Designing net-zero buildings for the future

Monash Sustainable Buildings (MSB) is a multidisciplinary student-run team from Monash University, with the goal of developing unique and practical building solutions. Our designs aim to provide alternatives to address the climate issues impacting society, inspiring our vision of a green future.

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Towards the end of last month, MSB hosted the “Brick by Brick: Retrofit” Hackathon in cooperation with @monash.madass 🧱🌿

It was an exciting opportunity for multidisciplinary collaboration, bringing together students from various engine

🧑&zwj;🤝&zwj;🧑 MSB Winter Onboarding

MSB recently welcomed our new members into the team at our onboarding sessions! 🙌

We started by familiarising our recruits with everyone on the team and the exciting projects we’ll be working on togeth

We need your help!
The MSB Prototyping team is seeking community insights into the infrastructure and student life on our Monash University campus. We hope to use these responses to inspire our coming projects! 🔨🚧

We’re a student team, so n

As we gear up for the Design Hackathon, we’re proud to be collaborating with @monash.madass

🤔🎀But who are they?

MADASS is Monash’s largest fine art, design, and architecture student society. They bring together like-minded creatives

🌱 MSB at ARC 2025 | Representing the Future of Sustainable Design

Last month, we had the privilege of representing **Monash Sustainable Buildings (MSB)** at the **ARC Expo** at Melbourne Town Hall, one of Australia’s leading events for innova

Available roles for MSB Semester 2, 2025 recruitment round! 🌿✨

🗓️ Applications close Sunday 27th July at 11:59pm!

Reach us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn @MonashSustainableBuildings or email us at monashsolardecathlon@gmail.com for any qu

MSB is recruiting for Semester 2, 2025!

Are you interested in being part of a team that designs for a sustainable future?

MSB is a student team dedicated to designing innovative, sustainable building solutions, with a focus on applying this knowled

MSB would like to thank all for joining us for our 2025 Showcase Night last Thursday! It was an honour to present our work from our Prototyping division, Final Year Project groups, and our Design teams’ entries for the U.S. Department of Energy

🌿 Showcase Night is TONIGHT‼️🌿

We're excited to present what we've been up to, and what we plan to do next! Swipe for how to get there and our program details. 📐🛠️

We hope you are just excited to join us for a night of insightful learning, disc

Our Prototyping team has been working hard towards realising MSB’s first step towards a large-scale project! Creating a shared workspace, our designs are finalised and construction is well underway. 📐 🛠️

We are proud of the team’s effo

MSB is grateful for the opportunity to present our Education and Multifamily Building projects, Vertaura Vertical School and Moonbow Nook, at the U.S. Department of Energy BuildingsNext Team Showcase! 💡 🏡

From Vertaura’s design of a communit

Announcing our MSB 2025 SHOWCASE NIGHT - 🏡Building Smarter: Adaptive, Sustainable, Resilient! 🌱

Join us for a insightful evening to…

📐 See the unveiling of our biggest projects yet, from the Prototyping Division’s Podside modular me

Sustainable Buildings 101: Chapter 8 – Climate Zones 🌏🌦️

MSB presents the next edition of our Sustainable Buildings 101 series — NCC Climate Cones. The National Construction Code (NCC) takes into account regional weather patterns, temp

MSB is pleased to have Billard Leece Partnership @billardleece (BLP) as our design partner for our Multifamily Building project, Moonbow Nook, in the 2025 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge! 🤝 🏘️

Billard Leece Partnership are an established Australi

MSB is excited to have Wombat Housing Support Services (@wombathousingsupport) as our design partner for our Multifamily Building project, Moonbow Nook, in the 2025 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge! 🤝 🏘️

Wombat is a non-profit community-based orga