Custance Centre electrification
Student housing in the Roseworthy Custance Centre has transitioned to all-electric operations to reduce carbon emissions.

Custance Centre student accommodation at the Roseworthy campus encompasses 26 single-storey furnished houses built in 1978. The Centre was selected as a suitable site for an emission reduction project aligned with the University’s Sustainability Strategy 2030 – Here For Good, building on previous solar projects at Roseworthy, which have reduced peak electricity demand and energy costs, and increased the resilience of supply to the campus.
Project overview
- Location: Custance Centre student accommodation, Roseworthy Campus
- Cost: $320k
- Consulting engineers: Energy Project
- Construction partner: Sarah Constructions
- Project Team: Aiden Moon, Mark Branson, David Purdie, Alan Hall, Vikram Kenjile
Features
- Eighteen LPG hot water tanks have been replaced with energy efficient 400L heat pump hot water systems.
- Fourteen rooftops will have a total of 78kW of solar PV installed, which is expected to generate around 100MWh of solar power per year, equivalent to 50% of the annual Custance area electricity usage.
Completed July 2024.
