This JMI-funded Insights Paper highlights key strategies to expand electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in apartment buildings across NSW. It reviews unique challenges for apartment residents and offers solutions to improve accessibility in high-density housing.
UTRC and its partners submitted a Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) bid to the CRC Grant program – representing 54 organisations, with a total project value of $127 million. We are incredibly proud to lead this consortium to accelerate Australia’s Net Zero future.
The Urban Transformations Research Centre addresses one of the greatest challenges facing humankind: making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.
Led by Professor Sebastian Pfaustch, Australia's first green carpark combines a trellis structure with native vines to transform a hot asphalt carpark into a cool and shaded space, highlighting the impact of urban cooling solutions in reducing extreme heat.
Imagine walking through Sydney's CBD and looking up, not at another glass tower emerging from a demolition site, but at new, lightweight apartments quietly perched on the sturdy rooftops of buildings that have been standing for decades. No extra land, no urban sprawl, just clever use of the "fifth facade" that we already own, writes Professor Greg Morrison and Dr Ehsan Noroozinejad.
UTRC awarded a Maitri Grant, administered by the Centre for Australia-India Relations to drive transformative growth in agribusiness and strengthen policy dialogue between Australia and India. Dr Vanita Yadav leas the project, ‘Enhancing Agribusiness and Strategic Policy Dialogue between Australia and India’ which is transdisciplinary, action-oriented and user-driven, bringing together academia, industry, farmers, and policymakers.
