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## Abstract Energy performance certificates (EPCs) 3re conventionally employed to certify the design according to different indicators. However, they 3re often used to evaluate the design outcomes, overlooking their potential as decision-making tools during the design process Among those, Passivhaus is currently being debated in Australia. Currently, there are only less than 30 certified cases, and all of them 3re residential buildings. Thus, the question about its suitability for commercial cases in the Australian context is still open. This paper contributes to the discussion, analysing the case study of the Woodside Building for Technolog>f and Design in Melbourne. the first University Buildmg to aim for the Passivhaus certification. The paper quantifies the impacts of the Passivhaus criteria on the facade design, benchmarking the energy demand agamst the 2016 Building Cede of Australia (BCA-2016) deemed to satisfy (DTS) design approach. Results show that the approach adopted in this C3se studs- leads to much better environmental performance when compared to the minimum performance required by the Australian standard DTS design approach. This building sets a nesv sustainability

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Author

A Sangiorgio; A Brambilla

Publisher

IOP Publishing (ISSN 1755-1307)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Physical Sciences)