SBE is unique. We are an integrated multi-disciplined ESD team. Our skills span across architecture, engineering, project management and environmental science, enabling ESD issues to be integrated between disciplines on project teams. Our understanding of issues from a range of professional perspectives allows us to maintain a practical approach to balancing the costs and benefits of environmental opportunities. Our advice is backed by experienced costing knowledge that can provide triple bottom line analyses of project opportunities.
The following services are available :
- Brief preparation
- Sustainability vision, targets, and principles development
- ESD constraints and opportunities study
- Sustainability strategy development
- EnviroDevelopment assessments
- Sustainable design guidelines and development controls
- ESD report preparation for planning application
- Activity centre ESD support
- Full master planning
Responding to local requirements across Australia to develop appropriate town planning responses, including:
- Preliminary Green Star ratings
- Preliminary ABGR base building ratings
- Preliminary FirstRate or AccuRate “star ratings”
- STEPS and Sustainable Design Scorecard assessments
- Docklands ESD Guidelines support
- Doncaster Hill Sustainability Strategy support
- Waste management plans
- Stormwater assessment using MUSIC and STORM
- Armadale Redevelopment Authority Sustainability Audits
- VCAT expert witness representations
- ESD design advice
- Town Planning ESD reports
- Preliminary Green Globe ecotourism assessments
- Energy simulation including ABGR, Green Star or Section J
- Thermal comfort analysis
- Daylight analysis
- Ventilation simulation
- Conceptual building services design including renewable energy components
- ESD advice and reports for project proposals, submissions and competitions
- Detailed ESD advice on project opportunities, building fabric and systems
- Detailed ESD advice on building fitouts
- Cost planning of energy efficient and ESD elements of a project
- Monitoring of legislation, regulatory policies and industry implications
- ESD assessment of concept and feasibility study proposals
- Communication of sustainable concepts for focus group research, marketing briefings, etc
- Autonomous House studies
- Green Star assessments
- ABGR including ABGR Risk Assessment
- Waste management plans for demolition, construction and building operation
- Green materials selection and advice
- LEED assessments
- Green Globe ecotourism assessments
Building Code Compliance and Energy Rating:
- FirstRate energy efficiency "Star Rating" assessments
- AccuRate Energy Ratings
- Building Code Section J Compliance Report for all non-residential buildings.
Post-occupancy and Existing Buildings:
- ESD post-occupancy evaluation
- ABGR - energy and greenhouse rating for office buildings
- NABERS commercial building assessments – water, waste and IEQ
- NABERS residential building assessments
- Waste assessments, audits and strategies
- ESD guidelines development
- ESD policy research and review
- Peer reviews
- Building portfolio ESD management and reviews
- Strategic direction analysis, target setting and action planning
- Zero waste plans
- Sustainability strategies
- Water reduction strategies
- Greenhouse abatement plans
- National Packaging Covenant action plans and reports