Griffith University

Senior Lecturer, Griffith School of Environment

Contact Details for Dr Henry Skates

Research Expertise:

• Sustainable Architecture
• Low Energy Design
• Advanced Window Systems

Current Teaching:

• 2904ENV  Sustainable Design Principles
  
• Architecture Studios

Selected Publications:

• Skates, H., Building Your Own Energy Efficient and Sustainable House, The Crowood Press, Wiltshire, (In Press 2011)
• Skates, H., and Smyth, M., “A Passive Solar Water Heating System for Vineyard Frost Protection, Solar Energy, Vol 83, Issue 3, 400-408, March 2009.
• Skates, H., and Wood, P., “The House of the Future and the Toyota Prius – Looking to the Future of Sustainable Housing”, Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of The International Architectural Science Association (ASA), Adelaide, Australia, November 2006.
• Skates, H., and Wood, P., “Lessons on Architectural Simulation Taken from Drawing and Gaming”, Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of The International Architectural Science Association (ASA), Adelaide, Australia, November 2006.
• Skates, H., and Smyth, M., “A Passive Solar Water Heating System for Vineyard Frost Protection”, The Grape Press, Journal of the United Kingdom Vineyards Association, Vol. 146, Cambridge, August 2006.
• Skates, H., “Learning to Build Innovatively with LVL”, Tree Grower, Journal of the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association, Wellington, New Zealand, Vol. 27, No. 3, August 2006.
• Skates, H., and Charleson A., “Have Reading Room, Will Travel”, BUILD, Journal of the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ), Wellington, New Zealand, June/July, 2006.
• Skates, H., and Smyth, M., “Frost Protection using Solar Energy”, Proc. Renewable Energy in Maritime Island Climates, International Solar Energy Society- UK (UK-ISES), Dublin, Ireland, April 2006.
• Skates, H., “A Thermal Storage Window System for Lightweight Construction”, Proc. Renewable Energy in Maritime Island Climates, International Solar Energy Society- UK (UK-ISES), Dublin, Ireland, April 2006.
• Skates, H., PhD Thesis -  “The Design and Development of an Integrated Solar Collector and Thermal Energy Storage Window System for Lightweight Construction”, Victoria University of Wellington, 2006.
• Skates, H., and Smyth M., “Solar Frost Protection System”, New Zealand Patent Application No. 539639, New Zealand Government, Ministry of Economic Development, Intellectual Property Office, 22 April 2005.
• Skates, H., “Designing Smoke-free Environments”, BUILD, Journal of the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ), Wellington, New Zealand, October/November, 2005.
• Skates, H.,  (Editor) “Fabricating Sustainability”, Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of The Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), Wellington, New Zealand, November 2005.
• King, M., and Skates H., “Symbiotic Interdependence: Strategies for Sustainable Alleviation of Urban Poverty in Developing Countries”, Proc. 39th Annual Conference of The Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), Wellington, New Zealand, November 2005.
• Christie, L., and Skates H., “Improving the Thermal Performance of Lightweight Construction using Phase Change Materials – A Comparative Study”, Proc. 39th Annual Conference of The Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), Wellington, New Zealand, November 2005.
• Barnes, R., and Skates H., “A Novel Composite Fibre-Reinforced Timber Tension Joint”, Proc. 39th Annual Conference of The Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), Wellington, New Zealand, November 2005.
• Skates, H., “A Solar Collector and Thermal Energy Storage System for Lightweight Construction”, Contexts of Architecture, Proc. 38th Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), pp. 1-8 Launceston, Tasmania, November 2004.
• Harrison, D., Donn, M., and Skates, H., “Applying Web Services within the AEC Industry: Enabling Semantic Searching and Information Exchange through the Digital Linking of the Knowledge Base”, Proc. CIB W27 20th International Conference - Information technology for Construction, University of Auckland, Auckland, 2003.
• Ham, J., and Skates, H., “The Construction Primer in Case Based Education”, Designe-ducation: Connecting the Real and The Virtual, Proc. Annual Conference of Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (ECAADE), Warsaw,Poland, September 2002.
• Skates, H., “Weathertightness teaching material on the Web”, BUILD, Journal of the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ), Wellington, New Zealand, August/September, 2002.
• Skates, H., “Low-Cost Housing Research at VUW”, BUILD, Journal of the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ), Wellington, New Zealand, June/July, 2002.
• Gjerde, M., and Skates, H., “Construction Studies: An Integrated Approach”, Proc. International Congress on the Construction of Architecture and its Teaching: New Professional Tasks, Department of Architectural Constructions I Universitat Politècnica De Catalunya, Col·Legi D’Arquitectes De Catalunya, Barcelona: April 2002.
• Skates, H., “Star Flats Pilot Study”, BUILD, Journal of the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ), Wellington, New Zealand, June/July, 2002.
• Skates, H., and Gjerde, M., “Research Activity: A Vital Link in the Teaching of Construction”, Proc. International Congress on the Construction of Architecture and its Teaching: New Professional Tasks, Department of Architectural Constructions I Universitat Politècnica De Catalunya, Col·Legi D’Arquitectes De Catalunya, Barcelona: April 2002.
• Skates, H., “Prime(r) Examples”, Proc. Playful Design Learning Forum, School of Architecture Landscape Architecture & Urban Design, Adelaide University, South Australia, 13-14 November 2001.
• Skates, H., “The Orange Mode”, BUILD, Journal of the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ), Wellington, New Zealand, April/May, 2001.
• Skates, H., “Embodied Energy Explained”, BUILD, Journal of the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ), Wellington, New Zealand, November/December, 2001.
• Skates, H., and Donn, M., “The Significance of Embodied Energy in the Total Energy Use of Housing in New Zealand”, Proc. Renewable Energy in Maritime Island Climates, Solar Energy Society (UK-ISES), Belfast, Northern Ireland, September 2001.
• Skates, H., and Griffiths, P., “Ireland Races to Harness Renewable Energy”, BUILD, Journal of the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ), Wellington, New Zealand, November/December, 2001.
• Skates, H., “ICBEST 2001 Conference Report”, BUILD, Journal of the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ), Wellington, New Zealand, September/October, 2001.
• Woodbury, R.F., Wyeld, T.G., Shannon, S.J., Roberts, I.W., Radford, A., Burry, M., Skates, H., Ham, J. and Datta, S., “The Summer Games”, Proc. ECAADE - Education for Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe Conference, Education and Curricula, Helsinki, Finland, August 2001.
• Skates, H., “Research Roundup, Fire Research”, BUILD, Journal of the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ), Wellington, New Zealand, September/October, 2001.
• Norton, B., and Skates, H., “The Sphere and The Labyrinth; The Influence of Built Form on Steady-State Heat Loss”, Proc. The Third International Mathematics & Design Conference, Mathematics&Design2001, Geelong, Australia, July 2001.
• Skates, H., “Healthy Buildings, Healthy Housing Research at Vic”, BUILD, Journal of the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ), Wellington, New Zealand, September/October, 2001.
• Burgess, J., and Skates, H., “A Window Efficiency Rating System for New Zealand”, Proc. International Conference on Building Envelope Systems and Technologies (ICBEST), Ottawa, Canada, June 2001.
• Skates, H., “A Green Building Envelope System”, Proc. International Conference on Building Envelope Systems and Technologies (ICBEST), Ottawa, Canada, June 2001.
• Skates, H., “A Heat Retaining Window System for Lightweight Construction”, Proc. International Conference on Building Envelope Systems and Technologies (ICBEST), Ottawa, Canada, June 2001.
• Skates, H., Norton, B., and Storey, J., “Components, Materials and Technologies in Practical Pursuit of Sustainable Buildings”, Proc. CIB World Building Congress 2001, Performance in Product and Practice, Wellington, New Zealand, April 2001.
• Gray, J., Skates, H., and Osterhaus, W., “Innovative, Affordable and Sustainable Housing”, ”, Proc. CIB World Building Congress 2001, Performance in Product and Practice, Wellington, New Zealand, April 2001.
• Skates, H., Maunder, R., Baird, G., and Norton, B., “A Heat Retaining Direct Gain Window System for Lightweight Construction”, Renewable Energy, Pt 1, pp. 612-615, Pergamon, Oxford, 2000.
• Norton, B., and Skates, H., “Technologies for Sustainable Buildings”, Renewable Energy, Pt 1, pp. 142-147, Pergamon, Oxford, 2000.
• Skates, H., Norton, B., “A Sustainable House in the Irish Context”, Proc. Teaching In Architecture 2000, Sustainable Buildings for the 21st Century, Oxford July 2000.
• Skates, H., Alcorn, A., and Taylor, J., “Straw Bale Construction”, Proc Teaching In Architecture 2000, Sustainable Buildings for the 21st Century, Oxford July 2000.
• Skates, H., Maunder, R., Baird, G., and Norton, B., “A Heat Retaining Direct Gain Window System for Lightweight Construction”, Proc. 6th World Renewable Energy Congress, Renewables: The Energy for the 21st Century, Brighton, 2000.
• Norton, B., and Skates, H., “Technologies for Sustainable Buildings”, 6th World Renewable Energy Congress, Renewables: The Energy for the 21st Century, Brighton, 2000.
• Skates, H., “Taking Comfort From The Sun”, BUILD, Journal of the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ), Wellington, New Zealand,  Jan-Feb, 2000.
• Skates, H., Norton B. and Eames, P.C., “Technologies for Sustainable Buildings”, Proc. UKISES Conference C74, Building for Sustainable Development, RIBA, London, 26 May 2000.
• Skates, H., “A Heat Retaining Direct Gain Window System For Lightweight Construction (A new research project underway at BRANZ)”, BUILD, Journal of the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ), Wellington, New Zealand, Jan-Feb, BRANZ, 2000.
• Skates, H., and Norton, B., “Sustainable by Degrees: An Irish Example”, Proc. Sustainable Architecture Sustainable Practice, CAA International Conference, Wellington, 2000.
• Alcorn, A., Skates, H. and Taylor, J., “Water Penetration of Straw Bale Walls”, Proc. Sustainable Architecture Sustainable Practice, CAA International Conference, Wellington, 2000.