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Sydney Horizon Fellow (Senior Lecturer) School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney

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June 30, 2026

By 2050, many Sydney apartments built to today’s standards could be too hot for weeks at a time

Shamila Haddad, University of Sydney; Arianna Brambilla, University of Sydney; Jingjing Liu, University of Sydney, and Mat Santamouris, UNSW

Apartments built to today’s standards could be too hot for future comfort for about four weeks a year in Redfern and more than seven weeks in Penrith.

The study showed that boosting the office temperature a little can save energy and keep office workers comfortable without sacrificing their cognitive performance. Mami Kempe / The Conversation

April 11, 2018

Chill out. A slightly warmer office won’t make it too hot to think

Dian Tjondronegoro, Southern Cross University; Christhina Candido, University of Sydney; Fan Zhang, Griffith University, and Shamila Haddad, University of Sydney

Our study found that office workers performed just the same, whether the air conditioning was set at 22°C or 25°C. But making that tweak can cut energy use by 18%.

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