Deo has had a long standing international reputation for research, education, training and consulting in the field of sustainable built environment. He has worked on some milestone projects such as Australia's first solar village (design, development, monitoring and validation studies), scientific validation of computer simulation tools for energy performance prediction of buildings and related green building assessment tools, advanced performance simulation of buildings using complex modelling software and the Green Olympics projects. In 1991 he received a National Innovation Award from the Federal Minister of Energy for outstanding achievement in research and development relating to efficient use of energy. Deo has also been representing Australia in the International Energy Agency Experts Tasks on projects such as Advanced Windows Development, Building Integrated Photovoltaics and Sustainable Buildings and also has sat on the USA National Fenestration Rating Council. He has been contributing to some of the WHO, APEC and United Nation Environment Program projects in the Asia Pacific Region investigating sustainable solutions to built environment problems. Deo won the NSW Government 2004 Green Globe Award for individual contribution showing leadership and commitment to promoting renewable energy supply.
Teaching
Deo has been teaching sustainability part of the curriculum within the architecture program at UNSW. He came up with the vision of the faculty·s Masters in Built Environment (sustainable development) program and is its director. Deo has published in excess of 120 key papers in sustainable built environment including six books and numerous chapters in books. Deo has been Director of the UNSW Centre for a Sustainable Built Environment (SOLARCH) for the past 15years. This Centre is Australia's longest serving in this field in Australia and has been responsible for much of the knowledge in the field in Australia for the last 30 years. It is internationally recognised and also has collaborations with some key Centre's of Excellence in the field in the world.
Research
Deo recently started a project titled 'Sustainable Living' which has been now been adopted by the UNEP and is available to all high school students in Australia and seven other countries in Asia Pacific. This project challenges youth to reflect on the lifestyle we have become accustomed to over the last century and develop innovative solutions for the century ahead. Deo has now developed this project to include two other sub-projects:'Eco-Innovate' which brings together youth from the region to a week of workshopping on sustainable living innovations and the teacher professional development project. (refer: www.sustainableliving.com.au)
Recent Publications
Books
Prasad,D., Snow,M.,(2003) Designing with Solar Power- A source book for building integrated photovoltaic(BiPV), 250 pages Images publishing/James and James.
Samuels, R., Prasad, D.K., (Editors) (1994) ; Global Warming & The Built Environment, E & FN Spon (Chapman Hall, London), 261 pages.
Ballinger, J.A., Prasad, D.K., Rudder, D., (1992); Energy Efficient Australian Housing - second edition, AGPS, Canberra, 265 pages. (Commissioned Book-Federal Government)
Papers
Blair,J, Prasad, D.,(2003); Sustainable housing for the future: design assessment using triple bottom line techniques. To be presented to the National Housing Conference 26-28 November, 2003, Adelaide.
Prasad, D, and Snow, M, (2003); 'Examples of successful architectural integration of PV - Australia' Photon J on Solar Energy (Netherlands)
Blair,J. Prasad, D.,,(2003); Housing affordability and sustainability: The pathway to sustainability: Presentation at AHURI Workshop Thursday May 1, 2003.
Prasad.D., Blair, J., (2003); Progress in sustainability: Testing the Triple Bottom Line Indicators And Dealing With Methodological Issues, Also for PLEA conference Nov 9-12, 2003.
Blair,J.,Prasad.D.(2003); Triple bottom line assessment, sustainability and people-oriented habitation: PLEA conference Nov 9-12, 2003.
Bazilian M., Prasad D. (2002) Modelling of a photovoltaic heat recovery system and its role in a design decision support tool for building professionals Renewable Energy Journal, Elsevier.
Kam, M., Robinson, J., Prasad, D., (2002); ‘The Development of a Framework for Assessing Client Demand and Capacities for the Implementation of Environmentally Sustainable Buildings',Green Building Challenge Conference, Oslo.
Chandra, S., Prasad, D.,(2002) ; ‘Validity of Whole Building Assessment Methods : Levels of Errors’, in the proceedings of IT Built 2002 Conference.
Hall, M., Chandra, S., Prasad, D., (2002) 'Linking the GBTool to the Design and decision-making Process' Green Building Challenge Conference, Oslo, Norway.
Snow, M., D. Prasad, et al. (2002). Community engagement in household greenhouse action. Approaches and experiences from a pioneering project in Newcastle, Australia. 40th annual conference of ANZSES and 3rd National cities for climate protection conference:Solar harvest 2002-Forging our energy future, Newcastle, ANZSES.
Liu, Y., Prasad, D. and Huang, H. (2002), 'Discussion of the development and assessment of the contemporary ecological residential districts in China', in International Conference Sustainable Building 2002 proceedings, September 23-25, Oslo, Norway.
Snow, M. and D. Prasad (2000). Sydney Olympics - a solar power showcase. Renewable Energy Focus Journal of ISES. Oxford, UK, Oxford, UK;26-28.
King, S., Rudder, D., Prasad, D., Ballinger, J., (1996); Site Planning in Australia- Strategies for energy efficient residential planning. AGPS.
Prasad, D.K., (1995); Measuring solar heat gain through window systems, Architectural Science Review, vol. 38, No. 2. pp. 81-85.
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Chapters
Prasad, D., Hall, M., (2003); Sustainable Construction: a global perspective, Chapter in book by RICS/UK, ISSN 1478-4971 RICS leading Edge Series.
Prasad,D.,Chandra,S.,Fisher,M.,(2003); Energy efficiency in commercial buildings, Chapter in Environment design guide, ISSN 1442-5017. Published by the RAIA, ACT
Prasad, D. (2002); ‘Environmental agenda and successes at Sydney Olympic games’, Chapter in a book ‘Staging the Sydney Games’ UNSW Press.
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