Monash University Woodside Building for Technology and Design

Melbourne, Australia, Oceania

Completed · Education · Passivhaus University Research Building · Temperate · 2020

A transdisciplinary engineering and IT building at Monash Clayton campus that holds Passivhaus certification and is the largest education building in the world to meet that standard. All-electric services draw 60% of power from a rooftop solar array, and the building integrates immersive fabrication and research laboratories within an ultra-low energy envelope.

Innovation highlights

• largest Passivhaus-certified education building in the world at time of completion
• all-electric services with no gas connection
• 60% on-site solar energy coverage via rooftop PV array
• purpose-built immersive and interactive fabrication laboratories within passive envelope
• contributes to Monash net-zero 2030 target as a design demonstration

Client / Developer

Monash University

Architect

Grimshaw

Engineer

Inhabit

Type

Passivhaus University Research Building

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