Section J

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Environmentally Sustainable Design Consultancy · Australia

Sustainable solutions for the buildings we want to be in.

Section J is an ESD consultancy working alongside architects, builders and developers to navigate the path between code compliance and considered design.

Energy performance, NatHERS, Section J, life cycle assessment, climate adaptation and Green Star — calibrated to the project at hand.

Compliance is rarely the most interesting question. Which path to compliance usually is.

An Energy Performance Solution may serve a project better than a 7-Star NatHERS assessment. A J1V3 model can unlock design intent that a Deemed-to-Satisfy assessment would constrain. The right answer depends on the building, the brief, and the client behind it.

We work with architects who care about the answer.

Accreditations
Green Star Accredited Professional GBCA
Certified LCA Practitioner
NatHERS Assessor National
Section J — Energy Modelling J1V3 / DtS
Services

From compliance pathways to whole-of-life thinking.

01 Energy Performance Solution (VURB) Compliance
02 NatHERS Assessment — 7-Star Residential
03 Partial Compliance & Exemption Reports Strategic
04 Section J — J1V3 Energy Modelling Performance
05 Section J — Deemed-to-Satisfy Assessment DtS
06 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Whole-of-life
07 Climate Risk & Adaptation Plan Resilience
08 Operational Resilience Plan Resilience

Have a project in mind?
Let's talk early.

The most useful work we do is at concept stage — when there's still room for the energy strategy to inform the building, rather than the other way around.

Location

Melbourne, Victoria
Working Australia-wide