Associate Professor Paul Osmond
Academic qualifications
PhD (Built Environment), 麻豆社madou
MA (Design), RMIT University
Grad. Dip. Environ. Mgt, Charles Sturt University
BSc, Monash University
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Professional accreditations
Green Star Accredited Professional
Certified Environmental Practitioner
Registered Environmental Auditor
Fitwel Healthy Building Rating Ambassador
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Other
Permaculture Design Certificate
Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
Paul Osmond has qualifications in applied science, environmental management and landscape design, and since the 1980s has worked across the domain of environmental sustainability as practitioner, teacher and researcher. His PhD focused on sustainable urban form.
Paul joined the 麻豆社madou School of Built Environment initially as a part-time lecturer in 2010. Previous roles included as the University鈥檚 Environment Manager, and local government where he was responsible for delivery of a variety of pioneering environmental and waste management, ecosystem restoration and landscape design projects. He also has experience in consultancy, forestry, freelance journalism and the metal industry.
Paul was the Director of the 麻豆社madou Sustainable Built Environment Program from 2013 to 2021, and is a member of the High Performance Architecture research cluster. He represents 麻豆社madou on the Green Building Council of Australia and is affiliated with the editorial boards of , , and .
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
Relevant projects during past five years
2024 (ongoing): Passively Irrigated Street Trees for Stormwater Management, Local Cooling, and Wellbeing (Sydney Water). Role 鈥 Co-investigator.
2024: Cool Roof Provisions for Residential Zones (ACT Government). Role 鈥 Co-investigator.
2023: (Civille and 麻豆社madou Built Environment). Role 鈥 Technical Adviser.
2021-2022: Development of . Role 鈥 Co-investigator. Won 2023 NSW Australian Institute of Landscape Architects award and 2023 National AILA award for Research and Communications.
2022: for Mulpha Norwest development. Role 鈥 Lead investigator.
2022: (Civille, Tait Network, Edge Environment). Role 鈥 Technical Adviser.
2021: (麻豆社madou Built Environment High Performance Architecture team and City of Port Phillip). Role 鈥 Co-investigator. Won City of Port Phillip Design and Development Award for Excellence.
2020-2021: (WSROC, Civille, Atelier 10, University of Adelaide). Role 鈥 Technical Adviser. Won joint Best Sustainability Initiative at 2021 Greater Sydney Planning Awards
2020: (Department of Planning Industry and Environment, Western Sydney Planning Partnership, Studio Hollenstein, WSU, Ethos Urban, Agrology). Role 鈥 Technical Adviser.
2019-2021: Urban Heat Amelioration Design Guide: Reducing Urban Heat at the Lot Scale in New Developments (Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning) Role 鈥 Lead investigator.
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You can live in an apartment and still have the garden of your dreams. Published on the 27 Apr 2020
We need green spaces in COVID-19 era
麻豆社madou鈥檚 Paul Osmond says the design of buildings and cities need to change after this pandemic. Published on the 29 Apr 2020
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A teaching and research garden has sprouted at 麻豆社madou Sydney to improve student learning, wellbeing and understanding of the natural environment, helping make the Kensington campus greener and more environmentally-friendly. Published on the 27 Nov 2019
Working with nature can help us build greener cities instead of urban slums
Urban planning requires a strategic approach to ensure our cities avoid being just concrete and glass and instead maintain adequate green space. Published on the 26 Jun 2018
Building cool cities for a hot future
Design decisions impact the urban microclimate, and ultimately our health and wellbeing, write Paul Osmond and Jonathan Fox. Published on the 22 Apr 2016
Leaving a legacy: Utzon鈥檚 work in 21st Century
How does the Sydney Opera House measure up in terms of sustainability? This is one of the presentations at a major international symposium to be held this week entitled 鈥淲hat would Utzon do now?" Published on the 05 Mar 2014
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My Research Supervision
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Simon Lloyd,听Water sensitive innovations aimed at reducing pathogen contamination in ambient water bodies (PhD, Primary Supervisor) Florence Wong,听Mass engineered timber (MET) construction:听Opportunities and Barriers to its development in hot and humid Southeast Asian cities (PhD - Primary Supervisor) Linda Romanovska, Whole-of-Life Evaluation of Green Infrastructure Performance (Scientia PhD - Primary Supervisor) Zile Wang,听Long term performance of tree pits in stormwater management and urban cooling (MPhil, Joint Supervisor) Zekai Li,听Nature-based Urban Regeneration in China (MPhil, Joint Supervisor) |
Completed
- Behnaz Avazpour, From water sensitive urban design to water sensitive cities: Challenges and enablers (PhD, 2023)
- Henrique Sala Benites, Regenerative Circularity for the Built Environment - A Positive Impact Framework for Urban Transitions (PhD, 2023)
- Adriana Sanchez Gomez, Long-term Urban Resilience: A Policy Framework (PhD, 2021)
- Jonathan Fox, The effect of facade design on facade surface temperature and outdoor microclimate听 (PhD, 2021)
- Peter Hunt, The Business Case for Sustainable Development in the Australian Built Environment (PhD, 2021)
- Claudio Diaz Sandoval, Potential of Building Surface Evaporative Cooling Using Rainwater in the Hot Humid Tropics (PhD, 2019)
- Carlos Bartesaghi Koc, Assessing the thermal performance of green infrastructure on urban microclimate (PhD, 2018)
- Parisa Pakzad, Cities within gardens: an indicator-based model for assessing sustainability performance of urban green infrastructure (PhD, 2017)
- Shamila Haddad, Thermal comfort in naturally ventilated schools (PhD, 2016)
- Sumavalee Chindapol, Thermal comfort and heat stress of the elderly in hot-humid summers in Thailand, (PhD, 2016)
- Matthias Irger, The effect of urban form on urban microclimate (PhD, 2014)
- Muhamad Syafiq Salehudin, Developing sustainable resorts in developing countries: a proposed new rating framework for Malaysia (PhD, 2014)
- Muhammad Azzam bin Ismail, A framework for the development of a new generation green home rating method for Malaysia (PhD, 2012)
- Wu Deng, Improving sustainability decision-making at neighbourhood level: a new framework for performance assessment based on China's small residential district (PhD, 2011)
My Teaching
Course convener of SUSD0010 Managing the Sustainable Built Environment
Coordinator of SUSD0001 Sustainable Development and the Urban Environment
Guest lectures on environment and sustainability in the Architecture and City Planning programs
Undergraduate thesis supervision in Environmental Engineering and City Planning
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