Media and Awards
AWARDS
2025 BDAA National Awards Unbuilt Category- ZenHaus- FINALIST
2023 AusMumpreneur Awards: Simone Schenkel – Winner Sustainability Excellence Award
2022 BDAA National Awards Chris Reardon Award for Sustainable Buildings– COMMENDATION- 2nd place- Chifley House
2022 BDAA National Awards Small Projects Under $100,000– FINALIST- reimagined office
2022 BDAA National Awards Documentation Quality– FINALIST
2022 Build Architecture Awards: Simone Schenkel – Leader in Sustainable Home Design
2021 BDAA National Awards Documentation Quality– WINNER
2021 Build Architecture Awards: Simone Schenkel – Best Passive House Designer (Australia)
2020 Build Architecture Awards: Simone Schenkel – Best Passive House Designer (Australia)
2020: AusMumpreneur Awards – Simone Schenkel – Silver People’s Choice Making A Difference Environmental Award
MEDIA
2025
Multiple podcasts including Good for the Hood
ABC Radio
improving energy efficiency in homes
Domain
Homes of the Future
2024
Country Style
Scandi-Inspired Cabin
Home Beautiful
This Melbourne passive home is a sustainable triumph
Various radio- improving energy efficiency in homes
BuildHer Collective – Podcast
EP44: The Passive House Simone Schenkel Helps Us To Demystify!
2023
The Design Files
Hempcrete Passive House
Canberra Times
How to get housing on the ground as fast as possible
CITY NEWS
various
2022
WINNING DESIGNS Magazine BDAA National Awards
HOUZZ
Trends for summer and beyond
HOUZZ PRO
Keep it moving – how to feed through new projects
2022
Sanctuary Magazine
Can we afford it
REB REINNOVATE Conferences
Speaker: ESG, smart homes & the internet of things
2021
WINNING DESIGN Magazine
BDAA National Awards
2020
Sanctuary Magazine
Avoiding the winter cold: Housing retrofits as a health intervention
2019
Sanctuary Magazine
Renovate on any budget
2018
Sanctuary Magazine –
Case Study: Energy Renovation
2017
Sanctuary Magazine
How to avoid common sustainable design mistakes
2016
The Fifth Estate
Sustainable House Day: Comfort doesn’t have to come at a big cost
2015
Sanctuary Magazine
Make do and mend
Sanctuary Magazine
Outside the Box
2015-2025 Judge: ifa Financial Advisor of the Year and Australian Accounting Awards
2022-2025 Judge: Momentum Media Women in Finance Awards