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BEES scholarships

BEES provided scholarships to students at Victoria University of Wellington for research related to BEES goals.

The work of these students permitted a range of topics to be explored in far greater detail than would have normally been the case and provided support for a new generation of researchers.

2011

2011 BEES scholarship recipients - Hayley Koerbin, Alex Hills, Shaan Cory and James Thompson

The BEES project supported several students in 2011 through scholarships for research in the energy and water use in non-residential buildings:

  • Shaan Cory (PhD candidate) looked at what would need to be done to convert the whole New Zealand commercial building stock to be net zero energy).
  • Alex Hills (master's candidate) visualised building energy use and collected and communicated energy benchmarks using web applications and omnidirectional imagery.
  • Hayley Koerbin (master's candidate) researched energy-efficient commercial building façades.
  • James Thompson (master's candidate) investigated the question ‘Are automated daylight control systems working as they should?'
  • Anthony Gates (master's candidate) developed HVAC system templates for energy simulation models using New Zealand commercial building data.

2010

The following scholarship awards were made in the 2009/10 year:

  • Chi-Yao (Henry) Hsu - BEES Scholarship for Master of Building Science looked at improving the performance of non-residential building façcade design (full-time, 1 year) (Supervisor Michael Donn)
  • Quentin Heap - BEES Scholarship for Master of Building Science looked at lighting in retail stores (Otaki) (Supervisor Nigel Isaacs)
  • Shaan Cory - BEES Scholarship for PhD looked at obstacles preventing net-zero energy buildings being built in New Zealand (full-time, 3 years) (Supervisor Michael Donn)
  • Alexandra Hills - BEES Scholarship to develop a PhD proposal looking at using emerging web technology to understand resource use in non-residential buildings (partial assistance to develop full PhD proposal, 1 year) (Supervisor Michael Donn)
  • Claire Dykes - BEES Scholarship for Master of Building Science looked at user perceptions of buildings (Supervisor George Baird)

2009

Three Bachelor of Building Science (Honours) scholars - Shaan Corey, Quinten Heap and Chi-Yao Hsu - completed their degrees at the end of 2009, two with first class honours and one with second class honours. Lee Bint converted from a Master of Building Science to a PhD at the end of 2009. She was then awarded a BRANZ scholarship to support the completion of this degree and was supported by BEES with equipment and travel, as well as regular contact with the research team.