Associate Professor Veronica Soebarto

Biography/ Background

Veronica received a PhD in Architecture in 1996 and Master of Architecture in 1992, both from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, and a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering from the University of Indonesia. Prior to joining The University of Adelaide in 1998, she was a Post Doctoral Research Associate at Texas A&M University, a lecturer at The University of Indonesia and a practicing architect in an architecture firm in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Veronica’s main research interests include building thermal/energy simulation, environmental monitoring, sustainable building design and assessments, and human thermal comfort. She was a Chief Investigator for a number of research projects looking at the actual environmental performance of award-winning buildings and claimed-to-be sustainable buildings; a Co-Chief Investigator of an ARC-Discovery-funded research project; a member of the International Energy Agency Task 28: Solar Sustainable Housing, and a partner investigator of UNSW in an Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) research project in 2003. Her recent research includes investigating the relationship between urban heat (‘hot spot’) areas in Adelaide CBD and building energy use (with Flinders University), and investigating occupants’ thermal comfort, perception and adaptation to heat waves (with University of South Australia).

Veronica is a member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Building Performance Simulation and Architectural Science Review. She is also a member of the Scientific Committee of the CLIMA 2013, 16-19 June 2013 to be held in Prague, Czech Republic (http://www.clima2013.org/) and Building Simulation 2013, 25-30 August 2013 to be held in Chambery, France (www.bs2013.fr).

Teaching Interests

Sustainable design; environmental performance of design; building performance simulation; passive design; heating, cooling and lighting; architectural acoustics.

Research Interests

Current PhD candidates under Veronica's supervision/co-supervision:

1. Rehnuma Parveen, Towards Plus-energy Urban Developments as an Alternative Way to Reduce Energy Scarcity in Developing Countries. Case Study: Dhaka, Bangladesh
2. Tahmina Ahsan, Sustainable High-rise Residential Buildings: the Context of Dhaka, Bangladesh
3. Linda Pearce, An investigation of the 'sustainability' expectations and outcomes of the architecture of school buildings from design to occupancy.
4. Vanessa Menadue, ‘Green' Commercial Office Buildings in Adelaide: A critical review and analysis
5. Cynthia Wuisang, Defining Genius Loci and Qualifying Cultural landscapes of The Minahasa Ethnic Community in the North Sulawesi, Indonesia
6. Lyrian Daniel, Thermal Preferences in Dwellings with Alternative Construction
7. Martin Freney, Life Cycle Assessment of Earthship Architecture
8. Xiang Dong, Flexural strength of cavity insulated rammed earth walls under out-of-plane loading.

Publications

Selected Publications (2007-2013)

Soebarto, V. and Bennetts (2013). The importance of simulation beyond energy rating. Accepted for Building Simulation 2013, 13th International Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association, 25-28 Aug, Chambery, France.

Soebarto, V. and Guan, H. (2013). Analysing the impact of changes in the urban climate, urban form and fabric on building energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, Accepted for publication at CLIMA 2013: 11th REHVA World Congress & 8th International Conference of IAQVEC, Prague, Czech Republic, 16-19 June.

Soebarto, V. (2013). A holistic approach to achieve a sustainable, zero energy building design. Accepted for publication at CLIMA 2013: 11th REHVA World Congress, Prague, The Czech Republic, 16-19 June 2013

Wuisang, C., Jones, D. and Soebarto, V. (2013) Minahasan indigenous perspectives on place, planning and management: Tracing the indigenous culture through the lens of local wisdom. In UP10 Next City. Planning for a New Energy & Climate Future, pp. 498-506.

Shari, Z. and Soebarto, V.I. (2012). Delivering Sustainable Building Strategies in Malaysia: Stakeholders' Barriers and Aspirations, Alam Cipta International Journal on Sustainable Tropical Design Research and Practice, 5 (2): 3-11.

Shari, Z and Soebarto, V. (2012). Current Sustainable Development Practices in the Malaysian Construction Industry: Stakeholders' Perspective. Proceedings of 2ND International Conference on The Socio- Political And Technological Dimensions of Climate Change, Putrajaya, Malaysia, 19 November 2012.

Daniel, L., Soebarto, V. and Williamson, T. (2012). Evaluating the suitability of the AccuRate software engine for the assessment of dwellings incorporating earth construction. Proceedings of the 46th Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association - Building on Knowledge: Theory and Practice, Gold Coast, 14-15 November.

Freney, M., Soebarto, V. and Williamson, T. (2012). Learning from ‘Earthship' based on monitoring and thermal simulation. Proceedings of the 46th Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association - Building on Knowledge: Theory and Practice, Gold Coast, 14-15 November.

Shari, Z. and Soebarto, V. (2012). Green vs. Sustainability Performance Assessment: A case study of an office building in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Proceedings of PLEA2012 - 28th Conference, Opportunities, Limits & Needs Towards an Environmentally Responsible Architecture, Lima, Perú 7-9 November.

Wuisang, C., Jones, D. and Soebarto, V. (2012). Minahasan Indigenous Perspectives on Place Planning and Management: Tracing The Indigenous Culture through the Lens of Local Wisdom, Proceedings of 10th International Urban Planning and Environment Association Symposium, 24-27 July.

Menadue, V., Soebarto, V. and Williamson, T. (2012). Occupant satisfaction in Adelaide's commercial office buildings, Proceedings of Healthy Buildings 10th International Conference, Brisbane, 8-12 July.

Soebarto, V., Bennetts, H., Bannister, P., Thomas, PC., and Leach, D. (2011) Eds. Driving Better Design Through Simulation: Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Sydney, 14-16 November.

Samarakoon, E. and Soebarto, V. (2011). Testing the sensitivity of user patterns in building energy performance simulation, Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Sydney, 14-16 November, pp. 326-333.

Williamson, T. Soebarto, V and Radford, A. (2010) Comfort and Energy Use in Five Australian Award-winning Houses: Regulated, Measured and Perceived, Building Research & Information 38 (5): 509 - 529.

Soebarto, V. (2009) Analysis of indoor performance of houses using rammed earth walls, Proceedings of Building Simulation 2009, 11th International IBPSA Conference, International Building Performance Simulation Association, Glasgow, 27-30 Jul, pp. 1530-1537.

Williamson, T.J., Erell, E., and Soebarto, V. (2009) Assessing the error from failure to account for urban microclimate in computer simulation of building energy performance, Proceedings of Building Simulation 2009, 11th International IBPSA Conference, International Building Performance Simulation Association, Glasgow, 27-30 Jul, pp. 497-504.

Woods, P., Soebarto, V., Calderaro, V, Hasegawa, K. and Hyde, R. (2008). Trends, Promotion, Performance. (Chapter 2). In R.Hyde (Ed.) Bioclimatic Housing: Innovative Desigsn for Warm Climates, London: Earthscan.

Soebarto, V. (2008). Adelaide-Warm Continental (Chapter 4). In R.Hyde (Ed.) Bioclimatic Housing: Innovative Desigsn for Warm Climates, London: Earthscan.

Ribeiro, M.H., Soebarto, V., Sunaga, N, Binarti, F., Rajapshka, U., Calderaro, V., and Hyde, R. (2008). Bioclimatic Principles, Strategies and Elements (Chapter 9). In R.Hyde (Ed.) Bioclimatic Housing: Innovative Designs for Warm Climates, London: Earthscan.

Soebarto, V. (2008) Mainstream(ing) Eco Housing. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association ANZAScA, The School of Architecture, University of Newcastle, 26-28 Nov.

Soebarto, V. (2008). Thermal comfort, user preference and energy use. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Interaction between Human and Building Environment. Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, July 2-3, pp. 143-163.

Erell E., Soebarto V. and Williamson T. (2007) Accounting for urban microclimate in computer simulation of building energy performance. In Wittkopf S. and Tan B. K. (Eds.) Sun, Wind and Architecture, Proceedings of PLEA 2007, 24th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Singapore, 22-24 Nov., pp. 593-600.

 

Professional Associations

CIB W116 - Smart and Sustainable Built Environment

International Building Performance Simulation Association

Architectural Science Association ANZAScA

ASHRAE

NCEUB - Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings

 

Expertise for Media Contact

Categories	Design, architecture and planning, Sustainability
Expertise	Sustainable design, sustainable building assessments, thermal and environmental performance of buildings, thermal/energy simulation, building monitoring, thermal comfort.
Notes	Member of: CIB W116 - Smart and Sustainable Built Environments ASHRAE Architectural Science Association ANZAScA International Building Performance Simulation Association

Entry last updated: Sunday, 7 Apr 2013