Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning GAMUT

Stephen Ingrouille

Stephen Ingrouille has been working in the sustainability industry for over thirty years. He is the principal of Going Solar, a leading Melbourne based renewable firm established in 1978 that specialises in solar thermal and photovoltaic systems for both domestic and commercial applications.

Stephen has also co-founded a number of environment-focused community organisations, including ATA (Alternative Technology Association) in 1976; ATRAA (Appropriate Technology Retailer’s Association of Australia) in 1979; the Sustainable Living Fair (now Festival) in 1998 and SLF (Sustainable Living Foundation) in 1999.

In 2004, Stephen was a finalist in two categories of the Banksia Environmental Awards: Australians Working for a Sustainable Future and the Prime Minister’s Environmentalist of the Year. In August 2006 he won the Melbourne Award which recognised thirty years of Contribution to Environment.

Throughout November 2006 Stephen delivered a series of workshop presentations on sustainable buildings and renewable energy on the West Coast of North America. While travelling, he investigated the local sustainable transport systems and infrastructure.

In recent years, Stephen has been focussing on sustainable design of cities (incorporating urban design, sustainable buildings, transport, tourism and of course renewable energy). He publishes a weekly email newsletter on sustainable transport (available online at www.goingsolar.com.au/transport ) that received a commendation at this year’s Planning Industry Awards.

Dr John Stone

Since 1989, John has played a key role in strengthening the policy base for modern approaches to transport planning in Melbourne in local government and in the community sector.
Before coming to GAMUT in April 2007, John undertook PhD studies jointly with Swinburne University and the University of Melbourne. The thesis on "Political and social factors in the decline of mass transit: an investigation of failed policies to rebuild Melbourne's mass transit" was supported by an APAI scholarship with local government industry partners. The thesis compares the political and institutional landscape surrounding public transport reform in Melbourne, Perth and Vancouver since the 1970s. It is due for submission in Sept 2007.
In 1998, John wrote Melbourne's first modern local government Integrated Transport Strategy for Moreland City Council and worked on the Council staff to see the Strategy adopted and implemented.
He has published a number of important pieces of research and analysis of Melbourne's transport system, and has debated the professional planning community in its own forums and in the wider community.
Between 1989 and 1997, John was part of the management team of Environment Victoria, Victoria's peak community environment advocacy group.

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Tony Morton

Tony Morton has been an active participant in Melbourne's transport and energy debates since the mid 1990s.  He currently volunteers as Secretary of the Public Transport Users Association, and has played a key role in the PTUA's policy development over the past decade.  Tony also has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Melbourne, and is a Senior Engineer in Power Systems with Econnect Australia, a consulting firm specialising in the grid integration of renewable energy.

Alongside his advocacy work, Tony maintains a strong professional interest in optimising infrastructure utilisation, energy consumption and greenhouse emissions in transport systems.  His recent travel time study of a Melbourne tram route, published in 2007, helped provide evidence that poor traffic signal priority and not traffic congestion is the primary cause of slow running.

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Professor Bill Russell

Professor Bill Russell (GAMUT Co-Director), has had long experience as an academic, consultant and public administrator, during which he headed two government departments and several research units. He has been a Professor and policy consultant since 1988. In recent years he completed a major strategic study of Victoria's ports for the state government, as well as studies in Melbourne of new rail lines to Doncaster, Craigieburn and Rowville. He was consulting editor for the International Encyclopaedia of Public Policy and Administration.

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