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 net-zero building designs. Our designs, serve to provide innovative solutions to the ongoing energy crisis, inspiring our vision of a green future.

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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

MSB is excited to have @hassell_studio as our design partner for our Education Building project, Vertaura Vertical School, in the 2025 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge! 🤝 🏘️

Hassell is an international design practice placing people and sustainabi

MSB is excited to present our online event, “Affordable ways to make your home more Energy Efficient” as an event partner of the National Sustainability Festival 2025! 🌱 🎊

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We are recruiting for Semester 1 2025 - join the Monash Sustainable Buildings team! We're seeking passionate individuals for various roles in our committees:

🛠️ Prototyping: Gain hands-on experience in Monash's Makerspace and Design studios.
👷 In

Revisiting our Flame Robin Farm series with Part 2, focusing on the site and conditions! 🗺 🏡

Flame Robin Farm sits quietly in Munro, Victoria, about three hours away from Melbourne CBD. Situated in climate zone 6, and in close proximity to a cool

Introducing Flame Robin Farm by Monash Sustainable Buildings! ✨🌱

Designed in response to the string of disasters in 2020, Flame Robin Farm attempts to address the challenges in designing housing for bushfire-prone and flood-affected areas in Austra

MSB is thrilled to have GHD as our design partner for our 2025 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge teams! 🤝 🏘️

GHD is a global professional services company that provides clients with integrated, future-focused solutions through engineering, environm

Sustainable Buildings 101: Chapter 7 – Indoor Environmental Quality 🌱🛋️

Presenting the next chapter of Sustainable Buildings 101, covering the importance of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in creating healthier and resilient spaces. Optim

MSB would like to thank DesignBuilder for their continued supporting with Energy Modelling across many of our projects. Design Builder is a graphical simulation software, incorporating Energy Plus by the US Department of Energy to predict energy effi

In October, MSB was thrilled to be named a finalist in the Energy category of the Tidy Towns and Cities Sustainability Awards, hosted by Keep Australia Beautiful @keepaustraliabeautifulvic. This recognition highlights our collective efforts towards e

Our team members were again given the opportunity to showcase MSB’s recent projects at the Arc-Melbourne Jungle ‘24 exhibition in October. @thearcagencyau organises exhibitions for the architecture and design industry in Australia, conne