Renard is currently a postdoctoral fellow with the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW. His PhD research focuses on the effectiveness of sustainability reporting tools (SRTs) in both the corporate and building/infrastructure sector. Renard is a graduate of UNSW and Cambridge University. He was the recipient of the Brookfield Multiplex Engineering Construction Management Prize, Australian Conferences Management Education for Engineers (ACMEE) Award and the Centre of Offshore Foundation Systems (COFS) Vacation Summer Scholarship. He is also a Green Star Accredited Professional (Design & As-Built) and holds the Certificate in International Auditing (CertIA) as well as the Certificate in International Financial Reporting Systems (CertIFRS) issued by the ACCA.
Research interests:
1.Climate change and sustainable development
2.Sustainability reporting/ measurements
3.Green construction and rating tools (i.e. LEED, BREEAM, Green Star)
4. Sustainability supply chain
5. ESG research
6. Accounting for greenhouse gases
7.Socially responsible investing (SRI)
8.Investment analysis
9.Project management
10.Engineering education
Experience
2014–present
Postgraduate Teaching Fellow, University of New South Wales
2011–2013
Research Assistant, University of New South Wales
Education
2014
University of New South Wales, PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
2014
GBCA, GSAP (Design & As-Built)
2012
ACCA, Certificate of International Auditing (CerTIA)
2012
ACCA, Certificate of International Financial Reporting (CertIFR)
2010
University of New South Wales, Bachelor of Civil Engineering (1st class Hons)
Publications
2015
Australian Construction Response to Sustainability Megaforces, ICE-Engineering Sustainability
2015
Integrating Sustainability into Construction Project Portfolio Management, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering
2015
Briefing: Integrated Reporting-challenges in the construction industry, ICE-Engineering Sustainability
2015
Case Study of an Australian Residential College, Journal of Facilities Management
2014
An Alternative Framework for Asessing Sustainable Building Fund, Building Research & Information
2014
Human Resource Management in the Construction Industry- Sustainability Competencies, Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building
2013
The Relationship between Sustainability Practices and Financial Performance, Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
2013
A Review of Building/Infrastructure Sustainability Reporting Tools (SRTs), Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
Honours
Sime Darby Scholarship Award, Cambridge Bursary Scholarship, Dean's Honours List, Brookfield Multiplex Award, Australian Conferences Management Education for Engineers (ACMEE) Scholarship Award