Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Architecture and Built Environment

Assoc Prof Mark Luther
  Phone   +61 3 522 78385
Email   mark.luther@deakin.edu.au
Position   Associate Professor
Campus   Waterfront

Associate Professor, Dr. Luther is the Consortium Director of MABEL (the Mobile Architecture and Built
Environment Laboratory at
Deakin University, Geelong Australia. He is a registered architect in Michigan (U.S.A.) and Victoria
(Australia). He lectures in the School
of Architecture and Building at Deakin University, in graduate and undergraduate courses on lighting,
acoustics and building services as
well as a course in Sustainable Building Constructs.

Research interests

  1. building performance measurement
  2. modular prefabricated design
  3. advanced environmental building services


Career

BS Arch, M Arch & D Arch. - The University of Michigan
Registered Architect - Victoria Australia, Michigan, U.S.A.
Project Architect - Lueneburg, Germany - 2.5 years
Self Employed Architect: 5 years in Michigan, U.S.A.
Employed as an architect in Michigan for 2 years

Key publications

Luther, MB (2009) Towards Prefabricated Sustainable Housing: an Introduction BDP Environmental Design Guide, TEC 28, Australian Institute of Architects

Luther, MB (2009) Ventilation Research on Australian Residential Construction Architecture Science Review Vol. 52, No. 2, The University of Sydney

Luther, MB (2009) Developing an 'as Performing' Building Assessment Journal of Green Building Vol.4, No.3 Summer Edition, College Publishing, U.S.A.

Taylor P, Fuller R.J., and Luther, M.B. (2008) Energy use and thermal comfort in a rammed earth office building Energy and Buildings 40 , 793-800 Elsevier Press

Jones, J.R. and Luther, M.B. (1993) A Summary of Analytical Methods and Case Study Monitoring of Atria ASHRAE Transactions Winter Conference, ASHRAE, Atlanta, GA

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Professional activities

Architect in Environmental Design Assessment and Evaluation
Member of AIRAH, ANZAScA, ANZSES, ASHRAE

 

Teaching areas

Building Services
Building Environmental Technology: Lighting, Thermal and Acoustics
Design Studio


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8th February 2013