Associate ProfessorMark Luther

Course Director Construction Management - Undergraduate & Graduate Programs
Teaching in Building Services, Environmental Sustainability, 3rd year and
Masterclass Design Studios as well as thesis project supervision. A.Prof.
Luther's research is related to Building Performance Measurement and Effective
Environmental Design and engages several colleagues from within the School of
Architecture + Built Environment as well as in the School of Engineering,
Intelligent Systems and Frontier Materials groups.

Researching in architecture sciences regarding IEQ (indoor environmental
quality) measurement and evaluation. As the former Director of the Mobile
Architecture & Built Environment Laboratory (MABEL) over 40 buildings projects
were measured between Darwin and Hobart, Brisbane and Melbourne. These
building performance evaluation and assessment methods are being applied to
building retrofitting strategies for our existing building stock. Progressive
energy auditing methods through sub-metering and simulation are part of this
research. Expertise on facade performance evaluation is inclusive of
permeability (air leakage) as well as energy transfer. Overall, methods are
being developed for ranking improvements towards building retrofitting,
yielding a strategic and targeted approach.

Born in Chicago, IL U.S.A. Secondary and tertiary education in the U.S.A.
(mid-west) and Germany.
Enrolled in the University of Michigan for Bachelor
Science & Arts, Master and Doctorate in Architecture. Living in Australia
since 1995 with dual Australian and U.S.A. citizenship. Teaching at Deakin
University since 1995 in the School of Architecture and the Built Environment.
Registered Architect in Victoria Australia and Michigan U.S.A.