2017)
Keywords: Energy Efficiency Ratings | Disclosure | House Prices | ACT

This paper seeks to elucidate whether high levels of non-disclosure lead to adverse market outcomes in the form of the well-known lemons problem. It also empirically tests whether energy-efficiency ratings (EERs) are reflected in both housing sales prices and rents in the Australian Capital Territory, the only Australian housing market ...

People | Buildings | Ecosystems

Towards Buildings that Thrive

Thrive team (2016)
Keywords: Health and Wellbeing | Resource Efficiency | Systems Approach | Economics | Buildings of the Future

This report outlines some of the key problems associated with the way in which we currently design, construct, operate and manage our buildings. The critical areas covered include health and wellbeing, natural resources, fragmented decision-making and economics. It then presents a range of strategies for addressing these problems and creating ...

Buildings | Ecosystems

Cool Roof Retrofits as an Alternative to Green Roofs

Hes, D. | Jensen, C. | Aye, L. (2016)
Keywords: Cool roofs | Urban Heat Island | Green roofs | Green roofs

Cool Roof Paint (CRP) is a practical, low cost and popular retrofit option for improving the thermal performance of buildings in locations where there are significant cooling loads. This chapter looks at their viability in a more cool-temperate climate where there is a higher heating load. The chapter presents the ...

People | Buildings | Ecosystems

Designing for Hope: Pathways to Regenerative Sustainability

Dominique Hes | Chrisna du Plessis (2015)
Keywords: Regenerative Development | Regenerative Design | Biophilia | Biomimicry | Positive Development | Contributive Practice | LENSES framework | Living Building Challenge | Ecological Worldview

A forward-looking book on sustainable design that describes problems and then, by providing a different way to conceptualize design and development, leads on to examples of regenerative solutions. Its aim is to move the discussion away from doing less, but still detracting from our ecological capital, to positively contributing and ...

Buildings | Ecosystems

Life Cycle Assessment in the Built Environment

Robert H. Crawford (2011)
Keywords: Life cycle assessment | Buildings | Built Environment | Case Studies | Sustainable Building

After outlining the framework for life cycle assessment, this book uses a range of case studies to demonstrate the innovative input-output-based hybrid approach for compiling a life cycle inventory. This approach enables a comprehensive analysis of a broad range of resource requirements and environmental outputs so that the potential environmental ...

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Thrive's Industry Inspiration Group brings together a broad range of experts with critical knowledge in areas relating to Thrive's core research program. Their purpose is to support Thrive in identifying opportunities for engaging with industry, government and other non-university bodies to bring about better outcomes for society.

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