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Achieving the Green Dream
Speakers
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Andrew Gutteridge, Arkhefield
Arkhefield was established in 1992 and is a leading Queensland Architectural practice acclaimed for design and innovation. Andrew is a founding partner who’s current focus is on industry issues and relationships. Andrew has considerable experience in the management of the design process of complex projects. His skills in strategic direction and problem solving have been key to the delivery of successful outcomes on many projects. Andrew is the chair of the Australian Institute of Architects, Integrated Practice Taskforce and the Chair of the steering committee for the CRC for
Construction’s digital modelling projects, which includes the National BIM Guidelines.
Presentation synopsis: Architectural perspective
The Australian Construction Industry is experiencing a change from the hierarchical, adversarial industry we were, to a more collaborative environment were all team members are encouraged to contribute to the design and construction of a project. Ideally, project teams will include the early involvement of the specialist trade contractors that will deliver the project, particularly were mechanical elements are concerned . This presentation will explore changes in the construction industry brought on by the adoption of Integrated Project Teams and the processes and technology associated with
Building Information Modelling. It will include an introduction to the principles that will be detailed in the National BIM Guidelines and how the uptake of both BIM and Integrated Practice will affect the industry.
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W Blair Healy, Cogent Energy
W. Blair Healy is founder and Managing Director of Cogent Energy and has an extensive background in ramping-up and running enterprise technology companies. Blair has a strong personal interest in sustainable energy solutions and reducing emissions to remove the risk of significant and irreversible climate change. Cogent Energy is a new breed distributed cogeneration energy company that provides cogeneration or trigeneration solutions for commercial building, industrial and manufacturing sites. Cogent has 5 sites in service and plans to
bring another 4 sites into service before the end of this calendar year.
Presentation synopsis: Cogeneration challenges in the CBD - incorporating local solutions featuring 101 Miller Street North Sydney - CASE STUDY
The use of cogeneration in industry in Australia as a cost effective means of producing electrical and heat energy has been around for decades. It has primarily been used by sugar or mining companies that use steam or hot water in their production processes. The use of cogeneration or trigeneration in a commercial building in the city CBD is a new approach that is being driven by cost reduction, building energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse emissions. Cogent is at the forefront in
designing, installing, operating and owning cogeneration/trigeneration plants in large commercial buildings that meets these business drivers. In late 2008, Cogent installed a trigeneration plant in a large commercial building in Miller Street North Sydney and this presentation will focus on defining the solution and the overall challenges faced to successfully design, install, operate and integrate with the existing building distribution systems.
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Bruce Precious, Office & Industrial Sustainability Manager, GPT Group
GPT’s business is focussed on the ownership, management and development of real estate. GPT has a vision to "Create environments which enrich people’s lives and in doing so, improve the social and ecological capital of the communities we touch."
GPT has energy and water saving targets for each property in the portfolio with a strong track record of improved performance. Water use reduction strategies have already resulted in savings of 200,000 kL/annum of drinking water while greenhouse emission reduction strategies are delivering savings of over 34,000 tonnes of CO2/annum. Green Star is used to guide the design process of new buildings while NABERS is used to measure performance of existing buildings.
Bruce was previously National Sales Manager for Energy Conservation Systems an innovative energy services company delivering energy efficiency to Australian business and prior to this Associate Director – Energy Efficiency for the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA - NSW) involved in ground breaking programs such as Energy Smart Business, Energy Smart Government, and the world’s first Building Greenhouse Rating scheme. SEDA’s programs attracted world wide interest winning a US EPA Climate Change award, European Bronze Award for Energy Efficiency, Prime
Minister’s Environment Award and a Banksia Award, Australia’s leading environment awards.
Presentation synopsis: Smart Meters Tell All: Understand building energy using smart meter data
Most buildings are fitted with smart meters that collect information about what a building is doing every half hour of every day. The user is already paying for the meter, getting hold of the recorded data (generally free) provides a goldmine of information about how a building works on an annual, monthly, daily, hourly basis. All that's required is a little time, some simple spreadsheet tools and some careful consideration. Then you'll know how and when energy is used and where it's being wasted.
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Deepak Ramasubramaniyan
Deepak has been working as a design engineer in the mechanical services contracting business over the past two years. He brings with him knowledge related to building cooling-load calculations; system design; preparation of technical offers and submissions; and support for commissioning and testing. He has academic qualifications with Bachelor of Engineering specialising in Industrial Engineering & Management and post-graduate qualification in Engineering Management. He has worked over a couple of years in the field of Industrial Engineering focussing on Reliability & Maintenance
programmes; Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and Total Productivity Management (TPM). He also possesses a sound knowledge-base on green star rating and Australian Energy regulations
Donald Nguyen
Donald holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree specializing in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Queensland. He worked as a Business Development Manager for an air-conditioning equipment supplier, small projects and maintenance business, Dalkia Technical Services (formerly known as Trane Air Conditioning) for five years. During this time, he was deeply involved with concept designs, project designs, and project and equipment delivery. Having developed a
strong understanding about the chilled water and air-side systems, he has provided practical and cost-effective design strategies to several clients. He currently works for Siganto & Stacey as a design engineer and is responsible for detailed project design, equipment acquisition and project delivery.
Presentation synopsis: Mechanical Contractor’s Perspective to achieving the Green Dream
The presentation from Siganto & Stacey representing a mechanical contractor’s perspective focuses on their experiences in design and delivery of green projects. Issues addressed are related to mechanical contractors’ involvement; various parties’ responsibilities and obligations; design processes; and negotiations with suppliers/sub-contractors for delivering GBCA’s compliant product. An overview of the systems; processes and resources required right from project inception to project handover are provided. Conflicting ideologies between green star intent
and their practical viability are also briefed. The session concludes with some Siganto & Stacey’s action steps undertaken to address green-risks and successfully deliver green projects.
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Graeme Stanfield is a Director of MGF Consultants, Nth Queensland P/L.
He has been a building services mechanical consulting engineer since 1973 and has resided in Cairns for the last 24 years, gaining extensive experience with air conditioning in the tropics. He is passionate about energy savings associated with the air conditioning industry and has been directly involved in the design of numerous installations incorporating air to air rotary heat exchange systems and numerous thermal energy storage systems including Australia’s first and largest chilled water thermal energy storage
system at Northern Territory University, which has now been surpassed by the system at James Cook University, Townsville. He has presented technical papers to the Institution of Engineers and industry group, AIRAH, on the above subjects during the past 9 years. He is a member of the both these Institutions and also a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers.
Presentation synopsis: District cooling - James Cook Uni: Townsville - CASE STUDY
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Graham Carter, Manager Sustainable Design, Bovis Lend Lease
Presentation synopsis: Translating 5 Star NABERS Energy Potential into Reality
There are no guarantees in achieving 5 Star NABERS Energy. Advanced technology and systems alone are not enough. This case study explores how good design, attention to detail, and a focus on collaboration with all project stakeholders can deliver great performing buildings like Darling Park 3
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Klaas Visser, Hon. M.IIR, M.AIRAH, M.IIAR(USA), KAV Consulting
Klaas Visser has more than 45 years experience in the operation, maintenance and design of industrial refrigeration plants in both marine (CO2, NH3 and R22) and land based applications. Since 1966, he has been involved with the design, implementation, energy auditing and trouble shooting of more than 500 mainly ammonia industrial refrigeration systems for the meat, dairy, ice cream, seafood, french fry, horticultural and vegetable processing industries with freezing capacities up to 550 tonnes/day and cold store capacities up to 10,000 tonnes. During the past
20 years, he has worked in Australia, USA, Canada, Western Europe and Asia for clients such as AMH, Fletcher International, IBP, Nestlé, Land-O-Lakes (Spencer Beef), Pillsbury, Ecolab, McCain Foods and many others. He is the founding principal of KAV Consulting Pty Ltd, advisers and consulting engineers to the refrigerated food industries on all aspects of large industrial
ammonia plants, and chilling and freezing plants, equipment and systems. This now includes CO2 / NH3 cascade systems as well as two stage CO2 systems. He has authored more than forty technical papers, many of which have been published internationally.
Presentation synopsis: The future of green buildings – C02 cooling and heating of commercial buildings
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Mark Gilby, Flowtech
Mark is the Founder of Flowtech Air Conditioning and has been involved in Commissioning since 1980. Coming from a trade background in Adelaide he has worked on many international projects. During the last 20 years in Queensland he has taken Flowtech AC from a Testing and Balancing company to one which now offers a range services including AS 1851 Fire services, NEBB certification and balancing, Maintenance, pressure testing & more recently - Independent Commissioning Agents. Some of their current ICA projects include Leighton HQ, Energex Newstead, Brisbane
Supreme Courts, AM 60 & the New Port Office
Presentation synopsis: The Impact of the Commissioning Agent
The presentation will look at the background of the ICA, the process that is required to achieve the Man-4 point as well as the impact that an ICA can have. It looks at the Commissioning Codes that need to be adhered to, the things that can be picked up early, issues that get overlooked and how these can be avoided. The presentation focuses on ways that an ICA can have a strong influence on a project and be both an essential member of the team and a representative of the building owner.
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Paul Pitrone, Sustainability Victoria
Paul Pitrone is a project Manager in the Built Environment Team at Sustainability Victoria. He works with various building sectors to establish partnerships, which demonstrate and promote the advantages of green building practices. Paul oversaw the design and construction of Sustainability Victoria’s new office fit-out. He also worked with the Victorian Education Department to develop guidelines and policies to improve the environmental performance of new schools.
Kelly Wickham, Energy Supply Team, Sustainability Victoria
Kelly provides support for the development of renewable energy project opportunities and strategies. In the past he's established a Direct-use, Geothermal Support Pilot; modelled future electricity prices; provided project support and Client Management services under the Renewable Energy Support Fund and advice on the national GreenPower Program advertising campaign. He's currently collaborating with the Victorian Dept. of Primary Inductries on a Bio-energy Network to support the growth of the industry. He is also Deputy Environmental Management Systems Coordinator where he
provides internal and external advice on managing and reporting office based environmental impacts.
Presentation synopsis: Sustainability Victoria’s ofce ft-out at 50 Lonsdale Street Melbourne – CASE STUDY
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P.C. Thomas, Team Catalyst
PC specialises in Integrated Building Design; using simulation tools to assist in the design and delivery of sustainable buildings. He has a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering, followed by 20 years consulting, research and teaching experience in Sustainable Buildings, Building Energy Simulation, Energy Auditing, Energy Efficiency in Buildings, and Solar Energy.
PC is both an Accredited Assessor for existing buildings, and an Independent Design Review (IDR) panel member for NABERS Energy (formerly ABGR). He is also an Accredited Professional and Faculty Member with the Green Star scheme for rating broader building sustainability. PC is a committee member on the International Energy Agency Task for Validation and Testing of Building Energy Simulation Software. PC was an invited member on Working Groups that helped develop the energy efficiency provisions for the BCA in 2005-2006.
PC enjoy’s working in a team environment to help design and retrofit buildings to deliver sustainable, high performance buildings. He is a founding Director of Team Catalyst Proprietary Limited, with the motto, “Driving Sustainability Through Teamwork”!
Presentation synopsis: Surpassing expectations: An integrated approach to design, delivery and commissioning – CASE STUDY
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Dr Peter Harraghy, Johnson Controls
Dr. Peter Harraghy. Peter has been with Johnson Controls for many years and has occupied various management roles across the globe. Most recently Peter has managed the Refrigeration business in The Middle East, been country manager for Turkey and is currently the Managing Director for JCI in New Zealand as well as General Manager for Refrigeration in Australia. Peter brings with him invaluable experience in
the refrigeration business which he has attained through both tertiary education / qualification and experience.
Presentation synopsis: Achieving the green dream by the use of natural refrigerants
At the IIR Gustav Lorentzen conference in Aarhus back in September1996, the Danish minister for the EPA, announced that Denmark in his binoculars would not use HFC about 10 years after the date speaking. This spurred some frustrations in the Danish refrigeration industry but then all forces were concentrated on developing alternatives. We are now seeing the results of this work and some results will be reported in the paper presented. All natural refrigerants represent a unique basket of
solution possibilities that will enable the industry to solve any refrigeration need with the most energy efficient and lowest possible impact on the environment.
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Russell Moran, Brookfeld Multiplex
Russell Moran has worked in the Building Services and Construction Industry for more than 20 years. Commencing his working life as an Apprentice Refrigeration Mechanic, Russell has worked on major government, commercial, retail, residential and industrial projects. Russell now holds the position as Queensland Services Manager with Brookfield Multiplex Constructions. Whilst working full time Russell also studied at the Queensland University of Technology completing an Associate Diploma in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration. Russell is also
Green Star accredited.
Presentation synopsis: Builders perspective
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Walter Job, AECOM
Presentation synopsis: Façade perspective
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Warren Guymer, Thinc Projects
Warren is an Associate at Thinc Projects, specialising in management consulting and Sustainability advisory services to the property sector. Warren combines an education background of engineering and sustainable development with over ten years commercial experience working with companies such as Lend Lease, AMP, Colonial First State Property and QIC in Australia, and Centros Miller and Hammerson in the UK. In addition to the provision of project
management services, Warren assists clients to identify appropriate Economic, Social and Environmental objectives for their projects and portfolios (from Green Star / NABERS ratings through to Corporate Social Responsibility targets), then develops and implements realistic Action Plans to achieve these. Warren is a Chartered Professional Engineer, a Green Star Accredited Professional, and has been actively involved with the Green Building Council of Australia, the Australian Direct Property Investment Association and the Property Council of Australia.
James Vesper, Brookfield Multiplex
Andrew Aitken,State Manager QLD & NT,Director Green Star,Green Building Council of Australia
Andrew is an electrical engineer with over 18 years experience in the Queensland construction industry. He has worked as a consulting engineer as well as in sustainability policy development for the Queensland government and Brisbane City Council. Prior to joining the GBCA in May 2008, Andrew was a Green Star Certified Assessor and a member of the Technical Working Group for the Green Star – Multi Unit
Residential rating tool. Andrew represents the GBCA on the Property Council’s Queensland Sustainable Development and Management Committee, Ipswich City Council’s Climate Change Taskforce and the Queensland Energy Efficiency Industry Leaders Forum and is a member of the Academic Advisory Panel at Bond University’s Mirvac School of Sustainable Development. Andrew is currently working with peers from Green Building Councils
around the world to develop a common method for reporting carbon emissions associated with buildings. In addition to being the Qld and NT State Manager, Andrew also manages the Green Star tool development and operations team.
Malcom Kemp, Investa
Presentation synopsis: FORUM SESSION – Barriers and solutions to delivering sustainable outcomes
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