In Episode 46 of First Fuel, Energy Efficiency Council CEO Luke Menzel is joined by QUT’s Associate Professor Wendy Miller, one of Australia’s leading researchers on the intersection between the built environment and our rapidly transforming energy system.

Luke and Wendy discuss how her background as a musician informs her research approach, her work with the International Energy Agency’s Energy in Buildings and Communities Programme (IEA EBC), and some of the research priorities emerging from the RACE for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre.

Mentioned in this episode:

Factor ten engineering (Rocky Mountain Institute)

https://rmi.org/our-work/areas-of-innovation/office-chief-scientist/10xe-factor-ten-engineering/

IEA EBC Annex 80 – Resilient Cooling of Buildings

https://annex80.iea-ebc.org

What the Dandenong Ranges extended power outage teaches us about backup battery power (ABC News)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-03/battery-power-dandenong-ranges-tesla-agm-grid/100264988

RACE for 2030 CRC: Race for Homes

https://www.racefor2030.com.au/race-for-homes/

Key topics:

Buildings and grid stability

- Role of thermal performance of building envelope in grid load

- Intersection of building and energy system regulation

- Pre-heating and cooling to support interaction with high penetrations of renewables

Targeting resilience

- Shifting risk profiles associated with more regular extreme weather

- Potential KPIs for building resilience

- Regulating for resilience in the event of grid disconnection

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