Company prof ile

erbas™ SUSTAIN is an integral component of erbas™, instilling sustainability concepts and efficient design into engineering projects. Our team understands the importance of interdisciplinary coordination and communicates closely with stakeholders to meet project objectives. In addition to optimising environmental performance, erbas™ SUSTAIN also seeks to maximise the value of buildings for end users and the community at large. With increasing concern and emphasis on the consequences of climate change, the team strives to be at the industry forefront to provide robust solutions in meeting stringent standards and achieving high sustainability goals.

ContentsBrand values 4

erbas™ SUSTAIN 4

We’re in it together 4

What sets erbas™ apart? 5

Methodology 6

Service offerings 7

Green Star 9

WELL 9

NABERS 9

BESS 10

EnviroDevelopment 10

Environmental and Sustainability Reporting 10

GRESB 11

Council Compliance 11

NCC BCA Assessments 12

Project Experience 13

Our people 14

What sets erbas™ apart?erbas™ offers engineers that both consult and

engineer. We aim to provide an enjoyable,

collaborative and seamless integration into your

design and construction teams.

• erbas™ is commissioned to complete

approximately 300 projects every year

• We have been established in Australia for over

20 years

• We are a multi-disciplinary company offering all

building services including Mechanical, Electrical,

Hydraulic, Lift, Fire Protection and Sustainability

• We have strong experience across a broad

range of sectors, allowing us to apply knowledge

and best practice to projects that might otherwise

follow the status quo

• We have been ISO9001 certified for over 15 years

• We are committed to working closely with our

clients and project teams to deliver projects on

time and on budget

• We have been used exclusively by many clients

Our latest projects include:

• Grafton Correctional Centre, NSW ($706 M)

• Orange Hospital, NSW ($230 M)

• Barangaroo Headland and Cultural

Centre, NSW ($110 M)

• Australian Hearing Hub, NSW ($140 M)

• UNSW Kensington Colleges, NSW ($100 M)

• IKEA, Marsden Park, NSW ($55 M)

• ‘Hunter’ Commercial and Holiday Inn Hotel,

VIC ($50 M)

• QUT Sportsfield and car park, QLD ($36 M)

• TLC Aged Care Mordialloc VIC

• North Melbourne Football Club AFLW

and VFL Facilities and Arden Street

Oval Lighting, VIC

• Kingaroy Police Station, QLD

• Brighton Grammar School,

St. Andrews Exchange, VIC

Brand valuesThe erbas™ brand mark features two intersecting

orange rings, representing our working philosophy

with our clients. We believe that ‘We’re in it together’,

this means that we’re not happy until our clients are.

Every project is important to us and for over 20 years

we’ve been focused on growing our business

through this philosophy of shared responsibility.

The erbas™ brandmark represents us now and in to

the future. Whilst our philosophy hasn’t changed

that much, the way we work has. We’re more

nimble, flexible and adaptable, but we’re still

collaborative, diligent and experienced.

Our brand identity is a reflection of our brand values;

Integrity, Progressive, Care and Accountability.

erbas™ SUSTAIN recognises the importance of

sustainability to be treated as not just a bolt on

service, but a dedicated discipline that can both

complement traditional building engineering

services and also exist as an identity of its own.

As designers, we have a unique opportunity to affect

positive change in the world through the systems

we engineer. What better way to meet the needs of

building users than to help the planet simultaneously

by reducing the impact those buildings make.

Integrity – we always act with integrity toward our clients, our partners and our staff.

Progressive – we use new technology and trends to enhance ideas for our clients.

Care – we take the time to understand every person; we value their thoughts and ideas.

Accountability – we take our responsibility on each project seriously. We’re committed to making each project the best it can be.

We’re in it together5 SUSTAIN company profile4 SUSTAIN company profile

MethodologyEarly engagement with the design team and client

is essential for optimal sustainability outcomes.

erbas™ SUSTAIN seeks to balance client and

council requirements and to drive sustainability in

projects of all sizes.

erbas™ SUSTAIN collaborates with the project team

through coordination meetings and workshops to

ensure the incorporation of sustainability initiatives.

Design solutions are put forward with consideration

of site constraints and cost implications.

During design and tender stages, erbas™ SUSTAIN

reviews documents to ensure adherence to

initiatives. Where we are involved during the

construction stage, our team works with contractors

to monitor project progress and responds promptly

to changing site constraints and queries.

Submission of rating and certification tools such as

Green Star, WELL, and NABERS requires collection

and detailed preparation of documents. erbas™

SUSTAIN can assist with this process and provide

input to meeting submission guidelines.

We aim to provide clients with a seamless ongoing

relationship in shaping future spaces with maximum

user satisfaction.

Service offeringserbas™ offers you consultants. We give you people with the technical know how to design or help guide built environments that are fit-for-purpose, efficient, environmentally sound and within budget. We give you help when you need it and we give you more than yes or no answers. We help you to lift the standard in design. We have an appreciation for construction processes, programmes, leases, rentable areas and running costs. We get it.

Our Capabilities and Services include:

• Environmentally Sustainable Design

via erbas™ SUSTAIN

• Mechanical

• Electrical

• Building Information Modelling

• Hydraulic

• Transportation

• Fire Protection

76 SUSTAIN company profile SUSTAIN company profile

Green StarGreen Star is a national voluntary rating system for green building designs. With experienced Green Star Accredited Professionals (GSAP) driving sustainable direction of base buildings, fitouts or precinct designs, erbas™ SUSTAIN takes practical and cost-effective approaches to achieve targeted Green Star certification.

As a member company of the Green Building

Council of Australia (GBCA), erbas™ is capable of

delivering projects from concept, to schematic

design, construction and through to project

completion. We provide advice on the certification

process and document submission requirements.

Our multidisciplinary engineering team has a

holistic understanding of Green Star design

requirements to complement erbas™ SUSTAIN in

achieving client objectives.

erbas™ SUSTAIN also performs modelling for Green

Star projects including daylight, thermal comfort,

energy, etc.

WELLWELL is an international tool increasingly used as

a standard for improving health and wellbeing of

building users. erbas™ SUSTAIN has the expertise

to incorporate design elements to promote

happiness, advance productivity, and enhance

health benefits of building occupants. We provide

advice from concept, design and through to

construction on aspects of thermal comfort,

lighting comfort, materials, acoustic comfort,

healthy eating, etc., to achieve WELL certification.

erbas™ SUSTAIN has experience in advising and

consulting with wide-ranging stakeholders to obtain

WELL certification including service engineers,

architects, landscape architects, interior designer,

facility managers and operators, contractors,

sub-contractors, and project end-users.

NABERSNABERS is an annual rating system for energy, water,

waste, and indoor environment. erbas™ SUSTAIN

has NABERS Accredited Assessors to assess the

performance of base buildings, fitouts, and whole

buildings. Based on the rating, the team can provide

advisory services to improve the rating year by year.

Monitoring is essential to ensure that installed

systems are operating optimally. Whether for

NABERS or corporate sustainability reporting,

erbas™ SUSTAIN analyses assets or portfolio

performance by benchmarking operational

data. Through this process, the team identifies

opportunities for improvement of reducing

consumption. We also provide monthly monitoring

services during post Project Completion and

deliver input to the building tuning process.

9 SUSTAIN company profile8 SUSTAIN company profile

BESSThe Built Environment Sustainability Scorecard (BESS)

is regularly used to assess the sustainability attributes

of project design for council compliance. Through

close collaboration with our multidisciplinary design

team, erbas™ SUSTAIN can advise on categories

of management, water, energy, stormwater, IEQ,

transport, waste, urban ecology and develop

innovative sustainability initiatives. We manage the

scorecard and continually update inputs as the

design progresses.

erbas™ SUSTAIN is also capable of assisting in

coordinating document preparation for BESS

submission and working through the

application process.

EnviroDevelopmentEnviroDevelopment is a sustainability certification

tool that focuses on areas of ecosystems, waste,

energy, materials, water and community. It is

applicable to a wide range of developments

including masterplanned communities, residential,

commercial, retail, health and aged care.

erbas™ SUSTAIN is capable of providing input from

concept development to certification through

detailed design coordination, management of the

EnviroDevelopment scorecard and collation of

documents for submission.

GRESBThe Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

(GRESB) is an annual benchmarking survey designed

to showcase to investors the sustainability attributes

of property owners and developers. It assesses the

environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives

of the organisation and their building portfolios.

The performance is benchmarked globally and a

GRESB score is awarded at the end of the assessment.

The assessment period is typically between April to

July, with results released in September.

Property owners and developers new to GRESB

have a one year grace period whereby the first

year results would not be publically disclosed. This

gives organisations an opportunity to improve their

ESG performance in the following year. erbas™

SUSTAIN can assist clients in the coordination and

collation of supporting documentation of their

GRESB assessment and manage the submission

portal on behalf of the client.

We can also conduct a gap analysis to identify the

current status of the organisation and its assets, or

analyse a client’s previous submission and suggest

improvement opportunities to enhance their

GRESB score.

Environmental and Sustainability Reportingerbas™ SUSTAIN provides environmental reporting

services for the performance of a building or

a portfolio of buildings in energy consumption,

water consumption, greenhouse gas emissions,

and waste generation. Our team identifies

improvement opportunities such as system

upgrades or behavioural changes, and compares

the condition of the asset or assets in comparison

with the wider industry. This complements well for

buildings with ongoing NABERS targets.

We are also experienced in providing inputs to

sustainability reporting, which extends beyond the

scope of environmental performance, including

areas of social and governance. The appetite for

reporting in today’s market focuses on principles

of reliability, transparency, relevance, etc. erbas™

SUSTAIN can provide services in Global Real Estate

Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), Global Reporting

Initiative (GRI), and Integrated Reporting (IR).

Council ComplianceSustainability Management Plans

erbas™ SUSTAIN provides services to assist clients

in preparing Sustainability Management Plans

(SMP) for council submission. Different councils

have different requirements depending on the

nature of the project. We seek to address specific

local stipulations and integrate environmental

requirements together with the design team.

erbas™ SUSTAIN also prepares reports for submission

to council town planning.

Water Sensitive Urban Design

erbas™ SUSTAIN conducts stormwater quality

assessments for council compliance and

advises on the need and size of rainwater tanks,

raingardens, etc. This is coordinated closely

with the design team to ensure initiatives are

implemented. Our team complements the services

provided by our civil engineering team.

BASIX

Unique to projects in NSW, erbas™ SUSTAIN can

conduct BASIX assessments and advise in areas of

energy efficiency, water efficiency, and thermal

comfort for certification.

1110 SUSTAIN company profile SUSTAIN company profile

Rhodes Community Hub, NSW

erbas™ | erbas™ SUSTAIN was appointed as

the Green Star accredited professional working

with Crone Architects for the new community

hub in Rhodes.

NCC BCA AssessmentsEnvironmentally sustainable design incorporates

passive design principles which optimises form,

orientation, layout and glazing distribution of

buildings in relation to its climatic location. When

addressed in early stages of a project, erbas™

SUSTAIN can propose design options that would

greatly reduce building energy requirements.

The principle of passive design is to incorporate

optimal use of solar energy. Building design should

aim to capture winter sun energy and reject

hot summer heat. Such could be achieved by

considering the following:

• Glazing performance and distribution;

• Shading design that reduces summer heat and

admits winter sun;

• Building orientation;

• Daylight access.

Deemed to Satisfy and JV3 assessments

erbas™ SUSTAIN is experienced in delivering Deemed

to Satisfy (DTS) assessments and optimising building

fabric and glazing systems. Where the DTS outcome

is not practical, the team strives to design a solution

via JV3 modelling. We balance environmental

performance and project costs and work closely

with architects and the design team to develop

cost-effective design options that meet the client’s

vision for the development.

Design considerations for JV3 assessments include:

• Providing uniform glazing;

• Minimising use of expensive glazing with high

performance specifications;

• Retaining existing building fabric elements;

• Improving construction and cost-optimisation

opportunities.

NatHERS

Our capability includes NatHERS modelling of

residential-type developments and providing

advice on improving energy efficiency through

optimising building design. This includes exploring

options in shading, orientation, building material

construction and glazing systems.

Project Experience

Cbus Property - GRESB assistance and submission

erbas™ SUSTAIN prepared and assisted in Cbus

Property’s GRESB (Global Real Estate Sustainability

Benchmark) submission. This included coordinating

and collating documents, and providing advice

on improvement opportunities to enhance the

GRESB score for the following year.

Wyndham Residents Club (Green Star), VIC

erbas™ | erbas™ SUSTAIN as appointed by

Frasers Property to work in conjunction with FJMT

architects to develop the Wyndham Residents

Club at the new Mambourin Estate. The project will

use geothermal heat pumps to provide heating,

ventilation and pool heating to the 50m pool,

splash pool, spa, gym, conference room, café and

reception areas.

McKillop House, VIC

erbas™ | erbas™ SUSTAIN were appointed by

Pomeroy Pacific to provide the building services

and sustainability engineering for the adaptive

reuse of the heritage listed old wool store to a new

commercial office and restaurant on Melbourne’s

McKillop Street. erbas™ SUSTAIN provided detailed

energy modelling to allow the internal brick walls

and façade to maintain the heritage features and

design aesthetic whilst meeting the requirements

of the building code for energy efficiency.

1312 SUSTAIN company profile SUSTAIN company profile

Our people

Ken Gurcan Erbas Managing Director

Qualifications: MSc, BSc, MIEAust, CPEng. NER, MAIRAH, MASHRAE, RPEQ

Ken has over 38 years of mechanical services design experience in a wide range of commercial, residential, hospitals, laboratory, residential, education, council, government and special military projects. During this time Ken has worked in America, Germany and Turkey. In Australia, he held several senior positions as Chief Engineer and Associate Director in prestigious consulting companies.

Project experience:

• Australian Hearing Hub, Macquarie University, NSW

• Orange Hospital, NSW

• Bexley Aquatic Centre, NSW

• NSW Correctional Centres: Cessnock, South Coast (Nowra), Wellington Mid-west, Silverwater and Mid North Coast (Aldavilla)

Lincoln Merlo Director

Qualifications: BE (Hons), BSc, CPEng, MIEAust, CEng, MCIBSE, RBP, RPEQ, NER

Linc is a passionate, approachable and competent engineer with experience working on the client, contractor and consultancy sides of construction in Australia and overseas. He is a Registered Building Practitioner in Victoria and Registered Professional Engineer in Queensland for all building services, electrical and mechanical engineering.

Project experience:

• Heritage Projects at London’s Law Society

• Google HQ, London

• State Parliament Victoria

• NMFC AFLW Arden Street Extension and Lighting

• Victoria and Queensland Police – Numerous Stations, VIC

• Portland, Horsham and Parkridge Medical Super Clinics.

Michael Slatter Director

Qualifications: Diploma of Hydraulic Engineering

Michael has had over 20 years experience in the Construction and Design Industries both here, in Australia and overseas. This has led him to develop a passion for innovation and an eye for detail. His positive and uncomplicated approach to professional relationships ensures that clients are informed and part of the process from concept to completion. This method of conducting business has resulted in many successful project deliveries.

Project experience:

• Phnom Penh International Airport (ASI Industries)

• Sea Life Aquarium Sydney, NSW

• Bankstown Trade Training Centre, NSW

• Engadine Residential Aged Care Facility, NSW

• UTS Central, NSW

Emre Erbas Director

Qualifications: AFFIL. AIRAH, NABERS Accredited Professional, ESD

Emre has over 14 years experience in the building services industry across a diverse range of projects including: residential, commercial, retail, industrial, educational, hospitals, aged care, hotels and motels. Emre has a passion as a hands-on project leader and has extensive experience across many project sectors. He manages client liaison and requirements, internal delivery teams, mechanical services designs and the overall delivery of innovative coordinated design solutions. Emre prides himself on his projects design solutions, which are of the highest quality and ready for construction. Emre’s involvement in all size projects and previously being involved in the AIRAH NSW committee ensures his designs match current industry trends and the incorporation of green initiatives in project designs.

Project experience:

• Nepean College Kingswood Campus – 4,000 m2 Teaching Facilities

• Harold Park Precinct Residential, NSW

• Charles Sturt University – Orange and Wagga Dentistry, NSW

• Ultimo TAFE Building Q Automotive, NSW

• Grafton and Cessnock Correctional Facilities, NSW

Jane Lai Lead ESD Engineer

Qualifications: PhD, BEng(Env), BCom, CPEng, NER, MIEAust, WELL APTM, Green Star AP, NABERS Accredited Assessor, BESS Trained Professional, EnviroDevelopment Professional

Jane provides result orientated sustainability services and ESD strategic direction to clients. She has a passion for sustainable design and has worked on projects encompassing Green Star, WELL, and NABERS. She has demonstrated experience in building upgrade strategies, energy performance analysis, and NCC Section J compliance. Jane also has a keen interest in corporate sustainability strategy and has extensive experience in reporting environmental, social and governance aspects of organisations with the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark assessment survey and preparing sustainability reports that align with the Global Reporting Initiative and Integrated Reporting frameworks. Jane also provides advice in portfolio performance improvement opportunities.

Project experience:

• Australian Taxation Office, Box Hill, VIC

• Various GSA Student accommodations, Melbourne, VIC

• Learning and Teaching Building, Monash University, Clayton, VIC

• RMIT Village, North Melbourne, VIC

• Cbus Property, GRESB preparation and submission

15 SUSTAIN company profile14 SUSTAIN company profile

SydneyLevel 1, 15 Atchison Street St Leonards NSW 2065+61 2 9437 1022

MelbourneLevel 3, 116 Hardware Street Melbourne VIC 3000+61 3 9111 2290

ManilaSuite 2403, Union Bank PlazaMeralco Avenue Ortigas Center, Pasig CityPhilippines 1605

general@erbassustain.com.au erbassustain.com.au

EnvironmentISO 14001

Quality ISO 9001