CIBSE Australia and New Zealand 30th Anniversary
30 years and counting! Take a look back at CIBSE ANZ's accomplishments and achievements from the past 30 years.
30 years and counting! Take a look back at CIBSE ANZ's accomplishments and achievements from the past 30 years.
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30 YEARS AND COUNTING
30 YEARS AND COUNTING<br />
‘Thank you to all our loyal volunteers, members<br />
<strong>and</strong> supporters.<br />
Today, the Chartered Institution of Building Services<br />
Engineers (<strong>CIBSE</strong>) <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong> Region<br />
(ANZ) is a well-established organisation, with a br<strong>and</strong><br />
that is widely recognised for technical knowledge,<br />
quality <strong>and</strong> innovation, a highly skilled <strong>and</strong> committed<br />
team of volunteers <strong>and</strong> most importantly an<br />
extensive network of members.<br />
This year, we celebrate the significant milestone of<br />
30 years being established in the <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>New</strong><br />
Zeal<strong>and</strong> Region. 30 years is a long time, over the<br />
years we have had many triumphs <strong>and</strong> challenges.<br />
The achievements of <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ are of course a<br />
sum of many contributions from loyal volunteers,<br />
members <strong>and</strong> supporters.<br />
This publication looks back over the years to recognise<br />
those key characters, events <strong>and</strong> contributions that<br />
have led us to where we st<strong>and</strong> today.<br />
I would like to personally thank all the contributors<br />
for capturing our history, including the strengths<br />
<strong>and</strong> resiliencies of the <strong>CIBSE</strong> volunteer network at<br />
the local Chapters who make the <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ Region<br />
unique.<br />
As <strong>CIBSE</strong> President, I am very grateful for the<br />
platform established over the past 30 years <strong>and</strong><br />
privileged to lead our strong team, not only here<br />
within the <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ region, but globally into the<br />
next 30 years <strong>and</strong> beyond. I am personally thankful<br />
to join you in celebrating this important milestone by<br />
attending the <strong>30th</strong> <strong>Anniversary</strong> Cocktail Function in<br />
Melbourne.<br />
Please enjoy discovering our journey, exploring the<br />
past, the present <strong>and</strong> future years to come.’<br />
Peter Wong - CEng F<strong>CIBSE</strong><br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> President<br />
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YOUR PASSPORT<br />
TO A GLOBAL<br />
CAREER<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> is the professional body that exists to support<br />
the science, art <strong>and</strong> practice of building services<br />
engineering, by providing our members <strong>and</strong> the public<br />
with first class information <strong>and</strong> education services<br />
<strong>and</strong> promoting the spirit of fellowship which guides<br />
our work.<br />
www.cibse.org.au<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> <strong>Australia</strong> & <strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ<br />
@cibseanz<br />
cibse_anz<br />
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WHO WE ARE<br />
Imagine yourself in the most fabulous building<br />
in the world.<br />
Now take away the lighting, heating <strong>and</strong> ventilation,<br />
the lifts <strong>and</strong> escalators, acoustics, plumbing, power<br />
supply <strong>and</strong> energy management systems, the<br />
security <strong>and</strong> safety systems – <strong>and</strong> you are left with a<br />
cold, dark, uninhabitable shell.<br />
Everything relating to a building that makes it safe<br />
<strong>and</strong> comfortable to be in, together with the building’s<br />
environmental performance, are at the heart of what<br />
building services professionals <strong>and</strong> <strong>CIBSE</strong> are about.<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> IS A PIONEER IN RESPONDING TO THE<br />
THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE<br />
Buildings are directly <strong>and</strong> indirectly responsible for<br />
a significant amount of damaging carbon emissions,<br />
<strong>and</strong> innovative services design can bring dramatic<br />
improvements in energy efficiency.<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> provides first-class information <strong>and</strong> education<br />
services to support professionals <strong>and</strong> promote good<br />
practice.<br />
Through its Royal Charter, received in 1976, it is the<br />
st<strong>and</strong>ard setter <strong>and</strong> authority on building services<br />
engineering.<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> publishes guidance <strong>and</strong> codes that are<br />
internationally recognised as authoritative, <strong>and</strong> sets<br />
the criteria for best practice in the profession.<br />
The institution accredits courses of study in further<br />
<strong>and</strong> higher education by approving work-based training<br />
programmes <strong>and</strong> providing routes to full professional<br />
registration, including Chartered Engineer, Incorporated<br />
Engineer <strong>and</strong> Engineering Technician.<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> also speaks for the profession <strong>and</strong> is consulted<br />
by government on matters relating to construction,<br />
engineering <strong>and</strong> sustainability. It is represented<br />
on major bodies <strong>and</strong> organisations which govern<br />
construction <strong>and</strong> engineering occupations in the UK,<br />
Europe <strong>and</strong> worldwide.<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> IS A GLOBAL NETWORK<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> members, who currently number more than 20,000,<br />
belong to a global network of professional support <strong>and</strong><br />
expertise. They receive the monthly <strong>CIBSE</strong> Journal <strong>and</strong><br />
regular email newsletters, to keep them abreast of the<br />
latest developments <strong>and</strong> new opportunities.<br />
A full programme of meetings <strong>and</strong> events each year<br />
offers hundreds of opportunities for members to meet<br />
<strong>and</strong> learn from colleagues <strong>and</strong> experts, to explore<br />
new ideas <strong>and</strong> take part in continuing professional<br />
development (CPD).<br />
Student <strong>and</strong> Graduate members can also benefit from<br />
bursaries to help pay tuition fees <strong>and</strong> provide advice<br />
which is tailored to their specific needs, aimed at<br />
obtaining professional registered status in the shortest<br />
possible time.<br />
For further details of membership: www.cibse.org.au<br />
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The Chartered Institution of Building Services<br />
Engineers (<strong>CIBSE</strong>) has its origins in the final years of<br />
the Victorian Era when technical solutions to building<br />
comfort were emerging.<br />
The Institution of Heating <strong>and</strong> Ventilating Engineers<br />
was founded in 1897 <strong>and</strong> the Illuminating Engineering<br />
Society was founded 1909.<br />
By Royal Charter, these two institutions were<br />
amalgamated in 1976, forming the Chartered<br />
Institution of Building Services. The word ‘Engineers’<br />
was added in 1985.<br />
By 1987 there were nearly 200 <strong>CIBSE</strong> members<br />
working in <strong>Australia</strong>.<br />
The desire to create an <strong>Australia</strong>n <strong>CIBSE</strong> Region was<br />
borne out of the belief that the institution’s Charter<br />
would be better fulfilled in the region if <strong>Australia</strong> held<br />
a seat on the <strong>CIBSE</strong> Regional Liaison Committee (RLC).<br />
It was viewed as important for both recognition within<br />
the building industry in <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong>,<br />
<strong>and</strong> for the professional st<strong>and</strong>ing of this branch of<br />
engineering.<br />
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Image supplied by A.G. Coombs
The regions inaugural committee was formed in June,<br />
1987 in Sydney. At this meeting, John Tyerman was<br />
elected chair <strong>and</strong> a number of goals were developed<br />
for taking the <strong>CIBSE</strong> <strong>Australia</strong>n Region forward.<br />
State Chapters were created: Victoria; <strong>New</strong> South<br />
Wales <strong>and</strong> ACT; Queensl<strong>and</strong>; South <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>and</strong> NT;<br />
<strong>and</strong> Western <strong>Australia</strong>.<br />
A newsletter was initiated to keep members abreast<br />
of <strong>CIBSE</strong> news, technical meetings <strong>and</strong> information.<br />
One of the main goals of the original committee<br />
(<strong>and</strong> those that followed) was to provide an active<br />
programme of technical meetings <strong>and</strong> seminars<br />
within the chapters, while encouraging a climate of<br />
networking among members.<br />
Pre-Inauguration Committee Meeting Sydney June 9, 1987<br />
Back Row, L-R: Grahame Gibbs (NSW), Derek Freeman (VIC), Roger Turvey (NSW), David<br />
Bell (SA), Kieran Campbell (WA) <strong>and</strong> Nicholas Flint (VIC).<br />
Front Row, L-R: Philip Leach (NSW) Hon. Secretary, John Tyerman (SA) Chair, Deryck<br />
Thornley UK Vice-President, Neil Lobley (VIC) Vice-Chair <strong>and</strong> Paul Mascall (NSW) Treasurer.<br />
Region Vice-Chair Neil Lobley <strong>and</strong> UK Vice-President Deryck Thornley<br />
Image supplied by A.G. Coombs<br />
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1988 - 2000’s<br />
CONFERENCES AND EXHIBITIONS<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> Inaugural Conference in Surfers Paradise, July 1988<br />
In July, 1988, <strong>CIBSE</strong> <strong>Australia</strong> held its inaugural<br />
conference in Surfers Paradise.<br />
Despite potential geographic hurdles as a fledgling<br />
organisation, the response was overwhelming for the<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> committee <strong>and</strong> the conference’s success set<br />
the tone for the future.<br />
Building on the initial success experienced in<br />
Surfers Paradise, the second <strong>CIBSE</strong> <strong>Australia</strong><br />
conference ‘Building for the 21st Century’ was held<br />
in Sydney during November 1991. Attracting some<br />
230 delegates from 9 countries, it reinforced the<br />
important role <strong>CIBSE</strong> played, facilitating constructive<br />
progress within the industry. In a region covering<br />
substantial l<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> sea area, the <strong>CIBSE</strong> committee<br />
recognised the importance of being an active<br />
participant in many industry events, <strong>and</strong> creating<br />
strong communication with its members.<br />
1991 also saw the fulfillment of a long term goal<br />
that the original committee had stated in 1987 - the<br />
recognition of <strong>CIBSE</strong> Chartered Engineer (CEng)<br />
qualification for membership of Engineers <strong>Australia</strong><br />
(IEAust) Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng).<br />
<strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong> was inaugurated as the sixth chapter in<br />
February 1992. Subsequently, chapters were formed<br />
in Auckl<strong>and</strong>, Wellington <strong>and</strong> Christchurch.<br />
A successful agreement with IEAust was reached<br />
in the mid 1990s, to provide ‘mutual recognition for<br />
members of both institutions residing or practising<br />
building services in <strong>Australia</strong>’.<br />
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CONFERENCES AND COLLABORATION<br />
SBSE<br />
2008 <strong>CIBSE</strong> / SBSE<br />
SOFT LANDINGS ?<br />
THE NEXT BIG THING<br />
LEAN AND GREEN?<br />
Soft L<strong>and</strong>ings is a concept that is changing the way we think about design <strong>and</strong> delivery of<br />
Adapt or DIE!<br />
sustainable buildings. It provides a way to radically improve sustainability <strong>and</strong> overall building<br />
performance. If you have any interest in delivering better buildings, then you will not want to miss<br />
this incredible opportunity to hear from two of the world's leading experts.<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> believes this is such an important issue that we have organised these half day workshops<br />
in each of our key chapters throughout <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong>.<br />
WE HAVE A PROBLEM WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT<br />
SOFT LANDINGS?<br />
“As an industry, we have often seemed incapable of<br />
learning about the performance of our own creations, with Soft L<strong>and</strong>ings is embedded in the entire procurement<br />
Over 95% of buildings are not green, deliver the inevitable result that buildings regularly fail to meet their process from initial scope to well beyond project<br />
owners’ operational expectations or, worse, are demolished completion. Soft L<strong>and</strong>ings helps to minimise the chances of<br />
a suboptimal workplace environment <strong>and</strong> less than a generation after their completion. For those unsatisfactory performance, addresses <strong>and</strong> even<br />
outside the industry the idea of continual improvement – pre-empts problems during the early occupation phase <strong>and</strong><br />
could be considerably more productive. ploughing back the lessons from one completed project to ensures that lessons from closer interaction with occupiers<br />
the next – must be obvious but, with few exceptions, this is are learnt <strong>and</strong> shared.<br />
With sustainability comes complexity. This rarely done by an industry too obsessed by capital cost.<br />
Soft L<strong>and</strong>ings can be used for new construction,<br />
Shortcomings are not only irritating <strong>and</strong> coheir own right,<br />
refurbishment <strong>and</strong> alteration. It is designed to smooth the<br />
requires more flexible <strong>and</strong> creative solutionsbut also undermine attempts to achieve high levels of<br />
transition into use <strong>and</strong> to address problems that post<br />
sustainability”.<br />
occupancy evaluations show to be widespread.<br />
to create an intelligent building.<br />
Rab Bennetts, Bennetts Associates, June 2009<br />
Soft L<strong>and</strong>ings starts by raising awareness of performance<br />
BUT WE’RE WAKING UP in use in the early stages of briefing <strong>and</strong> feasibility, helps to<br />
set realistic targets <strong>and</strong> assigns responsibilities. It then<br />
There is a growing realisation that sustainability, energy<br />
efficiency <strong>and</strong> the overall performance of new <strong>and</strong> existing<br />
VIP KEYNOTE SPEAKER buildings need to improve radically. Clients, governments THE NEXT BIG THING?<br />
WORKSHOP SERIES <strong>and</strong> society are looking to the construction industry to meet Soft L<strong>and</strong>ings provides a unified vehicle for engaging with<br />
increasingly challenging targets by creating robust outcomes throughout the process of briefing, design <strong>and</strong><br />
sustainable investments that satisfy occupiers <strong>and</strong> tread delivery. It dovetails with energy performance certification,<br />
building logbooks, green leases <strong>and</strong> corporate social<br />
lightly on the environment.<br />
Challenges & Opportunities<br />
responsibility.<br />
for the Built EnvironmentWITH SOFT LANDINGS Soft L<strong>and</strong>ings can run alongside any procurement process.<br />
Soft L<strong>and</strong>ings is the tool that will ensure both clients <strong>and</strong> It costs very little, well within the margin of competitive bids.<br />
occupiers get the best out of their new or altered buildings.<br />
Green Intelligent Buildings It is designed to reduce tensions <strong>and</strong> frustrations that so<br />
Most of all, Soft L<strong>and</strong>ings creates virtuous circles for all, <strong>and</strong><br />
offers the best hope for truly integrated, robust <strong>and</strong><br />
often occur during initial occupancy. At its core is a greater<br />
From Promise to Reality<br />
sustainable design.<br />
involvement of designers <strong>and</strong> constructors with building<br />
users <strong>and</strong> operators before, during <strong>and</strong> after h<strong>and</strong>over of It provides the best opportunity for producing low-carbon<br />
building work, with an emphasis on improving operational buildings that meet their design target.<br />
Creating the Productive readiness <strong>and</strong> performance in use.<br />
Workplace<br />
Schedule of Workshops Dates & Locations<br />
PERTH<br />
WELLINGTON<br />
Monday 1st November<br />
Friday 12th November<br />
ADELAIDE<br />
AUCKLAND<br />
Wednesday 3rd November<br />
Monday 15th November<br />
CANBERRA<br />
SYDNEY<br />
Friday 5th November<br />
Wednesday 17th November<br />
BRISBANE<br />
MELBOURNE<br />
Monday 8th November<br />
Tuesday 23rd November<br />
CHRISTCHURCH<br />
Wednesday 10th November<br />
PLATINUM SPONSOR<br />
Collaboration between <strong>CIBSE</strong> <strong>and</strong> Engineers <strong>Australia</strong><br />
resulted in the formation of the Society of Building<br />
Services Engineering (SBSE) in 1996. This alliance<br />
also led to the first of many jointly organised events<br />
including ‘The Big Picture’ Regional Conference<br />
<strong>and</strong> Exhibition in 1996, <strong>and</strong> literally hundreds of<br />
subsequent technical sessions in WA, SA Victoria,<br />
NSW <strong>and</strong> Queensl<strong>and</strong>. <strong>CIBSE</strong> <strong>and</strong> Engineers <strong>Australia</strong><br />
remain kindred organisations, with an alliance<br />
captured in a formal Mutual Recognition agreement.<br />
This was ratified by the Engineers <strong>Australia</strong> Board of<br />
Management, February 1997.<br />
A similar agreement was signed in 2000 with The<br />
Institution of Professional Engineers <strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong><br />
(IPENZ) to provide ‘mutual recognition for members<br />
of both institutions residing or practising building<br />
services in <strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong>’.<br />
In 1998, <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ joined forces with major<br />
industry associations AIRAH; AMCA; AREMA; ARWA<br />
& RACCA to form the <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ Air Conditioning,<br />
Refrigeration <strong>and</strong> Building Services (ARBS)<br />
Exhibition. It is <strong>Australia</strong>’s only international trade<br />
exhibition for the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning<br />
<strong>and</strong> Refrigeration (HVAC&R) <strong>and</strong> building services<br />
industry. As a member of ARBS, <strong>CIBSE</strong> is represented<br />
on the board of directors that meets regularly to plan<br />
<strong>and</strong> oversee the development <strong>and</strong> success of the<br />
exhibition to benefit <strong>and</strong> support the industry.<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ has participated in successful ARBS<br />
exhibitions, held every two years, alternating venues<br />
between Melbourne <strong>and</strong> Sydney. In 2018, the ARBS<br />
Exhibition will return to Sydney to celebrate its 20th<br />
anniversary with an expected participation of over<br />
350 exhibitors <strong>and</strong> more than 10,000 visitors. ARBS<br />
Exhibition will continue to provide an industry wide<br />
business networking <strong>and</strong> knowledge platform for<br />
all HVAC&R <strong>and</strong> building services professionals <strong>and</strong><br />
trades well into the future.<br />
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2012 & 2015<br />
SOFT LANDINGS<br />
Building excellence does not stop when a building is<br />
h<strong>and</strong>ed over. Unless properly addressed, operational<br />
issues will degrade the building <strong>and</strong> its services.<br />
Indeed, in a very short space of time the design intent<br />
can be lost. This often manifests itself in higher<br />
energy usage, a failure to maintain critical conditions,<br />
<strong>and</strong> less satisfied occupants.<br />
Experience suggests that the ‘h<strong>and</strong>over stage’ is<br />
where many of the long term operational problems<br />
become embedded. <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ are championing<br />
a new approach to help prevent the design intent<br />
from becoming lost, <strong>and</strong> this new approach can best<br />
be described as providing the building owners <strong>and</strong><br />
occupants with a ‘soft l<strong>and</strong>ing’.<br />
In the UK where the concept originated, it is<br />
recognised that Soft L<strong>and</strong>ings can play an important<br />
role in helping the building services live up to<br />
expectations. To deliver a Soft L<strong>and</strong>ing, specialist<br />
input is needed at an early stage of the design<br />
process to assist the project team in making sure<br />
that the all-important operations <strong>and</strong> maintenance<br />
documentation is in place, that commissioning data<br />
is up to date, that maintenance procedures are in<br />
place, that energy targets have been established, <strong>and</strong><br />
that the designers are satisfied that their intent is<br />
properly documented.<br />
During h<strong>and</strong>over, the team (designers <strong>and</strong> operations<br />
specialists) assist the facilities managers to familiarise<br />
themselves with the new building services.<br />
In practice, Soft L<strong>and</strong>ings extends the duties of the<br />
team before h<strong>and</strong>over, in the weeks immediately<br />
after h<strong>and</strong>over, for the first year of occupation, <strong>and</strong><br />
for the second <strong>and</strong> third years of occupation.<br />
In 2012 <strong>and</strong> again in 2015, <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ brought Rod<br />
Bunn from the Building Services Research <strong>and</strong><br />
Information Association, (BSRIA) out to our region to<br />
provide training in the art of delivering Soft L<strong>and</strong>ings.<br />
He also assisted <strong>CIBSE</strong> with the development of<br />
the ANZ Region Soft L<strong>and</strong>ings Framework, which<br />
describes in detail the procedures that should be<br />
embedded to deliver better buildings.<br />
The Soft L<strong>and</strong>ings procedures are designed to<br />
augment st<strong>and</strong>ard professional scopes of service, not<br />
to replace them. They can be tailored to run alongside<br />
most industry st<strong>and</strong>ard procurement routes. Major<br />
revisions to industry st<strong>and</strong>ard documentation are<br />
therefore not necessary.<br />
Soft L<strong>and</strong>ings is now a recognised ‘innovation’ Credit<br />
in the Green Building Council Green Star scheme,<br />
<strong>and</strong> is enjoying increasing favour amongst building<br />
professionals. The ANZ Region Framework has been<br />
referenced by a significant number of professionals<br />
<strong>and</strong> is available as a ‘free’ download courtesy of a<br />
grant made available by ARBS.<br />
For more information click here<br />
The main additions to normal scopes of<br />
service occur during five main stages:<br />
1. Inception <strong>and</strong> briefing to clarify the duties<br />
of members of the client, design <strong>and</strong><br />
building teams during critical stages,<br />
involve building users <strong>and</strong> operators, <strong>and</strong><br />
help set <strong>and</strong> manage expectations for<br />
performance in use.<br />
2. Design development <strong>and</strong> review (including<br />
specification <strong>and</strong> construction). This<br />
proceeds much as usual, but with greater<br />
attention to the procedures established<br />
in the briefing stage, reviewing the likely<br />
performance against the expectations<br />
of users <strong>and</strong> building operators, <strong>and</strong><br />
achieving specific outcomes.<br />
3. Pre-h<strong>and</strong>over with greater involvement<br />
of designers, builders, operators <strong>and</strong><br />
commissioning <strong>and</strong> controls specialists,<br />
in order to strengthen the operational<br />
readiness of the building.<br />
4. Initial aftercare during the users’ settlingin<br />
period, with a resident representative or<br />
team on site to help pass on knowledge,<br />
respond to queries, <strong>and</strong> react to problems.<br />
5. Extended aftercare <strong>and</strong> post occupancy<br />
evaluation (POE) in years 1 to 3 after<br />
h<strong>and</strong>over, with periodic monitoring <strong>and</strong><br />
review of building performance.<br />
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2012<br />
25TH ANNIVERSARY<br />
On Friday 8th June, 2012, <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ<br />
Celebrated the 25th <strong>Anniversary</strong>.<br />
To commemorate 25 years, over 150 guests<br />
attended the anniversary dinner at the Park<br />
Royal Hotel, Darling Harbour, Sydney.<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ Chair (1995-1998) Steve Gilchrist<br />
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2014<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong>’s influence worldwide was top of the agenda for Peter Kinsella,<br />
who in 2014, became the first international president of the institution<br />
since its inception 117 years ago.<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong>’s first international President, Peter Kinsella<br />
CEng F<strong>CIBSE</strong>, called on members to make the most<br />
of global opportunities by tailoring their expertise to<br />
the requirements of local regions.<br />
In his inaugural address, at the Royal Society in<br />
London, Kinsella said he wanted to develop <strong>CIBSE</strong>’s<br />
influence worldwide, adding that to achieve greater<br />
relevance <strong>and</strong> recognition overseas, <strong>CIBSE</strong> <strong>and</strong> its<br />
many regions had to address the subjects that are of<br />
interest to regional members.<br />
Also high on Kinsella’s list of objectives in<br />
his Presidential year was the promotion of<br />
comprehensive feedback loops in the design <strong>and</strong><br />
operation of buildings, <strong>and</strong> more benchmarking of<br />
energy use.<br />
GLOBAL REACH<br />
Kinsella’s view, as expressed to the Journal, was that<br />
a huge amount of <strong>CIBSE</strong> technical guidance is already<br />
relevant wherever you may be in the world, however<br />
with some tweaking, it would be even more suitable<br />
for overseas markets. ‘The wider relevance of our<br />
knowledge can be a major catalyst in the growth<br />
of <strong>CIBSE</strong> internationally,’ he emphasised, adding:<br />
‘As authorities around the world, particularly the<br />
developing nations, look for appropriate guidance for<br />
reference, the more relevant the <strong>CIBSE</strong> guidance is to<br />
their requirements, the more often it will be adopted,<br />
<strong>and</strong> the more international members will join.’<br />
Kinsella, who is an Associate at Lehr Consultants<br />
International (<strong>Australia</strong>), said that the <strong>CIBSE</strong> family<br />
would be enriched with a wider <strong>and</strong> more diverse<br />
range of people from around the world. ‘We also need<br />
to continue our support of the younger engineers<br />
as they develop into the next generation of <strong>CIBSE</strong><br />
leaders.’<br />
In this year as President, he stressed the importance<br />
of closing the feedback loop by engaging with Facility<br />
Managers (FMs) <strong>and</strong> occupants.<br />
‘Facilities Managers have a huge impact on the<br />
efficiency <strong>and</strong> effectiveness of a buildings services<br />
<strong>and</strong> their effect on the internal environment, <strong>and</strong> they<br />
possess a wealth of information from all types of<br />
buildings <strong>and</strong> services,’ he said.<br />
‘This information needs to be captured <strong>and</strong> turned<br />
into knowledge, which can then be shared far more<br />
widely to drive improved building performance.’ A<br />
closer interest needs to be taken in the way buildings<br />
perform over their whole life, added Kinsella,<br />
reiterating that the operational requirements of a<br />
building need to be addressed at the design stage.<br />
‘There is a continuing need to nurture the design<br />
intent. There are so many steps along the way that<br />
create the potential for items to slip through the<br />
cracks, <strong>and</strong> for part of the original design to be diluted.’<br />
He said a lack of integration between all stages of<br />
building design <strong>and</strong> operation opens the door to<br />
elements being value- engineered out of designs,<br />
<strong>and</strong> replaced with cheaper <strong>and</strong> less sustainable<br />
alternatives.<br />
The uptake of PPPs or PFIs in <strong>Australia</strong>, which have<br />
typical operational commitments of 25 to 35 years,<br />
has led to a more integrated approach to building<br />
design with a much greater involvement by the<br />
FM team. He said: ‘In the past, responsibilities for<br />
construction – <strong>and</strong> then the ongoing operation <strong>and</strong><br />
maintenance of the building – were divorced from<br />
each other.’<br />
‘The financial incentive had been to deliver a project<br />
as cheaply as possible that would last as long as the<br />
defects liability period. It didn’t concentrate on how<br />
that building was going to function for the rest of its<br />
life.’ But if contracts are written correctly, the focus<br />
will change solely from the upfront initial costs to<br />
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those associated with operation, maintenance <strong>and</strong><br />
performance over a 25-year period. He added that<br />
soft l<strong>and</strong>ings, which encourage extended contact<br />
between designers, clients <strong>and</strong> operators, address<br />
some of the whole-life issues in building design.<br />
Kinsella further highlighted that a large proportion of<br />
the buildings that will be here in 40 years time have<br />
already been built, so we need to upgrade those that<br />
are performing poorly, not wait until they are knocked<br />
down.<br />
‘Industry relies on engineers to provide a true <strong>and</strong><br />
fair view of all aspects of engineering. It is therefore<br />
critical that we deliver the promised benefits of low<br />
energy measures, incorporated into both existing <strong>and</strong><br />
new buildings,’ he said.<br />
‘If for some reason this doesn’t happen, we must find<br />
out why not, <strong>and</strong> then share the lessons learnt to<br />
improve our collective knowledge base. We have an<br />
obligation to ensure continual improvement <strong>and</strong> to<br />
minimise repetition of the same mistakes.’<br />
Kinsella said an improvement in building<br />
performance requires a mix of m<strong>and</strong>atory <strong>and</strong><br />
voluntary measures to motivate both tenants <strong>and</strong><br />
l<strong>and</strong>lords. He has experience of two building rating<br />
schemes in <strong>Australia</strong> – the Green Building Council<br />
Green Star Scheme <strong>and</strong> National <strong>Australia</strong>n Built<br />
Environment Rating System (NABERS).<br />
The voluntary Green Star scheme, used mainly as an<br />
office design rating tool, looks holistically at how a<br />
building impacts the environment, in the way it’s both<br />
constructed <strong>and</strong> used.<br />
NABERS, which assesses the carbon emissions<br />
of existing stock, allows buildings to benchmark<br />
performance against similar properties. It became<br />
a m<strong>and</strong>atory requirement in 2012 for all office<br />
buildings above 2,000m2 that are sold or leased.<br />
‘Information on how a building is performing gives an<br />
idea of where to make improvements,’ added Kinsella.<br />
Voluntary measures have worked well in <strong>Australia</strong>,<br />
resulting in a rise in performance of many new <strong>and</strong><br />
existing buildings.<br />
It is essential, however, that the m<strong>and</strong>atory<br />
requirements that exist in building codes <strong>and</strong><br />
st<strong>and</strong>ards are periodically reviewed, <strong>and</strong> are<br />
clear <strong>and</strong> enforceable. ‘There needs to be careful<br />
consideration on how this compliance is going to<br />
be monitored as self assessments st<strong>and</strong> the risk of<br />
weakening these levels.’<br />
‘In the pursuit of greater levels of energy efficiency<br />
we must never lose sight of the main purpose<br />
of building services – to provide a healthy <strong>and</strong><br />
productive environment,’ he concluded.<br />
Kindly reproduced, courtesy of the <strong>CIBSE</strong> Journal,<br />
first published - May, 2014.<br />
JOURNEY TO DATE:<br />
1961 Born, Stoke-on-Trent<br />
1979-1983 Attended South Bank Polytechnic<br />
1983 Joined <strong>CIBSE</strong> as a student member<br />
1983-1995 Joined family contracting business<br />
J. Kinsella & Co.<br />
1995 Emigrated to Melbourne, <strong>Australia</strong><br />
1995-1997 Worked for A.G. Coombs<br />
1997-2013 Worked for AE Smith<br />
2002-2008 <strong>CIBSE</strong> VIC Chapter Chair<br />
2008-2013 <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ Regional Chair<br />
2009 <strong>CIBSE</strong> Board Member<br />
2010-2013 <strong>CIBSE</strong> Vice-President<br />
2013 Joined Lehr Consultants as Associate<br />
2013-2014 <strong>CIBSE</strong> President Elect<br />
2014-2015 <strong>CIBSE</strong> President<br />
2015-2016 Immediate Past President<br />
2016-Present <strong>CIBSE</strong> VIC Chapter Chair<br />
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2017<br />
TOMORROW’S<br />
WORLD<br />
The successful <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ metering seminar series,<br />
in March 2017 has highlighted a big problem in the<br />
commercial property sector – which if not addressed<br />
soon, will significantly impact our international<br />
st<strong>and</strong>ing, <strong>and</strong> could see some company Directors in<br />
breach of their fiduciary obligations.<br />
Over four separate conferences in both <strong>Australia</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong>, a range of prominent industry<br />
professionals demonstrated areas where opportunities<br />
to better manage building efficiency were being missed.<br />
From building owners to industry bodies, including the<br />
Green Building Council <strong>and</strong> NABERS, the message was<br />
the same – we all need to get far better at managing<br />
energy efficiency, which requires the right tools.<br />
Metering is an essential component of any building<br />
<strong>and</strong> currently the industry is simply not achieving this.<br />
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In Perth <strong>and</strong> Melbourne Chris Nunn of AMP (a<br />
sustainability expert <strong>and</strong> ex-lawyer) also highlighted<br />
how company Directors might find themselves on the<br />
wrong side of corporate law.<br />
In Sydney, Bruce Precious, Sustainability Manager<br />
from GTP Group, highlighted that building owners<br />
who don’t adopt voluntary metering tools <strong>and</strong><br />
demonstrate buildings that perform at the very least<br />
are alienating a new breed of savvy investor looking<br />
for sustainability benchmarks. ‘Investors want to<br />
know how a property group manages energy,’ Bruce<br />
explained, giving insight into an important driver for<br />
GTP Groups aggressive energy reduction strategy.<br />
A message also echoed by the expert panel was<br />
that ‘metering alone does not save energy, it creates<br />
information that then requires action’ according to<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> Technical Director, Hywel Davies. Hywel further<br />
expressed ‘the need for clients to take ownership of<br />
data <strong>and</strong> specifications.’<br />
Incorrect metering installation, another industry<br />
wide issue, raised by Paul Dearlove, IBMS Technical<br />
Director, as evidenced in a recent survey by IBMS of<br />
370 buildings which found 97% to have inaccurate<br />
metering installed.<br />
Help is on its way with the new <strong>CIBSE</strong> TM39 – Building<br />
Energy Metering, which focusses on the measurement<br />
of the consumption of water, energy <strong>and</strong> heat in<br />
non-domestic buildings. ‘It’s about transparency<br />
<strong>and</strong> making energy efficiency actionable’, Hywel<br />
emphasised. In Sydney, Caoimhin Arden, Director<br />
of projects <strong>and</strong> advisory services at Energy Action<br />
echoed this sentiment when addressing why metering<br />
is so important ‘It gives visibility to the things you don’t<br />
control, or the things you have lost control of’. TM39<br />
will also provide guidance on how to collect the data to<br />
demonstrate whether actual measured performance<br />
is in line with the design intent. The information from<br />
building energy sub metering also helps to close the<br />
feedback loop between actual measured performance<br />
<strong>and</strong> design aspirations.<br />
TM39 will be released after incorporating upgrades<br />
resulting from discussions during the ANZ 2017<br />
Seminar Series <strong>and</strong> will be available freely for <strong>CIBSE</strong><br />
members to download from the <strong>CIBSE</strong> Knowledge<br />
Portal. The speaker presentations are available to<br />
view on the <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ website.<br />
A selection of key memorabilia capturing the last 30<br />
years is available on our website www.cibse.org.au<br />
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REMEMBERING WHEN...<br />
Drawings were manual <strong>and</strong> the pen used was a ‘Graphos’<br />
nib style – later pens became the ‘Rapidograph’ (different<br />
“Companies had their favourite choice for either).<br />
Drawing notes were h<strong>and</strong> written using pen <strong>and</strong> ink. After<br />
a while the nib became worn to the writing approach/style<br />
“that you adopted.<br />
Image supplied by A.G. Coombs<br />
“<br />
Don’t<br />
“<br />
I had the first car phone in the office that took half a day<br />
to install <strong>and</strong> was like a brick fixed to the side of the dash<br />
console – used as a ‘mobile’ in the car; but not transferable “as a mobile externally.<br />
“<br />
forget the Gestener for copying – often large ink blobs<br />
“through the ‘s<strong>and</strong>wiched’ paper. This was h<strong>and</strong> operated.<br />
“<br />
Good times <strong>and</strong> great memories<br />
David Robinson - South <strong>Australia</strong> Chair 2014-17<br />
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE<br />
PAST<br />
Ian Small, <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ Chair (2014-17) reminisces<br />
his journey with the ANZ Region, which began<br />
approximately 20 years ago over a few red wines with<br />
John Tyerman (the first of many!). John was one of the<br />
founding fathers of the Region, Ian had known John<br />
from his early days in <strong>Australia</strong> with Frigrite Mechanical<br />
Services, now FMS Commercial Pty Ltd. John convinced<br />
Ian to renew his membership, which had relinquished<br />
after migrating in 1974, due to there being no <strong>CIBSE</strong><br />
presence during this time.<br />
Ian subsequently joined the <strong>CIBSE</strong> South <strong>Australia</strong><br />
(SA) Chapter committee, circa 1990-91. He then<br />
progressed to SA Chapter Chair role a few years later.<br />
It was in this capacity where Ian was exposed to the<br />
regional committee, <strong>and</strong> he met many of the founding<br />
members, including Grahame Gibb, Phil Leach, Neil<br />
Lobley, Nicholas Flint <strong>and</strong> John Redding. The region<br />
had previously organised two very successful national<br />
conferences in 1988 <strong>and</strong> 1991. The majority of the<br />
quarterly regional committee meetings where in the<br />
Qantas club in Sydney or Melbourne or Haden’s offices<br />
in Melbourne.<br />
Ian recalls, ‘Building Services Engineering was very<br />
different back then, with the use of drawing boards,<br />
tee squares, slide rules, log tables <strong>and</strong> Texas scientific<br />
calculators. There were tracers <strong>and</strong> typists who were<br />
often the only women in the office <strong>and</strong> were much sought<br />
after by young engineers to assist on projects’.<br />
Nearly all the engineers he worked with had beards <strong>and</strong><br />
architects wore bow ties <strong>and</strong> black turtle neck sweaters.<br />
When Roger Turvey stepped down, following his<br />
successful period as Regional Treasurer, Ian volunteered,<br />
after some persuasion <strong>and</strong> a few glasses of red wine, to<br />
take on that important role as Treasurer. Ian successfully<br />
volunteered in this position for approximately 15 years,<br />
where he stood down <strong>and</strong> h<strong>and</strong>ed the keys to Mathew<br />
Klintfält, to further progress on his <strong>CIBSE</strong> journey<br />
becoming Chair of the Region in 2014.<br />
Since his involvement circa, 1990-91, Ian has witnessed<br />
first-h<strong>and</strong> the ANZ region membership grow to over<br />
700, the <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ profile <strong>and</strong> presence is continuing to<br />
increase through the drive <strong>and</strong> enthusiasm of the Chapter<br />
committee, hundreds of great technical sessions, high<br />
profile regional seminar series – including international<br />
speakers, <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ involvement in ARBS Exhibitions,<br />
plus commitment to excellence via <strong>CIBSE</strong> involvement<br />
through ANZ St<strong>and</strong>ard Committees.<br />
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PRESENT<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ Region is now part of the exp<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
overseas <strong>CIBSE</strong> Network with Regions established<br />
around the world. <strong>CIBSE</strong> have recognised the potential<br />
for expansion around the globe with about 30% of<br />
members now residing outside the UK.<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ has once again organised a very successful<br />
seminar series this year on ‘Smart Metering’, with<br />
sessions held in Perth, Melbourne, Auckl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Sydney,<br />
with a record number of delegates in attendance.<br />
The ANZ committee has been instrumental in the<br />
establishment of the ANZ Advisory Panel, consisting of<br />
experienced professionals related to Building Services<br />
to advise on the development of <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ from an<br />
external perspective. In addition, the establishment <strong>and</strong><br />
development of the Young Engineers Network (YEN)<br />
including the newly launched Student <strong>and</strong> Young Engineers<br />
Awards recognising key achievers in the industry.<br />
Ian was delighted with the opportunity to present the<br />
2020 ANZ Regional Strategic Plan to <strong>CIBSE</strong>, Balham in<br />
October 2016, after much hard work by our Advisory<br />
Panel <strong>and</strong> Regional Committee. The vision was very well<br />
received <strong>and</strong> is currently being actively initiated.<br />
FUTURE<br />
Within the 2020 strategic plan, major key Performance<br />
Indicators (KPI’s) have been set for the next few years to<br />
establish <strong>CIBSE</strong> as the Professional Association for all<br />
Building Services Engineers. In particular to encourage<br />
equality for women in the industry, plus for the younger<br />
engineers of the future to select Building Services as<br />
their chosen discipline. In addition, another key area<br />
being focussed upon is to encourage major Building<br />
Services Consultancies to increase <strong>CIBSE</strong> Membership<br />
<strong>and</strong> utilise the multitude of resources available through<br />
the Knowledge Portal.<br />
The ANZ Regional committee is continually progressing<br />
<strong>and</strong> great to see a young, dynamic team promoting<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> in ANZ. Chapter Committees within the region<br />
continue to plan <strong>and</strong> implement both technical <strong>and</strong><br />
social events to all <strong>CIBSE</strong> members encouraging<br />
networking opportunities within the industry.<br />
The regional committee <strong>and</strong> advisory panel are<br />
especially excited, regarding the recent appointment of<br />
Sharon Pestonji, ANZ Business Development Manager in<br />
March, 2017 <strong>and</strong> wish her all the best in this challenging<br />
<strong>and</strong> ground breaking position. The 2020 vision is taking<br />
shape <strong>and</strong> the beginning of a transformation of <strong>CIBSE</strong><br />
ANZ moving from a volunteer run institution to a<br />
professional Global Engineering Organisation.<br />
The committee look forward to promoting <strong>and</strong> offering<br />
many top class training courses <strong>and</strong> seminars in the<br />
Region. With ARBS celebrating their 20th <strong>Anniversary</strong><br />
at the exhibition in Sydney, 2018, <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ will once<br />
again collaborate to assist in raising the profile of<br />
building services engineering <strong>and</strong> the institution for<br />
years to come.<br />
As Ian steps down as Regional Chair at the Annual<br />
General Meeting (AGM) in May 2017 of the <strong>30th</strong><br />
<strong>Anniversary</strong>, he is pleased to do so with the region in a<br />
very sound position. The committee has elected Paul<br />
Angus to the position as ANZ Chair <strong>and</strong> looking forward to<br />
further team collaboration across the region, with some<br />
very exciting years ahead through the 2020 vision.<br />
On behalf of the regional committee, Ian would personally<br />
like to thank all the chapter committee volunteers, past,<br />
present <strong>and</strong> future, whose passion, enthusiasm <strong>and</strong><br />
commitment makes the organisation such as success.<br />
JOURNEY TO DATE:<br />
1949 Born, Leicester, Engl<strong>and</strong><br />
1966 Technical Apprenticeship, Mellor Bromley AC<br />
1970-1972 Attended Leicester Polytechnic<br />
1972-1974 Attended Southbank Polytechnic<br />
1974 Emigrated to <strong>Australia</strong><br />
1974-1980 Frigrite, Contracts Manager<br />
1980-1982 Environ, Project Engineer<br />
1982-1986 Lincolne Scott <strong>Australia</strong>, Design Engineer<br />
1986-1991 Carrington Air Conditioning, General Manager<br />
1991-1994 Ramsay Air Conditioning Contracts Manager<br />
1994-2015 General Manager <strong>and</strong> Managing Director<br />
National Air Group<br />
2003-2014 <strong>CIBSE</strong> SA Chair<br />
2005-2014 <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ Honorary Treasurer<br />
2009 Awarded <strong>CIBSE</strong> Bronze Medal<br />
2014-2017 <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ Chair<br />
The next section of this <strong>30th</strong> <strong>Anniversary</strong> publication<br />
focusses on innovative buildings <strong>and</strong> developments,<br />
with an emphasis on buildings services within the<br />
ANZ region.<br />
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1950’s<br />
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST SKYSCRAPER<br />
HISTORY & OVERVIEW<br />
A Melbourne l<strong>and</strong>mark in its own right, One<br />
Nicholson set the precedent for the late 1950’s race<br />
to shape the city’s skyline. Reaching new heights<br />
in innovation, the building’s International Style<br />
architecture <strong>and</strong> sophisticated glass curtain wall are<br />
representative of distinguished mid-20th century<br />
modernity. Once comm<strong>and</strong>ing the title of <strong>Australia</strong>’s<br />
tallest building, One Nicholson continues to shape<br />
<strong>and</strong> enhance Melbourne’s skyline.<br />
The well renowned architectural firm Bates Smart,<br />
embraced international style architecture with the<br />
innovative glass curtain wall, drawing inspiration<br />
from <strong>New</strong> York’s Lever House <strong>and</strong> United Nations<br />
Secretariat.<br />
A timeless masterpiece, One Nicholson has since<br />
been re-energised with a refreshed neutral palette<br />
<strong>and</strong> eclectic interior styling, capturing the glamour of<br />
the late 1950s.<br />
One Nicholson was awarded the <strong>Australia</strong>n Institute<br />
of Architects enduring architecture prize <strong>and</strong> is a<br />
national heritage listed building.<br />
The interior aesthetic completed by wood, glass, steel<br />
<strong>and</strong> concrete are the key to One Nicholson’s unique<br />
appeal. The collective strengths of Sc<strong>and</strong>inavian<br />
wood, glass, steel <strong>and</strong> concrete combine to establish<br />
a rare authenticity. This raw honesty, often concealed<br />
in comparable structures, truly sets this building<br />
apart. These design assets, coupled with finishes<br />
in the style of 1950s elegance <strong>and</strong> floor-to-ceiling<br />
windows, creates ambient light-filled spaces.<br />
An elevated position in the north eastern corner<br />
of the CBD offers sweeping panoramic views<br />
showcasing all of Melbourne’s icons.<br />
Surrounded by unique culinary destinations for both<br />
replenishing work breaks <strong>and</strong> impressive business<br />
meetings, One Nicholson is within proximity to an<br />
abundance of places to indulge in a Melbourne dining<br />
experience.<br />
A sheltered escape from the hustle <strong>and</strong> bustle is<br />
provided by the building’s private garden, designed<br />
by renowned l<strong>and</strong>scape architect John Stevens,<br />
<strong>and</strong> complemented by a striking feature fountain<br />
by sculptor Gerald Lewers. Occupants are spoilt for<br />
choice with nearby Parliament, Carlton <strong>and</strong><br />
Fitzroy Gardens.<br />
Modern end-of-trip facilities including bicycle<br />
amenities <strong>and</strong> One Nicholson’s iconic internal<br />
stairwell promote an active lifestyle for businesses<br />
<strong>and</strong> their teams.<br />
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Sievers, Wolfgang - PIC P2023/1-20 LOC Q59 –<br />
National Library of <strong>Australia</strong>
© Charterhall - May 2017<br />
BUILDING FEATURES<br />
»»<br />
PCA A-Grade offices<br />
»»<br />
Glass curtain walls with uninterrupted views<br />
»»<br />
Light-filled, spacious open plan offices with<br />
flexible floor plates<br />
»»<br />
Natural light <strong>and</strong> generous open workspaces<br />
»»<br />
Internal staircase (ground to level 18) in additional<br />
to 8 lifts providing access from ground, <strong>and</strong> 1st to<br />
18th floors<br />
»»<br />
End of trip facilities<br />
»»<br />
Direct access to public transport hubs<br />
»»<br />
Community garden<br />
»»<br />
Overlooks Parliament Gardens <strong>and</strong> the Parliament<br />
of Victoria building<br />
»»<br />
Proximity to Carlton <strong>and</strong> Fitzroy Gardens<br />
SUSTAINABILITY<br />
One Nicholson’s workplace atmosphere is characterised<br />
by its natural light <strong>and</strong> generous open spaces,<br />
designed to inspire <strong>and</strong> encourage collaboration. The<br />
relaxed ambiance embraces a contemporary colour<br />
palette with polished concrete floors, <strong>and</strong> furnishings<br />
styled with reimagined 1950s charm.<br />
The building possesses the following impressive<br />
sustainability credentials:<br />
»»<br />
4 Star NABERS Energy Rating<br />
»»<br />
3 Star NABERS Water Rating<br />
»»<br />
Recycling resources<br />
RECENT PROJECTS<br />
»»<br />
In 2009, the building underwent a PowerPax<br />
adiabatic chiller system upgrade along with<br />
significant airside re-configuration to allow for<br />
pre-cooling of outside air<br />
»»<br />
Replacement programme of all perimeter<br />
induction units from three-way to two-way<br />
valves to optimise chilled water pump speeds<br />
»»<br />
Building tuning programme underway with<br />
AG Coombs since 2011 has contributed to the<br />
current 4 star NABERS Energy rating<br />
»»<br />
Lift hardware upgrade including replacement<br />
of drives, machines <strong>and</strong> controls. Interestingly,<br />
there was no brief to convert to destination<br />
control due to the existing lift capacity. Interiors<br />
have been designed to reflect <strong>and</strong> modernise<br />
the original Bates Smart design (Project<br />
scheduled for completion in 2018).<br />
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1973<br />
COOLING AIR WITH WATER<br />
It was the Sydney Opera House that brought Steensen Varming to <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>and</strong> the company has been involved in<br />
its systems design <strong>and</strong> maintenance since. The original air conditioning solution best illustrates the commitment<br />
to aesthetic integrity, developed with Danish architect JØrn Utzon <strong>and</strong> later Hall, Todd <strong>and</strong> Littlemore. By utilising<br />
Sydney Harbour’s plentiful water to provide cool air, Steensen Varming enabled the iconic silhouette to remain<br />
unit-free - a groundbreaking initiative on a world scale <strong>and</strong> the largest system of its kind.<br />
The reversible heat pump supplies air to 120 fans distributed at 270m³/s through 35km of ducts to 3000 outlets.<br />
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Heat pump schematic<br />
Sea water<br />
heat exchanger<br />
Sea water out<br />
Image: Isaac Leung<br />
© Steensen Varming, May 2017<br />
Sea water in<br />
Filter<br />
Pump<br />
Heating <strong>and</strong> cooling in winter<br />
Sea water<br />
heat exchanger<br />
Chiller<br />
evaporator<br />
Sea water<br />
out<br />
Chilled water pump<br />
Artificially loading branch<br />
Condenser /<br />
heating pump<br />
Chiller<br />
condenser<br />
Heats in<br />
winter<br />
Air h<strong>and</strong>ling unit<br />
Cools in<br />
winter &<br />
summer<br />
Cooling in summer<br />
Sea water<br />
heat exchanger<br />
Sea water<br />
out<br />
At the time that the Sydney Opera House was built,<br />
cooling towers were normally used to produce<br />
heat rejection for air conditioning. A hot, high<br />
pressure gas starts the refrigerant cycle, passing<br />
into a condenser where it is cooled to become a<br />
high pressure liquid. The liquid passes through the<br />
system where the pressure is reduced, allowing the<br />
liquid to evaporate. The evaporation process absorbs<br />
heat from the water surrounding the evaporator thus<br />
producing chilled water. It is this chilled water that is<br />
used to air condition buildings. Water is used to cool<br />
the refrigerant gas within the condenser, <strong>and</strong> the<br />
heat energy that the water gains in this process is<br />
usually wasted by passing it into the outside air.<br />
In contrast, the Opera House uses sea water to cool<br />
the condenser instead of air. Drawn through a filter,<br />
a pump <strong>and</strong> pipes installed along a series of service<br />
corridors <strong>and</strong> into large heat exchangers, the sea<br />
water cools the condenser water used to cool the<br />
high pressure gas refrigerant which is converted<br />
into high pressure liquid refrigerant. The sea water<br />
which passes through the condenser becomes<br />
warmer <strong>and</strong> is discharged back into the seas.<br />
However, when the Opera House needs hot water<br />
or heating during the winter months, the condenser<br />
water is pumped to the hot water system or air<br />
conditioning plant instead, making use of this energy<br />
that is often wasted.<br />
Chiller<br />
condenser<br />
Chille<br />
evaporator<br />
Chiller<br />
condenser<br />
Chiller<br />
evaporator<br />
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1997<br />
SKY’S THE LIMIT<br />
At 328m above street level, the Sky Tower in<br />
Auckl<strong>and</strong> is the tallest structure in the Southern<br />
Hemisphere. A national icon, it provides a unique<br />
visual experience for around a million visitors every<br />
year to look out over the Auckl<strong>and</strong> metropolitan area<br />
<strong>and</strong> the surrounding seas <strong>and</strong> isl<strong>and</strong>s.<br />
The tower, with four public levels that incorporate<br />
telecommunications facilities, restaurants <strong>and</strong><br />
viewing levels, is served by three public lifts<br />
<strong>and</strong> a goods/VIP swing lift, <strong>and</strong> topped by a<br />
telecommunications spire.<br />
Beca was the project engineering consultant,<br />
responsible for all engineering disciplines <strong>and</strong> design<br />
management, <strong>and</strong> provided key project management<br />
staff for the development.<br />
The complexity of the tower – the first of its kind<br />
in <strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong> – presented numerous technical<br />
challenges <strong>and</strong> Beca was able to provide innovative,<br />
cost-effective design <strong>and</strong> management solutions that<br />
accommodated these challenges.<br />
Safety aspects received particular attention.<br />
Structurally, the Sky Tower incorporates some<br />
1,100 tonnes of high strength reinforcing steel <strong>and</strong><br />
6,700m3 of concrete. The tower is able to withst<strong>and</strong><br />
wind speeds in excess of 200km/hr <strong>and</strong> remain<br />
essentially undamaged in the event of a 1-in-800 year<br />
earthquake. Fire design fell over <strong>and</strong> above the scope<br />
of local <strong>and</strong> international codes, <strong>and</strong> incorporated<br />
fire ratings, combustibility limits, smoke control, stair<br />
pressurisation, lift shaft venting, independent fire<br />
lifts, dual electrical supplies <strong>and</strong> high-flow sprinkler<br />
systems.<br />
The project was completed on budget <strong>and</strong> six months<br />
ahead of schedule.<br />
AWARDS:<br />
‘ IPENZ, Building <strong>and</strong> Construction Excellence<br />
Award, 1999<br />
‘ ACENZ Gold Award of Excellence, 1998<br />
‘ The Institution of Structural Engineers (UK),<br />
Special Award, 1998<br />
‘ The <strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong> Concrete Society,<br />
Pre-stressed Concrete Award for Excellence, 1997<br />
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© Beca - May 2017<br />
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© Mirvac - May 2017<br />
2010<br />
SIRIUS ABOUT ENERGY RATINGS<br />
Mirvac has the unique distinction of being the first<br />
organisation ever to attain an <strong>Australia</strong>n six star<br />
NABERS energy base build rating without the use<br />
of Green Power. The rating was achieved for a large<br />
Grade A office building called the Sirius Building in<br />
Canberra, <strong>Australia</strong>, which Mirvac owns <strong>and</strong> operates.<br />
The 46,147m2 building opened in 2010 <strong>and</strong>, over<br />
the first four full years of operation, achieved<br />
a consistent year-on-year reduction in gas <strong>and</strong><br />
electricity use of more than 20%. This level of<br />
performance improvement requires outst<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
focus <strong>and</strong> complete commitment. The facilities<br />
management (FM) team have not only maintained the<br />
six star rating over three rating years, but have also<br />
further improved the performance over that time.<br />
The 2016 <strong>CIBSE</strong> Judging panel were particularly<br />
impressed with the range of FM measures taken to<br />
maintain consistently high levels of performance.<br />
While the NABERS energy rating focusses on energy,<br />
achieving a high star rating also requires a great<br />
deal of effort to provide an effective <strong>and</strong> comfortable<br />
overall working environment for the building<br />
occupiers.<br />
To reduce electricity consumption, Mirvac has<br />
invested in the latest technology including LED lights<br />
with integrated microwave occupancy sensors <strong>and</strong> a<br />
chiller plant optimisation system to enhance chilled<br />
water plant performance. An 80KW solar photovoltaic<br />
array has also been installed.<br />
These modifications are expected to reduce the<br />
property’s greenhouse emissions by 100 tonnes<br />
a year <strong>and</strong> achieve a simple payback period of six<br />
years with current electricity prices, while also<br />
providing a buffer against future energy price<br />
hikes. Operationally, several initiatives have been<br />
implemented to assist the FM team to monitor<br />
building performance actively. These include daily<br />
building usage profiles emailed to the FM team, <strong>and</strong><br />
night audits undertaken to minimise out-of-hours<br />
energy consumption <strong>and</strong> to identify new initiatives.<br />
This approach has pinpointed scheduling<br />
inefficiencies, helped optimise sensor lighting periods<br />
<strong>and</strong> highlighted opportunities for lighting upgrades.<br />
Energy consumption has been cut by a remarkable<br />
32% from the first full year of operation in FY2011<br />
to FY2014. This equates to an enormous $107,844<br />
per year saving in energy costs using current energy<br />
pricing <strong>and</strong> a potential capital value uplift of $1.467<br />
million if the full impact of energy cost savings <strong>and</strong><br />
outgoings reduction is realised in the property valuation<br />
(using the capital rate of 7.35% from June 2014).<br />
Over the remaining 10 years of the lease, the energy<br />
efficiency work should represent a saving of $1.078<br />
million before factoring in any forecast energy cost<br />
escalations.<br />
Kindly reproduced, courtesy of the <strong>CIBSE</strong> Journal,<br />
first published - May, 2014.<br />
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2013<br />
A FLYING START<br />
Christchurch International Airport’s new terminal<br />
features a water source heat pump system with<br />
a payback period of only two years. Andy Pearson<br />
looks at an innovative system that triumphed in<br />
the International Project of the Year category at the<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> Building Performance Awards 2015.<br />
The new three-storey terminal at <strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong>’s<br />
Christchurch International Airport was the first<br />
major infrastructure project to be completed on the<br />
South Isl<strong>and</strong> after the devastating earthquakes of<br />
2010 <strong>and</strong> 2011.<br />
It is fitting, then, that the 30,000m² building relies<br />
on artesian water, abstracted from beneath the<br />
Earth’s surface, to provide an innovative, energyefficient,<br />
cost-effective <strong>and</strong> environmentally benign<br />
heating <strong>and</strong> cooling solution. The artesian system<br />
was designed by Beca – one of Asia Pacific’s leading<br />
professional consultancies. Since the completion <strong>and</strong><br />
opening of the NZ$237m (£121m) terminal in 2013, it<br />
has dramatically reduced the operational costs of the<br />
building <strong>and</strong> its dependency on fossil fuels.<br />
The system’s success is not confined to the airport;<br />
artesian arrangements for sustainable heating<br />
<strong>and</strong> cooling are under design or in construction at<br />
a number of other developments in the city. This<br />
potential legacy was recognised by the judges of<br />
the <strong>CIBSE</strong> Building Performance Awards 2015, who<br />
gave top honours to the scheme in the International<br />
Project category. They described the artesian<br />
solution as: ‘An innovative application, with very good<br />
collaboration <strong>and</strong> strong ongoing involvement, <strong>and</strong><br />
lots of potential for wider involvement.’<br />
Work started on the scheme in 2005 to design a new<br />
terminal – incorporating an integrated domestic<br />
<strong>and</strong> international check-in – to sit on the site of<br />
the original 1960s domestic terminal. It was to be<br />
constructed in phases as the original terminal was<br />
progressively demolished, to make sure the airport<br />
could continue to operate.<br />
As a consequence of this phased construction, the<br />
services had to be designed to ensure the new<br />
terminal’s plantrooms <strong>and</strong> services were up <strong>and</strong><br />
running before the existing ones were dismantled<br />
<strong>and</strong> were exp<strong>and</strong>able as subsequent stages came<br />
online. ‘The first stage of the new construction had to<br />
contain the central plant to enable the new terminal<br />
to operate as a st<strong>and</strong>-alone building,’ explains Justin<br />
Hill, Beca’s technical director, building services.<br />
The elegance of the system is that it uses st<strong>and</strong>ard<br />
equipment – including three chillers – which<br />
have been configured to enable them to provide<br />
simultaneous heating <strong>and</strong> cooling, with the ability to<br />
recover <strong>and</strong> redistribute energy around the building.<br />
The system comprises two principal circuits:<br />
a closed-loop secondary system <strong>and</strong> an open<br />
artesian water circuit. In the open circuit, artesian<br />
water is abstracted from five wells, which draw<br />
water from a major aquifer flowing 35m beneath<br />
the terminal. There is provision to add a sixth<br />
well, should the capacity of the system need to be<br />
increased in the future.<br />
Abstracted artesian water passes through any one<br />
– or all three – of the heat exchangers before being<br />
discharged back into the ground via a 5m-deep soak<br />
pit beneath the car park. No water is consumed by<br />
the system; the only effect is that the temperature of<br />
the returned water will vary from 7-20°C, depending<br />
on the plant’s mode of operation. With the closedloop<br />
system, water circulates through the secondary<br />
side of the heat exchangers, the air h<strong>and</strong>ling unit<br />
heating <strong>and</strong> cooling coils <strong>and</strong>, if required, the chillers<br />
when they operate as water-to water heat pumps.<br />
When cooling loads are low, water from the aquifer<br />
can meet the terminal’s cooling requirements. This<br />
avoids the need for any mechanical refrigeration.<br />
Areas requiring year-round cooling have coils sized<br />
to enable them to use artesian temperature cooling<br />
year-round, to minimise the use of the chillers.<br />
With higher cooling loads, the artesian water is used<br />
as part of a mechanical refrigeration system, with the<br />
chillers working as geothermal heat pumps, thereby<br />
enabling the system to provide heating <strong>and</strong> cooling<br />
simultaneously <strong>and</strong> in any proportion from every chiller.<br />
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© Beca - May 2017<br />
In this mode, rather than rejecting the heat energy<br />
generated as a by-product of providing cooling, the<br />
chiller’s condenser water is used as a heat source<br />
for the terminal’s heating circuit <strong>and</strong> vice-versa.<br />
This enables the system to simultaneously generate<br />
heating <strong>and</strong> cooling. When heat or coolth is not<br />
needed by the terminal it is rejected to the artesian<br />
water via the plate heat exchangers. Hill notes, ‘To<br />
my knowledge there are no artesian-based systems<br />
elsewhere of this size <strong>and</strong> nature, configured to<br />
provide simultaneous heating, cooling <strong>and</strong> artesian<br />
temperature cooling with the ability to recover <strong>and</strong><br />
redistribute energy around the building.<br />
Comprehensive engineering analysis resulted in<br />
the central plant having four modes of operation:<br />
artesian cooling; mechanical cooling; heating; <strong>and</strong><br />
simultaneous heating <strong>and</strong> cooling.<br />
Water temperatures in heating mode were analysed<br />
to optimise the flow <strong>and</strong> return temperatures.<br />
Operational efficiencies <strong>and</strong> capital cost – along<br />
with reliability <strong>and</strong> plant longevity – were all<br />
considered at various LTHW temperatures.<br />
Although the chillers are more than capable<br />
of supplying sufficient heat for the building,<br />
heat is recovered from two 1MW electrical<br />
generators, when they operate, <strong>and</strong> is added to<br />
the LTHW system. The heating <strong>and</strong> chilled water<br />
systems have been designed with floating water<br />
temperature set-points to maximise efficiencies of<br />
the central plant, with the flow temperatures being<br />
determined by the heating <strong>and</strong> cooling requirements<br />
of the building.<br />
Beca spent a long time developing <strong>and</strong> bench-testing a<br />
robust control strategy for the system. ‘We did not set<br />
out to provide the optimum <strong>and</strong> most efficient control<br />
strategy, but rather one that was reasonably efficient,<br />
<strong>and</strong> – most importantly – stable <strong>and</strong> robust, <strong>and</strong><br />
capable of h<strong>and</strong>ling all possible scenarios,’ says Hill.<br />
‘Using this as a base, the control strategy can be<br />
optimised <strong>and</strong> the system efficiency improved, based<br />
on actual building performance <strong>and</strong> usage.’<br />
As part of a soft l<strong>and</strong>ings approach (apt for an airport)<br />
over the year following completion, through fine tuning<br />
Beca reduced the total energy consumption of the new<br />
<strong>and</strong> existing international buildings from 27.97kWh/<br />
(m²·month) to 27.01kWh/(m²·month), which equates to<br />
an annual figure of 324kWh/m².<br />
Upon completion, Beca undertook a study of the<br />
performance of the central plant system which<br />
showed an overall coefficient of performance (CoP)<br />
of 6.7 for the central chiller system, excluding<br />
pumping energy. This corresponds to CO2 emissions<br />
of 5.9kgCO2/m², based on the <strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong> Green<br />
Building Council Green Star calculator. The study<br />
showed that, with some modifications to the chiller<br />
control strategy, annual central plant energy could<br />
be reduced by 100MWh – approximately 10% of<br />
the chiller input power – which would increase the<br />
overall central chiller system CoP to 7.5.<br />
The cost of the artesian based system over <strong>and</strong><br />
above a conventional boiler, chiller, cooling tower<br />
system was approximately NZ$750,000 (£400,000).<br />
Based on in-use data collected, payback on the<br />
solution is approximately two years.<br />
The final word on the scheme should be left to Mike<br />
Parker, the terminal’s facilities manager: ‘We are<br />
ecstatic with the artesian heating <strong>and</strong> cooling system.<br />
During the many rounds of value management, the<br />
system came under heavy scrutiny <strong>and</strong> pressure<br />
to be dropped for a more conventional <strong>and</strong> cheaper<br />
solution. Thankfully, Beca <strong>and</strong> Christchurch Airport<br />
were well aligned <strong>and</strong> retained the system, which is<br />
performing better than we could have hoped.’<br />
Kindly reproduced, courtesy of the <strong>CIBSE</strong> Journal,<br />
first published - May, 2015.<br />
AWARDS:<br />
»»<br />
2015 <strong>CIBSE</strong> Building Performance Awards -<br />
International Project of the Year<br />
»»<br />
2014 IPENZ NZ Engineering Excellence Awards -<br />
Building <strong>and</strong> Construction category winner<br />
»»<br />
2014 ACENZ INNOVATE NZ Awards - Gold Award<br />
of Excellence<br />
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2014<br />
THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE<br />
Fifty Martin Place is a historic building in the heart<br />
of Sydney’s financial district. Constructed between<br />
1925 <strong>and</strong> 1928 – for what was then the Government<br />
Savings Bank of <strong>New</strong> South Wales – it is a rare<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>n example of the American-influenced,<br />
inter-war Beaux Arts style.<br />
Macquarie Group, <strong>Australia</strong>’s only global investment<br />
bank, acquired the building in 2012 to create its new<br />
corporate headquarters. This was a radical step<br />
in the <strong>Australia</strong>n property market where, typically,<br />
commercial property is owned <strong>and</strong> managed by real<br />
estate investment trusts. The fact that Macquarie was<br />
to be an owner-occupier opened up opportunities<br />
both to refurbish an important heritage building,<br />
<strong>and</strong> to create a world-class workspace, specifically<br />
designed to meet the bank’s corporate objectives<br />
of enhanced performance through connectivity,<br />
collaboration <strong>and</strong> sustainability.<br />
Consequently, Fifty Martin Place has become the<br />
largest historic refurbishment in <strong>Australia</strong> to be<br />
awarded a Six Star Green Star rating – representing<br />
‘world leadership’ – by the Green Building Council of<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>.<br />
The design strategy involved the creation of a glass,<br />
domed roof – to house client facilities <strong>and</strong> meeting<br />
rooms – <strong>and</strong> an enlarged, open-edged atrium. The<br />
atrium is the centrepiece of the project, enhancing<br />
daylight penetration through the core of the building,<br />
while accommodating open stairs that provide<br />
connectivity between office floors.<br />
The strategy presented Arup, the sustainable design<br />
<strong>and</strong> building services consultant for the project, with<br />
a number of challenges. The first was to remove<br />
as much plant as possible from the roof to free up<br />
space for client use. Plant that remained at roof level<br />
– including cooling towers, st<strong>and</strong>by generators <strong>and</strong><br />
smoke exhaust fans – was carefully integrated into<br />
the new glazed structure, to minimise the intrusion<br />
into the architectural form.<br />
Other plant was sensitively relocated to reduce the<br />
impact on the historic fabric of the building. This<br />
included the conversion of original water tanks into<br />
fan- <strong>and</strong> boiler plant rooms, <strong>and</strong> the relocation of<br />
chillers from the roof to the basement. An existing<br />
light well was used as a fresh-air intake, <strong>and</strong> worked<br />
in t<strong>and</strong>em with the atrium, which acted as the<br />
exhaust-air path.<br />
The office air conditioning solution uses passive<br />
chilled beams, coupled with fresh air supply<br />
delivered through a 250mm-high raised-access floor.<br />
The combination is <strong>Australia</strong>’s first example of such<br />
an approach.<br />
While the large open atrium allows daylight to<br />
penetrate deep into the building, it did provide the<br />
engineers with a tough challenge in terms of fire<br />
safety. The Building Code of <strong>Australia</strong> limits the<br />
number of floors that can be connected via openings<br />
to two above ground, although any number may be<br />
connected via a sealed atrium.<br />
The requirements for a sealed atrium are onerous,<br />
with glazing <strong>and</strong> wall-wetting systems, smoke<br />
exhaust, emergency power, multiple exit routes for<br />
any balconies, <strong>and</strong> – importantly – no real connection<br />
to the floors.<br />
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© Peter Bennetts
© Arup, May 2017<br />
CASE STUDY 50 MARTIN PLACE<br />
Section view showing ventilation <strong>and</strong> fire strategy<br />
High-level exhaust<br />
High-level exhaust<br />
This did not meet Macquarie’s desire for the atrium<br />
to be open <strong>and</strong> therefore enhance connectivity <strong>and</strong><br />
collaboration within the business.<br />
To achieve an open-edged atrium – <strong>and</strong> provide the<br />
required interconnectivity – a performance-based,<br />
fire-engineering design was developed by Arup’s fire<br />
engineers. In the event of fire, the non-fire floors are<br />
smoke-separated from the atrium by a combination<br />
of drop-down smoke curtains <strong>and</strong> glazed panels,<br />
required to resolve tricky detailing around large<br />
heritage beams.<br />
The fire floor remains open to the atrium, <strong>and</strong> large<br />
smoke exhaust fans extract from the top of the<br />
atrium at a rate of 40m3/hr, while make-up air comes<br />
from automation of existing heritage balcony doors<br />
at level two, combined with the general supply air<br />
system.<br />
The new client floors constructed within the<br />
glass-dome roof extension are open to the atrium.<br />
For these floors, exiting through a smoke-proof<br />
construction to fire-escape stairs – off an external<br />
terrace – enables occupants to move to a place of<br />
relative safety before evacuating.<br />
This approach allows for high-occupant numbers to be<br />
accommodated within the client entertaining areas.<br />
Sprinklers are provided throughout the building to<br />
keep fire sizes low. Smoke detection – including<br />
beam detection in the atrium – provides for early<br />
warning, while pressurised escape routes give people<br />
time to evacuate the fire floor <strong>and</strong> those adjacent to<br />
it, simultaneously. There is staged evacuation for the<br />
remaining floors.<br />
Another significant task was to upgrade the<br />
numerous styles of heritage luminaries on the<br />
original staircases <strong>and</strong> the halls, some of which were<br />
gas mantle luminaires.<br />
To upgrade the historic fittings, a number of diffuse<br />
LED sources were developed, effectively replicating<br />
the optical distribution of older tungsten lamps, while<br />
increasing the lumen output to meet the egress<br />
requirements.<br />
50 Martin Place demonstrates how new life can be<br />
breathed into a historic building, to create an exciting<br />
contemporary workplace. The project highlights that<br />
the unique characteristics of such a construction<br />
requires highly bespoke engineering solutions.<br />
The result, however, is a building that is prudent<br />
in the reuse of existing resources, energy efficient<br />
in performance, <strong>and</strong> – most importantly – meets<br />
the client’s objectives of creating an inspiring <strong>and</strong><br />
efficient place to work.<br />
Lighting<br />
The office lighting layout was developed<br />
to reinforce the structural <strong>and</strong> ceiling grid<br />
in the original building, <strong>and</strong> to expose<br />
‘To take such a distinctive property the historic fabric <strong>and</strong> previously fully hidden behind<br />
modernise its working environment<br />
the ceiling.<br />
in a manner<br />
The offices <strong>and</strong> atrium have perimeter,<br />
sympathetic to its heritage status was a complex<br />
ceiling-mounted daylight sensors that<br />
task. The atrium in particular dim required the adjacent a lighting holistic when sufficient<br />
approach from all our disciplines daylight reaches to achieve the work the desks.<br />
desired environment, <strong>and</strong> close<br />
To maximise<br />
collaboration<br />
the effect of<br />
with<br />
the widened<br />
atrium, it was decided not to add any<br />
the project team to deliver further Macquarie’s equipment vision’ to light the void.<br />
Vertical circulation lighting is managed<br />
Andrew Pettifer<br />
using integrated balustrade lighting in<br />
Project Director <strong>and</strong> NSW Region the stair. Leader This - also ARUP plays on the perforated<br />
balustrade panels, giving the stair the<br />
appearance of a glowing ribbon rising up<br />
through the generous space.<br />
At high level, the need to mount<br />
luminaires beneath the glazing has been<br />
avoided by the design of self-illuminated<br />
glass bridges. At the base of the atrium, an<br />
indirect mirror system is used to redirect<br />
light to the traders. The luminaires <strong>and</strong><br />
mirrors are mounted to the exposed beams<br />
at the perimeter of the void, to provide clear<br />
Kindly reproduced, courtesy of the <strong>CIBSE</strong> Journal,<br />
first published - November, 2014.<br />
Solid smokeproof<br />
construction<br />
Smoke curtains<br />
on non-fire<br />
floors deployed<br />
to protect floors<br />
from smoke in<br />
the atrium<br />
Smoke curtains on<br />
the fire floor retract<br />
to allow smoke to<br />
be released into the<br />
atrium<br />
Natural make-up<br />
air from outside<br />
via L2<br />
Chilled beam cooling strategy<br />
Passive chilled beams<br />
Fire Cold water circulates safety engineering<br />
within finned, chilled<br />
water pipes. The<br />
While beams cool the down large open atrium allows daylight to<br />
the surrounding<br />
penetrate<br />
air, creating a cool<br />
deep into the building, it did provide<br />
convection current<br />
the engineers with a tough challenge in terms<br />
of fire safety. The Building Code of <strong>Australia</strong><br />
Internal blind<br />
limits<br />
High performance<br />
the number of floors that can be<br />
internal blind is<br />
connected needed for comfort via openings to two above ground,<br />
<strong>and</strong> glare control<br />
although any number may be connected via a<br />
sealed atrium.<br />
Perforated The requirements metal for a sealed atrium<br />
ceiling<br />
are<br />
The<br />
onerous,<br />
ceiling<br />
with glazing <strong>and</strong> wall-wetting<br />
provides some<br />
systems, smoke exhaust, emergency power,<br />
radiant cooling<br />
multiple<br />
effect, but allows<br />
exit routes for any balconies, <strong>and</strong> –<br />
convection air<br />
importantly currents to pass – no real connection to the floors.<br />
through it<br />
Underfloor tempered <strong>and</strong> dehumidified fresh air<br />
This did not meet Fresh Macquarie’s air is delivered to the desire space via a pressurised for the<br />
floor plenum. This provides minimal background<br />
atrium to be open<br />
cooling<br />
<strong>and</strong> therefore enhance<br />
connectivity <strong>and</strong> collaboration within the<br />
business.<br />
To achieve an open-edged atrium – <strong>and</strong><br />
provide the required interconnectivity – a<br />
performance-based, fire-engineering design<br />
was developed 360° by Arup’s fire engineers.<br />
In the event of fire, the non-fire floors<br />
are smoke-separated<br />
efficiency<br />
from the atrium by a<br />
combination Our new VRV of drop-down IV heat recovery smoke curtains<br />
L10 permanently<br />
open to the<br />
atrium<br />
Low-level<br />
mechanical<br />
make-up air<br />
from floor<br />
level<br />
Natural makeup<br />
air from<br />
outside via L2<br />
L1 & L2<br />
permanently<br />
open to the<br />
atrium<br />
CASE STUDY 50 MARTIN PLACE<br />
Integrated service modules<br />
Sections within the ceiling<br />
will house high level<br />
services, such as lighting,<br />
sprinklers, emergency lights<br />
<strong>and</strong> speakers<br />
detailing around large heritage beams.<br />
The fire floor remains open to the atrium,<br />
<strong>and</strong> large smoke exhaust fans extract from<br />
the top of the atrium at a rate of 40 m 3 /hr,<br />
Internal heat loads<br />
while make-up air comes from automation of<br />
Heat from people<br />
existing heritage balcony doors at equipment level two, <strong>and</strong> lighting<br />
rises naturally to the ceiling<br />
combined with the general supply where air it is system. cooled down by<br />
the chilled beams<br />
The new client floors constructed within<br />
the glass-dome roof extension are open to<br />
the atrium. For these floors, exiting through a<br />
smoke-proof construction to fire-escape stairs<br />
– off an external terrace – enables occupants<br />
to move to a place of relative safety before<br />
evacuating.<br />
This approach allows for high-occupant<br />
numbers to be accommodated within the<br />
client entertaining areas.<br />
Sprinklers are provided throughout<br />
design<br />
your comfort. our world.<br />
the building efficiency to keep fire sizes low. Smoke<br />
detection – including beam detection in the<br />
atrium – provides for early warning, while<br />
pressurised escape routes give people time to<br />
evacuate the fire floor <strong>and</strong> those adjacent to it,<br />
simultaneously. There is staged evacuation for<br />
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© AECOM, May 2017<br />
2015<br />
PRESERVING HISTORY<br />
The centrepiece of Perth’s new Cultural Precinct<br />
is a 32-storey, 5-star Green Star awarded Design<br />
<strong>and</strong> targeted 4.5 star NABERS Energy (Base Build)<br />
office tower. AECOM worked in close collaboration<br />
with developer <strong>and</strong> construction company Mirvac,<br />
providing a range of multi-discipline building services<br />
for the development <strong>and</strong> its four-storey annex. The<br />
tower also houses ancillary facilities for the luxury<br />
The Como hotel in the adjacent heritage listed Old<br />
Treasury Building (OTB).<br />
In addition to the challenges of designing mechanical,<br />
electrical, facade, acoustic, fire, hydraulics <strong>and</strong><br />
traffic engineering for the high rise building, AECOM<br />
ensured the energy efficiency <strong>and</strong> sustainability<br />
requirements of the project was paramount in<br />
the design process <strong>and</strong> included a number of<br />
sustainability initiatives. A significant portion of<br />
energy efficiency can be achieved with façade <strong>and</strong><br />
building services optimisation, therefore a detailed<br />
analysis was carried out on the facade which<br />
subsequently resulted in a double gazed façade<br />
system which incorporates vertical shading fins to<br />
maximise views out, whilst minimising direct solar<br />
radiation into the space.<br />
A circa 1,000kW gas powered tri-generation plant<br />
generates electricity for the building. The waste heat<br />
from the process is harnessed to produce hot water <strong>and</strong><br />
heating, as well as chilled water through an absorption<br />
chiller. The tri-generation plant services both l<strong>and</strong>lord<br />
<strong>and</strong> tenant’s services. Amongst other measures is a<br />
grey water recycling plant designed to minimise water<br />
wastage through treatment <strong>and</strong> re-use on site.<br />
The four-storey annex building accommodates hotel<br />
services, a gym, office & retail space <strong>and</strong> a swimming<br />
pool, which includes a BMS controlled motorised glazed<br />
façade louvre system providing mixed mode natural /<br />
mechanical ventilation deepening on external conditions.<br />
The project has been successfully completed <strong>and</strong> hosts<br />
various State Government Departments which occupy<br />
the 30,000 sq m of commercial space it provides.<br />
The project was awarded the Master Builders<br />
Association’s 2016 Bankwest Best Project. It also won<br />
MBA awards for Best State Government Building, Best<br />
Refurbishment or Renovation: Over $10m, Best Historic<br />
Restoration or Renovation <strong>and</strong> the Jim Saunders<br />
Memorial Judges Innovation Award.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>and</strong> old<br />
Reactivated ground plane<br />
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2015<br />
CLINICAL<br />
SERVICES<br />
BUILDING<br />
BLACKTOWN CAMPUS<br />
In 2015, Laing O’Rourke successfully delivered<br />
a new state-of-the-art, seven-storey clinical<br />
services building as part of the of the $324 million<br />
Blacktown Mount Druitt Hospital Expansion.<br />
As Principal Contractor, Laing O’Rourke worked<br />
closely with its delivery partners to optimise<br />
the design to accommodate a Design for<br />
Manufacture <strong>and</strong> Assembly (DfMA) solution<br />
wherever possible.<br />
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© Laing O’Rourke, May 2017<br />
Utilising experience from Laing O’Rourke’s<br />
UK building services business Crown House<br />
Technologies, the team redesigned the horizontal <strong>and</strong><br />
vertical services distribution <strong>and</strong> delivered 216 x 5.5<br />
metre horizontal multi-disciplinary services modules,<br />
containing mechanical, hydraulic, fire <strong>and</strong> electrical<br />
services. Totalling 1.2 kilometres, the modules each<br />
enclosed an average of 10-12 services resulting in<br />
the installation of approximately 12km of pipework,<br />
ductwork <strong>and</strong> containment in less than a month.<br />
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2015<br />
ADVISORY PANEL<br />
In 2015, the <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ Committee recognised<br />
a need for outside assistance to further develop<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> in the <strong>Australia</strong>n <strong>and</strong> <strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong> Region,<br />
in particular to reshape the ANZ 2016 Strategic<br />
Plan. After some discussion, it was decided that an<br />
Advisory Panel be established on the grounds that<br />
by bringing in external industry <strong>and</strong> Institutional<br />
expertise the Region would develop a stronger<br />
commercial <strong>and</strong> strategic focus.<br />
This is the first time that a <strong>CIBSE</strong> Region has gone<br />
down this path.<br />
Mathew Klintfält – ANZ Treasurer, provided a<br />
summary of finances <strong>and</strong> funding; Steve Hennessy<br />
– ANZ Membership Secretary, summarised the<br />
reasons for the formation of the panel <strong>and</strong> current<br />
membership statistics, <strong>and</strong> Paul Angus – NSW<br />
Chair <strong>and</strong> ANZ Honorary Secretary, outlined<br />
a number of key challenges the region were<br />
currently faced with that the Panel needed to be<br />
aware of.<br />
At the culmination of the first meeting, the Panel<br />
agreed to set five key development goals for <strong>CIBSE</strong><br />
ANZ (they also identified the need for full time<br />
employees to assist with future growth).<br />
Through subsequent meetings the Panel was<br />
instrumental in developing the <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ Region<br />
2020 Strategic Plan, which now lays the foundation<br />
for sustainable membership growth through<br />
increased education, industry participation <strong>and</strong><br />
recognition. The membership of the Panel has also<br />
evolved, consistent with gaining suitable outside<br />
experience <strong>and</strong> view points.<br />
With the support of <strong>CIBSE</strong>, the recent engagement<br />
of Sharon Pestonji as the ANZ Region Business<br />
Development Manager sees the new Strategic Plan<br />
being implemented, <strong>and</strong> whilst it is still early days,<br />
the future looks exciting.<br />
Sharon Pestonji, who has returned to <strong>Australia</strong> after<br />
12 years in Europe, is charged with shaking up the<br />
membership mix, attracting more students <strong>and</strong> in<br />
particular more women to the industry.<br />
‘Building services engineering is a great profession,<br />
<strong>and</strong> with the environmental challenges that society<br />
now faces, I am really excited to be playing a part in<br />
encouraging the next generation to step up,’ she said.<br />
‘I appreciate the scale of the challenge, but thankfully<br />
the <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ Region is made up of a great team<br />
of volunteers who are passionate about delivering<br />
a better future, <strong>and</strong> their positive attitude is<br />
inspirational.’<br />
THE ADVISORY PANEL CONSISTS OF:<br />
» Nick Hudson, RICS Business Development Manager<br />
» Phil Cowling, Cromwell Property Group - Head of<br />
Development & Sustainability<br />
» Gemma Collins, National Building Services Manager -<br />
The Fletcher Construction Company Ltd<br />
» Ian Small - <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ Region Chair<br />
» Peter Kinsella - Associate Lehr Consultants<br />
» Paul Angus - Associate Director AECOM<br />
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2017<br />
REACHING FOR THE STARS<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ: WHAT NEXT?<br />
KNOWLEDGE<br />
PORTAL<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ region is committed to continue<br />
developing, maintaining <strong>and</strong> sharing knowledge<br />
about building engineering to support its members<br />
<strong>and</strong> to champion building performance. This<br />
commitment is set out in our 2020 vision statement,<br />
soon to be published. <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ will continue to<br />
champion the contribution to building performance<br />
that its members make, promoting their high<br />
st<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong> professionalism.<br />
The vision also recognises the value of strengthening<br />
partnerships <strong>and</strong> growing membership in the ANZ<br />
region <strong>and</strong> its links <strong>and</strong> business relationships<br />
globally. Building performance continues to be a<br />
priority, with <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ leading the drive to improve<br />
the performance of our built environment through a<br />
whole life-cycle building approach.<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ looks to support the property <strong>and</strong><br />
built environment sectors – <strong>and</strong> its members – by<br />
developing resources that deliver comfortable,<br />
valuable <strong>and</strong> sustainable buildings.<br />
Knowledge remains key to the <strong>CIBSE</strong><br />
ANZ region work as we continue to<br />
provide best practice guidance to improve<br />
building performance. We will also further<br />
assist in developing our Knowledge<br />
Portal, with new key publications relevant<br />
to the <strong>Australia</strong>n <strong>and</strong> <strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong> region.<br />
Digital processes will be a key area of<br />
the ANZ <strong>CIBSE</strong>’s progress , in terms of<br />
looking at how it runs its own operations,<br />
as well as supporting industry – <strong>and</strong><br />
member – adoption of digital processes<br />
<strong>and</strong> technologies.<br />
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YOUNG<br />
ENGINEERS<br />
NETWORK<br />
Young engineers are the future of the building<br />
services industry. We hope that with the support <strong>and</strong><br />
experience of the wider <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ membership<br />
we can strengthen <strong>and</strong> unite the young engineering<br />
community locally, nationally <strong>and</strong> internationally.<br />
The <strong>CIBSE</strong> Young Engineers’ Network (YEN) provides<br />
a framework for a range of activities that will inspire<br />
<strong>and</strong> support young engineers already in the industry,<br />
including encourage interest from others outside the<br />
building services profession.<br />
» Provide a support network for young<br />
engineers within <strong>CIBSE</strong> YEN<br />
» Promote building services to students <strong>and</strong><br />
young engineers out with the industry.<br />
» Provide social networking opportunities<br />
for young engineers<br />
» Provide a platform for knowledge<br />
exchange.<br />
» Promote sustainability amongst young<br />
engineers <strong>and</strong> the built environment<br />
» Encourage young engineers to engage<br />
more closely with our professional<br />
institution throughout their careers<br />
» Inspire young engineers - guiding them<br />
towards a long term career in the building<br />
services profession with a pathway to<br />
Chartered Engineer<br />
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IN 2017<br />
WE LAUNCHED THE REGIONAL<br />
YOUNG ENGINEER AWARDS<br />
The Awards celebrate the industry’s best examples of<br />
young engineering talent, as well as inspire, nurture<br />
<strong>and</strong> empower young students with a career in<br />
building services engineering.<br />
The <strong>CIBSE</strong> Young Engineer of the Year award<br />
recognises the outst<strong>and</strong>ing achievement of a young<br />
building services engineer/consultant in the early<br />
stages of their career. The award also recognises<br />
those who have the potential to significantly<br />
contribute to the industry in the future.<br />
The <strong>CIBSE</strong> Student of the Year award recognises<br />
the outst<strong>and</strong>ing achievement of a future young<br />
building services engineer/consultant based on their<br />
innovative response to the provided Competition<br />
Brief.<br />
The committee felt that to commemorate these<br />
awards <strong>and</strong> celebrate the achievement of two<br />
advocates of <strong>CIBSE</strong> that these awards would be<br />
named in their honour to always remember <strong>and</strong><br />
never forget Jack Pirie <strong>and</strong> Mark Griffin.<br />
JACK PIRIE INSPIRING EXCELLENCE AWARD -<br />
YOUNG ENGINEER OF THE YEAR<br />
Jack Pirie – 1939-2014<br />
Jack Pirie had a long <strong>and</strong> successful career in<br />
the Building Services Industry <strong>and</strong> was a <strong>CIBSE</strong><br />
member for more than fifty years. Jack was very<br />
actively involved with the ANZ Region serving on the<br />
committee for six years <strong>and</strong> being the Chair from<br />
2001 to 2003.<br />
Even after retirement he was always prepared to<br />
provide assistance <strong>and</strong> wise counsel when asked to<br />
do so.<br />
Jack had the outst<strong>and</strong>ing qualities of being a<br />
thoughtful, pragmatic <strong>and</strong> generous person but if<br />
there was only one quality that he could hope to<br />
install in a young engineer, we believe that it would<br />
be the quality of never being too afraid to take a<br />
chance.<br />
Jack was extremely passionate about building<br />
services engineering <strong>and</strong> an inspiration to his many<br />
colleagues <strong>and</strong> friends, so it is fitting that this award<br />
is named in his honour.<br />
MARK GRIFFIN MEMORIAL AWARD –<br />
STUDENT OF THE YEAR<br />
Mark Griffin – 1962-2014<br />
Mark hailed from North London <strong>and</strong> studied<br />
Building Services Engineering at what was then the<br />
Polytechnic of the South Bank. He worked in the UK,<br />
Sweden <strong>and</strong> South Africa, but made Sydney, <strong>Australia</strong><br />
his home in 1991.<br />
Mark picked up a temporary job with a fledgling<br />
building services consultancy ‘ VOS’ – <strong>and</strong> he<br />
remained with them for some 18 years, rising<br />
through the ranks to eventually become Director of<br />
Engineering.<br />
In 2009, Mark joined AECOM, as their Building<br />
Services Leader, responsible for managing a highly<br />
skilled multi-discipline team, delivering iconic<br />
projects within <strong>Australia</strong>.<br />
Mark was passionate about building services<br />
engineering <strong>and</strong> an inspiration to his many<br />
colleagues <strong>and</strong> friends, so it is fitting that this award<br />
is named in his honour.<br />
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PAST CHAIRS<br />
Neil<br />
Lobley<br />
1988 -1990<br />
John<br />
Redding<br />
1992 - 1994<br />
Steve<br />
Gilchrist<br />
1995 - 1998<br />
Derek<br />
Freeman<br />
2000 - 2000<br />
Stephen<br />
Hennessy<br />
2003 - 2005<br />
Mark<br />
Griffin<br />
2007 - 2008<br />
Stephen<br />
Hennessy<br />
2013 - 2014<br />
Paul<br />
Angus<br />
2017 - Present<br />
1987-1988<br />
John<br />
Tyerman<br />
1990 -1992<br />
Grahame<br />
Gibbs<br />
1994 - 1995<br />
David<br />
Holmes<br />
1998 - 2000<br />
John<br />
Tyerman<br />
2000 - 2003<br />
Jack<br />
Pirie<br />
2005 - 2007<br />
Dan<br />
MacKenzie<br />
2008 - 2013<br />
Peter<br />
Kinsella<br />
2014 - 2017<br />
Ian<br />
Small<br />
Left to Right: Jack Pirie, Steve Hennessy, David Holmes, Derek Lobley, John Redding, Grahame<br />
Gibbs, Steve Gilchrist, Dan Mackenzie, Peter Kinsella, John Tyerman (25th <strong>Anniversary</strong> Dinner)<br />
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REGIONAL COMMITTEE<br />
OFFICERS (TO JUNE 2107)<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ Chair: Ian Small<br />
Honorary Secretary: Paul Angus<br />
Honorary Treasurer: Mathew Klintfält<br />
Membership Secretary: Steve Hennessy<br />
YEN Representative: Ian Van Eerden<br />
CHAPTER CHAIRS<br />
Auckl<strong>and</strong>:<br />
Mark Crawford<br />
Christchurch:<br />
Stefano Ciciani<br />
<strong>New</strong> South Wales: Paul Angus<br />
Queensl<strong>and</strong>:<br />
Steven Mairs<br />
South <strong>Australia</strong>: David Robinson<br />
Victoria:<br />
Peter Kinsella<br />
Western <strong>Australia</strong>: Peter Whalley<br />
GOING THAT EXTRA MILE<br />
The faces of the ANZ committee have changed over<br />
30 years but the passion driving our committee<br />
members has not. Our committee of volunteers lead<br />
with the same passion to support the science, art <strong>and</strong><br />
practice of building services engineering displayed<br />
in the pioneering committee in 1987, <strong>and</strong> dictated in<br />
the <strong>CIBSE</strong> Royal Charter set in 1976. Over the years,<br />
committees have worked tirelessly to enrich building<br />
services engineering in <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong>,<br />
sharing the latest information <strong>and</strong> technology by<br />
hosting regular technical meetings <strong>and</strong> seminars.<br />
<strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ has published peer reviewed guidance<br />
that is internationally recognised <strong>and</strong> sets the bar<br />
higher for building services st<strong>and</strong>ards across the<br />
world. Inspired by the love of their craft, the work<br />
of the ANZ committee continues to impact the built<br />
environment of our region, creating a healthier<br />
environment for us all to live <strong>and</strong> work.<br />
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<br />
A big thank you to our sponsors <strong>and</strong> BRMM for<br />
making this publication happen.<br />
Thanks to the <strong>CIBSE</strong> Journal for allowing<br />
reproduction of articles previously published.<br />
Thank you to AG Coombs for permission to use the<br />
historic photographs.<br />
Thank you to all the members of past, present <strong>and</strong><br />
future committees.<br />
This record of <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ’s history would have<br />
not been possible without the dedication <strong>and</strong><br />
commitment of <strong>CIBSE</strong> ANZ Honorary Secretary<br />
(2014-2017), Paul Angus, who gathered memorabilia<br />
from <strong>CIBSE</strong>’s archives to piece together the<br />
institutions memories that would have otherwise<br />
been lost.<br />
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