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The Institute of Sustainable Development and Architecture (IDSA) operated separately from the Faculty of Business for the entire year, for the first time. 2011 was a busy year for the Institute of Sustainable Development and Architecture with 6 Australian Research Council funding applications made by ISDA researchers. PED Love, P Ekambaram, J Smith, P Davis were successful in receiving $90,000 for a project titled ‘Infrastructure project delivery: a life cycle evaluation model for public private partnerships’. During 2011 the Institute was also successful in a range of internal grants: - B Bajracharya, M Van Driel, L Too, N Webb, Promoting healthy and active living in masterplanned communities: case study of Varsity Lakes.
- L Too, B Bajracharya, Sustainable campus community engagement.
- C Langston, R Best, A new approach to international construction performance comparisons.
- L Crawford, C Langston, B Bajracharya, Participatory project management for improved disaster resilience.
- D Cattell, C Langston, A Wilford, An investigation into new software for life-cycle cost assessments of cars: encouraging more sustainable, carbon-efficient choices.
- C Knapp, Experiments in computer-controlled architectural prototyping: toward commercial applications of three-dimensional self-supporting building envelopes from two-dimensional materials.
- G Earl, M Van Driel, A Murugan, Green versus non-green work environments: occupant health and psychological wellbeing.
DSA has one university level research centre which incorporates a unique blend of interest between ISDA and the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine: In 2011 ISDA also established one faculty level research centre:
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