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.

Her main research areas include building thermal/energy simulation and thermal and environmental assessments of buildings. She was a Co-Chief Investigator of an ARC-Discovery-funded research project (2002-2005), a member of the International Energy Agency Task 28: Solar Sustainable Housing (2000-2005), and a partner investigator of UNSW in an Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) research project in 2003. She is a member of Advisory Editorial Board of Building and Environment (The International Journal of Building Science and its Applications) and Journal of Building Performance Simulation, and a member of the Research Institute for Climate Change and Sustainability at The University of Adelaide. She is the Immediate Past Convener of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) Australasia and Board member of IBPSA World.

Teaching Interests

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

Publications

Book Chapters

Woods, P., Soebarto, V., Calderaro, V, Hasegawa, K. and Hyde, R. (2007). Trends, Promotion, Performance. (Chapter 2). In R.Hyde (Ed.) Bioclimatic Housing: Innovative Desigsn for Warm Climates, London: Earthscan.

Soebarto, V. (2007). 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. (2007). Bioclimatic Principles, Strategies and Elements (Chapter 9). In R.Hyde (Ed.) Bioclimatic Housing: Innovative Designs for Warm Climates, London: Earthscan.

Symposia

Soebarto, V.I. and Marshallsay, P. (Eds) (2006) Investigating the roles and challenges of building performance simulation in achieving a sustainable built environment, Proceedings of the IBPSA Australasia 2006 Conference, School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design,The University of Adelaide and IBPSA Australasia, ISBN 0-646-46597-X.

Shannoon, S., Soebarto V.I. and Williamson, T.J. (Eds) (2006). Challenges for Architectural Science in Changing Climates: Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association ANZAScA, School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design,The University of Adelaide, ISBN 0-9586961-2-8.

Soebarto, V.I., Williamson, T.J. (Eds) (2000). ANZAScA 2000, Proceedings of the 34th Conference of the Australia & New Zealand Architectural Science Association. School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, The University of Adelaide & ANZAScA,, Adelaide, Australia ISSN/ISBN: 095869611X.

Refereed Journals

Nguyen, V. H., and Soebarto, V. (2003). Gaps in Understanding Sustainable Housing: Case Study in Adelaide and Hanoi. Architectural Science Review 46 (4, December): 369-374.

Soebarto, V. and Williamson, T.J. (2001). Multi-criteria Assessment of Building Performance: Theory and Implementation, Building and Environment, Volume 36 (6) pp 681-690 Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, UK ISSN/ISBN: 0360-1323.

Geva, A., Soebarto, V. and Degelman, L.O. (2000). Maintaining A National Image in Chain-Operated Buildings in Different Climates: Energy Conservation Strategies, Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, Vol. 17. No. 3, Autumn, pp. 181-195.

Fully Refereed Conference Papers

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.

Soebarto, V. (2007). A study of the indoor thermal performance of rammed earth houses. Towards solutions for a liveable future: progress, practice, performance, people. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association ANZAScA, The School of Architecture and Building Deakin University, 14-16 Nov., pp. 239-246.

Radford, A., Soebarto, V., Williamson, T. and Bennetts, H. (2006). Judgement in the design of houses: explanations by architects for design decisions. Challenges for Architectural Science in Changing Climates: Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association ANZAScA, School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, The University of Adelaide, 22-24 November.

Andamon, M.M., Williamson, T.J. and Soebarto, V. (2006). Perceptions and Expectations of Thermal Comfort in The Philippines. Proceedings of Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings- Getting them right. Windsor Conference, 27-30 Apr. Session 3, Windsor, UK.

Williamson, T., Soebarto, V., Bennetts, H. and Radford, A. (2006). House/Home Energy Rating Schemes/Systems (HERS). Proceedings of PLEA 2006, Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 6-8 September.

Soebarto, V., Williamson, T., Radford, A. and Bennetts, H. (2006). The Performance of Award Winning Houses. Proceedings of PLEA 2006, Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 6-8 September.

Soebarto, V. (2005). Teaching An Energy Simulation Program in An Architecture School: Lessons Learned. Building Simulation, Proceedings of the 9th International Building Performance Simulation Association Conference, pp 1147-1153. International Building Performance Simulation Association, Montreal, Canada ISSN/ISBN: 2-553-01152-0.

Price, H. and Soebarto, V. (2005). Examination of the Impact of the BCA Energy Efficiency Provisions. Fabricating Sustainability, Proceedings of the 39th Annual International conference of the Architectural Science Association.

Munn, S., Soebarto, V.I. (2004).The Issues of Using Recycled Materials in Architecture. Context of Architecture, Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association ANZAScA, pp 161-167. The University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia ISSN/ISBN: 1-86295-168-3.

Soebarto, V.I, Williamson, T. J., Radford, A. and Bennetts, H. (2004). Perceived and Prescribed Environmental Performance of Award Winning Houses. Context of Architecture, Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association ANZAScA, pp 242-248. The University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia ISSN/ISBN: 1-86295-168-3.

Soebarto, V. I. (2004). Sustainable Housing in an Urban Setting. The Diversity of Architectural Science, Proceedings of the 37th Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA) Conference, pp 575-587. Faculty of Architecture, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia ISSN/ISBN: 1-86487-132-6.

Soebarto, V. I. (2003). Are Award Winning Projects Environmentally Friendly? Proceedings ISES 200,1 Solar World Congress, pp 321-327. Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society, Adelaide, Australia ISSN/ISBN: 0-9750650-0-9.

Soebarto, V.I. (2003). The Importance of Human Aspects in Achieving Sustainable Environmental Architecture. Architecture and the Sun, International Seminar on Sustainable Environmental Architecture IV Proceedings, pp 17-28 Publisher: Trisakti University Press, Trisakti University, Jakarta, Indonesia ISSN/ISBN: 979-8398-66-1.

Soebarto, V. I. and Williamson, T. J. (2003). A Multi-Criteria Assessment Tool to Assess The Environmental Performance of House Designs. PLEA 2003, Proceedings of the PLEA 2003 Conference Publisher, pp. 1031-1038. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago de Chile.

Prasad, D., Blair, J.M., Hyde, R. and Soebarto, V. (2003). Triple Bottom Line Assessment, Sustainability And People-Oriented Habitation. PLEA 2003, Proceedings of the PLEA 2003 Conference Publisher, pp. 709-714. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago de Chile.

Soebarto, V. (2002). The Performance of House Construction Type: Between Theory and Reality. Modern Practice of Architectural Science: From Pedagogy to Andragogy? Proceedings of the 36th Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Association, pp 477-84. Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.

Soebarto, V. (2002). A Wholistic Design Approach for Energy-Efficient Commercial Buildings in The Tropics. Proceedings of International Symposium on Building Research and the Sustainability of the Built Environment in the Tropics, pp 70-8, Tarumanegara University, Jakarta.

Soebarto, V.I. (2001). Environmentally-Sensitive Design: Between Theory and Practice. Proceedings of EAAE/ARCC Joint Research Conference, Architectural Research Centres Consortium, 2000 Conference, pp 457-465 , Lyon, France.

O'Brien, C.B. and Soebarto, V.I. (2000). The Environmental Impacts of Making a House. Architecture City Environment, Proceedings of PLEA 2000, pp 176-181. James & James (Science Publishers) Ltd, London, UK ISSN/ISBN: 1-902916-16-6.

Soebarto, V.I. (2000). A Low-Energy House and A Low Rating: What is the Problem? ANZAScA 2000, Proceedings of the 34th Conference of the Australia & New Zealand Architectural Science Association, pp 111-118. School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, The University of Adelaide and ANZAScA. ISSN/ISBN: 095869611X.

Soebarto, V.I. and Williamson, T.J. (2000). Teaching Architectural Science and Technology is Teaching Design. Proceedings of Architecture + Education 2000, pp 73-80. University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia ISSN/ISBN: 1-86487-924-6.

Reports / Submissions to the Government and Industry

Soebarto, V. (2005). Contribution to Submissions to the Productivity Commissions Enquiry into Energy-Efficiency #28 and DR133, by Terry Williamson, The University of Adelaide. http://www.pc.gov.au/inquiry/energy/subs/sublist.html

Prasad, D.,Blair, J.M., Soebarto, V. and Hyde, R. (2004). Affordability and Sustainability Outcomes: A Triple Bottom Line Assessment of Traditional Development and Master Planned Communities. Final Report to AHURI. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute. ISBN: 1 920941 28 2.

Blair, J.M., Fisher, M., Prasad, D., Judd, B., Soebarto, V., Hyde, R. and Zechner, R. (2003). Affordability and Sustainability Outcomes of â€^~Greenfieldâ€^TM Suburban Development and Master Planned Communities – A Case Study Approach Using Triple Bottom Line Assessment. Positioning Paper to AHURI. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute. ISBN: 1 920758 41 0.

Professional Associations

International Building Performance Simulation Association

Architectural Science Association ANZAScA

Entry last updated: Friday, 7 Aug 2009