Dr Dominique Hes
PhD (RMIT), Adv Dip Eng (RMIT), BSc (Melb)
Lecturer in Sustainable Architecture
Email: dhes@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Hes received a science degree from Melbourne University and followed this with a graduate diploma in Cleaner Production and a Doctorate in 2005 at RMIT University, Melbourne. The thesis investigates her practice in supporting the integration of sustainability in building projects. Her research interests are identifying and filling the knowledge gaps in sustainability practice and application in the built environment. She has carried out research on Victorian residential projects such as the Commonwealth Games Village and Aurora; commercial projects such as Melbourne City Council's Council House 2 and local government projects such as Reservoir Civic Centre.
Her most successful publication is the ESD Design Guide for Australian Government Buildings, which is in its third edition, she has written a companion guide called ESD Operations Guide for Owners, Managers and Tenants, published in 2009. Within in her schools research Dominique has a strong belief that the buildings can teach students their sustainability secrets and thus connect the learners with their environments. Broadly Dominique questions the efficiency based approach to sustainability and asks the question whether we have indeed become more sustainable in the 30 or so years of talking about it? Is producing less impacting buildings/products/etc. really dealing with the real elephants in the room – consumption, growth, population, and so forth. Can we even look at these elephants from within our current technological, political and economic frameworks.
Current Teaching Responsibilities
702-219 Science and Services
Research Interests
- identifying and filling the knowledge gaps in sustainability practice and application in the built environment
Awards Received
- 10th Annual Business and Higher Education Roundtable award for Outstanding Achievement in Collaboration in Education and training (2000)
- 13th Annual Business and Higher Education Round table honorary mention for Outstanding Achievement in Collaboration in Education and training (2003)
- Banksia award – Darebin City Council for Leadership in Sustainability in Buildings for the Reservoir Civic Centre (2004)
Recent Publications
Scholarly Books
Hes D 2010 Facilitating green building: turning observation into practice. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany, ISBN 9783838317670.
Book Chapters
- Hes D & Cummins M (2005) CH2, Melbourne City Council, Australia. In (W Cheshire, R Hyde, M Thompson & S Watson eds.) Environmental Brief. Spon Press: London, 241-257 (in press).
- Hes D (2005) Reservoir Civic Centre, Darebin City, Melbourne, Australia. In (W Cheshire, R Hyde, M Thompson & S Watson eds.) Environmental Brief. Spon Press: London, 258-279 (in press).
Refereed journal articles
- Hes D (2011) The EGLE has landed: Architecture reshaping schools for sustainable and effective learning, in Reshaping Environments – and International Case Work Book (Ed Bender H.) Pearson Education: Melbourne. (In press)
- Hes D. (2009) Sustainability for learning environments. Take 8-Learning spaces (Kisher K and Newton C. eds), RAIA: Melbourne, pp. 122-129.
- Crabtree L and Hes D (2009) Sustainability uptake in housing in metropolitan Australia: an institutional problem, not a technological one. Housing Studies, Volume 24, Issue 2 March 2009, pp. 203 – 224.
- Wilks S., Newton C. and Hes D. (2009) Educational buildings as 3D text books: - linking ecological sustainability, pedagogy and space. Open House International, V24 (1), pp. 17-25.
- Hes, D (2009) ‘Once they have been there and have sat in it, they get it’, Critical and Creative Thinking, November 2009, vol 17 (2) pp. 77-92.
- Wilks S. and Hes D. (2008) Immersion in school design – Educational outcomes of an innovative design studio. Journal of Analytical Teaching, vol 27(2) pp. 3-13. View the pdf
- Hes D (2007) Reservoir Civic Centre, Darebin City, Melbourne, Australia. In (W Cheshire, R Hyde, M Thompson & S Watson eds.) Environmental Brief. Spon Press: London pp388-410.
- Hes D (2007) CH2, Melbourne City Council, Australia. In (W Cheshire, R Hyde, M Thompson & S Watson eds.) Environmental Brief. Spon Press: London, pp 239-254.
- Verghese K and Hes D (2007) Qualitative and quantitative tool development to support design decisions, Journal of Cleaner Production , vol. 15, Issues 8-9, 2007, pp 814-818
- Hurlimann AC, Hes D, Othman M. and Grant T (2007) Charting a new course for water – is black water reuse sustainable? Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, V7, issue 5-6, pp 109–118.
- Hes D & Walker-Morison A (2005) CH2 materials selection. In Australian Journal of Construction Economics & Building, vol 5(2).
- Crabtree L & Hes D (2005) Sustainable housing in Australia. In Journal of Housing and the Built Environment (in press).
- Bates M & Hes D (2003) 'Concrete and Sustainability – Supporting Environmentally Responsible Decision Making'. PRO31 the BDP Environment Design Guide, RAIA: Melbourne.
Refereed conference papers
- Hes D and Howard P (2010) Using construction of schools buildings as a novel approach to teach about sustainability. AUBEA 2010 - Proceedings of the 2010 conference of the Australasian Universities Building Education Association, 14-16 July 2010; Melbourne; A080, 1-17. 60%
- Padovani R, Jensen C and Hes D (2010) Approach to thermal modelling innovative green building elements: Green roof and phase change plasterboard. AUBEA 2010 - Proceedings of the 2010 conference of the Australasian Universities Building Education Association, 14-16 July 2010; Melbourne; A080, 1-13. 30%
- Wilks S. and Hes D. (2009) The Educational Green: Researching Ways of Combining Professions. Art and Design Research Centre Undisciplined! Proceedings of the Design Research Society Conference 2008, Sheffield Hallam University Year 2009.
- Owen, CM and Hes, D, (2009) Regenerative Design: negotiating the culture-nature divide, AASA 2009 Sustainable Theory - theorizing sustainability, 4 & 5 September 2009, Wellington, New Zealand ISBN 978-0-475-12346-6 (2009) [Refereed Conference]
- O’Brien D, Iftekhar A. and Hes D (2008) Housing Reconstruction in Aceh: Relationships Between House Type and Environmental Sustainability. Conference Proceedings, building abroad - procurement of construction and reconstruction projects in the international context, Montreal, October 2008, p 361-370
- Howard P, Hes D and Owen C (2008) Exploring regenerative design opportunities in ecotourism project on Torres Straight Islands. SB08, International Sustainable Building Conference. September 21-25, 2008, Convention Centre Melbourne, pp. 145-153.
- Hes D (2008) EcoTourism certification tools what is their role now and in the future. SB08, International Sustainable Building Conference. September 21-25, 2007, Convention Centre Melbourne, pp. 298-306.
Hes D (2008) Water and energy opportunities for semi-decentralised water reuse and power production in high density areas. SB08, International Sustainable Building Conference. September 21-25, 2007, Convention Centre Melbourne, pp. 471-479. - Hes D (2007) Perspectives on the Effectiveness of Rating Tools and their Ability to Support the Development of a More Sustainable City. The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Volume 3, Issue 4, pp143-152.
- Owen C and Hes D (2007) Ecotourism in the architectural imagination. Proceedings of the Gazing, Glancing, Glimpsing: Tourists and tourism in a visual world, 13-15 June 2007, University of Brighton, Eastbourne, UK. (CD ROM)
- O’Brien DJ and Hes D (2007) The third way: developing low environmental impact housing prototypes for hot/humid climates. XXXV IAHS World Congress on Housing Science, Melbourne Australia. (CD ROM)
- Hes D (2006) EcoHome reflection on research outcomes in light of initial research grant Intentions – a multidisciplinary approach to complex housing sustainability issues. In proceedings of the Australasian Housing Researchers Conference, Mon 19 Jun 2006 - Wed 21 Jun 2006, Adelaide.
- Hes D (2006) EcoHome reflection on research outcomes in light of initial research grant Intentions – a multidisciplinary approach to complex housing sustainability issues. In proceedings of the Australasian Housing Researchers Conference, Mon 19 Jun 2006 - Wed 21 Jun 2006, Adelaide.
- Hes D (2005) Sustainable Building – turning observation into practice. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Building (SB05). Institute of International Harmonization for Building and Housing: Tokyo.
- Hes D & Bayudi R (2005) Council House 2 (CH2), Melbourne CBD: a green building showcase in the making’. In Proceedings of the Conference on Sustainable Building South-East Asia (SB04 Series). CIB and Construction Technology Management Centre University Teknologi Malaysia: Johor, E01.
- Hes D & James K (2004) Tools used at the centre for design to inform design: case studies illustrating the development of qualitative to quantitative tools used to support decision-making. In Proceedings symposium Environmentally friendly product development, 27-28 October 2004., Darmstadt University: Darmstadt.
- Hes D (2004) Facilitating sustainable building: turning observation to practice. In (S Holdsworth & T Caswell eds.) Protecting the Future - Global sustainability in practice at RMIT University. CSIRO: Melbourne, 137-158.
- Hes D (2003) Critical information requirements to support 'green' building projects. In Proceedings of the CIB conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2003). (Eds J Yang, PS Brandon and AC Sidwell). Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane.
- Hes D (2003) The impact of a dominant culture on the 'greenness' of the built environment - a response using a case study. In Proceedings of the Working Together, 28th annual AUBEA conference. Australasian Universities Building Educators Association, Geelong.
- Graham PM, Coutts GPL & and Hes D (2003) What the process of delivering 'Sustainable Building' can teach us about Construction Management Education. In Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, SASBE 2003, November 2003. University of Technology Queensland: Brisbane.
- Sibley J, Hes D & Martin F (2003) A Triple Helix Approach: An inter-disciplinary approach to research into sustainability in outer-suburban housing estates. In Proceedings of the Methodologies in Housing Research Conference Stockholm – September 2003. The International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS), the European Network for Housing Research (ENHR) and The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH): Stockholm.
Reports to Government and NGOs that are Publicly Available
- Hes D (2010) The Home Environment, in Inside interior design review, issue 61, 2010, pg 125-129
- Hes D (2010) Environmental monitoring, in Smart Green Schools the Unofficial Overview, ISBN 9780734041968, pg 7-9
- Hes D (2009) ESD Operations Guide for Owners, Managers and Tenants. Department of the Environment and Water Resource: Canberra. ISBN 0 642 553 505, 90 pages.
- Hes D (2007) ESD Design Guide – office and public buildings, 3rd edition. Department of the Environment and Water Resource: Canberra. ISBN 0 642 553 491, 75 pages.
- Hes D and Owen C (2007) The sustainable business of design. Australian Review Australia, issues 100, special anniversary edition, 6 pages.
- Hes D (2006) Fact sheets – Transpired Solar Air Heaters, Natural Ventilation and Thermal mass. Department of Sustainability, Melbourne. http://www.resourcesmart.vic.gov.au/documents
- DEH (2006) ESD Design Guide for Australian Government Buildings (2nd Ed) ISBN 0642551316
www.deh.gov.au/settlements/publications/government/esd-design/