Standards Group
The Product Standards Group comprises international renowned materials, life-cycle, toxics, sustainability, standards and specifications experts to assist the ecospecifier technical team identify, set and update standards for the full range of products, materials and technologies that ecospecifier covers. The scope of their overview covers standard for potentially 450 individual product categories and the individual specialities represented will do a great deal to assist the relevance and currency of our technical review of products.
They are:
STRATEGIC STANDARDS ADVISOR
Delwyn Jones
Project Leader, CRC for Construction Innovation
Del has a strong background in building material surface and environmental analysis as a Research Scientist developing better and new building materials and processes comprising various types/grades of steel, aluminium, polymer, pigment, ceramic and masonry constituents for typical and extreme environments. Many such developments were adopted globally across various industries. In 1995, Del joined NSW Public Works and Services: Environment Design Unit (EDU) as Principal Consulting Scientist to develop a Life Cycle Assessment database for assessing environmentally responsible building design, NSW Government Supply Contracts and Homebush Bay Development for the Green Games.
In 1997 she joined the Queensland Public Works: Built Environment Research Unit (BERU), as a Principal Scientific Officer to coordinate a National Forum for a Healthy and Sustainable Built Environment and jointly won the 1998 Banksia Built Environment Award for this initiative. Her work has been applied to:
The Ecologically Sustainable Office Fitout Guideline awarded the FMA Research and NAWIC Innovation Awards in 2001 and adapted for the Australian Green Building Council Green Star: Office Fitout Tool.
The CRC for Construction Innovation's Life Cycle Inventory database for LCADesign which is prototype software automating eco-assessment of building design.
Del's publications include 3 books, many book chapters and invited lectures, >100 papers and reports, and 6 patents.
STANDARDS ADVISORS
Rob Lord BEng Hons - Mech Eng, Grad Dip, Bus M’ment
Director, Cundall
Rob has over 14 years of experience in the mechanical services and passive design and has been responsible for a large range of projects in Australasia and the USA. He has particular expertise in introducing innovation into markets, including chilled beam and chilled ceiling air conditioning, automated mixed mode, workstation air conditioning, solar driven air conditioning systems, HVAC neural networks, the use of rivers and ground conditions for space cooling, chilled water storage, environmentally sensitive water treatment, backwash water reuse and dispersal projects for swimming pools & off-grid installations. He has computer simulation skills in comfort prediction, fire modelling & pollutant studies, odour nuisance prediction and water dispersal analysis.
Cundall is an engineering design group that was established in the UK in 1976 and quickly became one of the leading Mechanical and Electrical consulting firms there. Delivering such buildings as British Airways HQ, Vodafone HQ and the Welcome Trust HQ, Cundall has a reputation for innovative deliverability and in 2004 placed in the Top 10 of Building Design World Architecture’s 200 list of best partners as Service Engineers. In 2003 Cundall established an office in Sydney, followed in 2004 in Melbourne and 2005 in Brisbane
Dr Robert Schiller Ph.D. (Phys. Chem), B.Sc. (Hons)
Senior Consultant Cetec Pty Ltd
Robert has been an industrial scientist since 1986 having been previously employed with companies such as Comalco, Amcor and BRL Hardy. His major area of expertise is materials involving paper, metals, plastics, textile, cardboard, glass, coatings, lubricants and organic chemicals as well as material phenomenon such as chemical emissions and corrosion. He has considerable knowledge of analytical methods, test methods and performance criteria of a wide range of materials and chemicals and is a NATA (National Association of Testing Authorities) signatory. Robert’s particular expertise is the environmental characteristics of building materials. He is a member of NACE (The International Corrosion Society) and the Institute of Materials Engineering Australasia.
Cetec Pty Ltd is a science and technology based applied consultancy established since 1987. Cetec operates nationally in Australia with offices in Melbourne and Sydney. Cetec offers services in environmental, OH&S and the property and industry sector. In recent years Cetec has developed a “Facility Ecology” approach to indoor environment issues. “Facility Ecology” is a study of the interaction of building/structure with the occupants and involves the collection of quantitative indoor environment parameters and occupant assessments to assess overall wellbeing and productivity. Cetec also conducts evaluation of building materials; e.g. chemicals emissions, to ascertain their potential impact on the indoor environment.
John L.F Daglish B. Arch, RMIT; Bldg Blgy, IBBE; Perm Design, London
Architect & Editor of the "Guide raisonné de la construction écologique", a professional resource for ecological building products and equipment in France and surrounding European countries.
Thirteen years experience in ecologically sustainable design in Australia and Europe. Projects have been undertaken in Europe which are energy and resource efficient, in context with the local environment and address the issues of human health. Low energy eco-housing using passive and active solar systems, including the Passivhaus concept, innovative materials, super insulation, water harvesting and waste disposal systems have been developed. Eco-village design and urban ecological restructuring have been researched.
Currently secretary of Batir-Sain, an independent association promoting ecological construction in France. Author and contributor to various publications on ecological construction including internet resources and forums and a member of regional working groups. Co-organiser and member of the selection committee of Bâtir Ecologique, a natural building demonstration and exposition event in Paris. In Australia, John was instrumental in the ontroduction of the Energy Smart Homes Policy for the Sustainable Energy Development Authority of NSW including over 1500 energy simulations using NatHERS He has undertaken numerous energy assessments and design optimisations including an audit of the NatHERS simulations of the Olympic Village, Homebush.
Peter Graham
Lecturer and Stream Leader of Technologies in the Architecture Program, University of New South Wales.
He is also Director of the Environment & Sustainability Research Group in the Faculty of the Built Environment. Prior to this he was lecturer in Sustainable Construction at RMIT. Over the last six years he has developed undergraduate and post graduate environmental studies courses for building professionals in Australia and Singapore.
He specialises in assessing the life-cycle sustainability of building and developing curriculum for environmental literacy and sustainable development. His international research includes work with the International Energy Agency, the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building Construction, Tongji University, Shanghai, Singapore Institute of Management and aid work in the Pacific with AusAID. Peter works closely with the building industry in Australia, specialising in assisting the development of ESD briefs for public projects such as schools, hospitals and university buildings, and developing waste minimsation programs for companies and industry bodies. Peter's first book "Building Ecology: First Principles for a sustainable built environment" has just been released by Blackwell Publishing.
John Gelder Editor in Chief, National building Specification - NBS (UK)BArch (Hons) RIBA RAIA CSI
John is an architect registered in Australia and the UK. For 14 years he worked as an architect in Adelaide, London and Sydney. He was then NATSPEC's chief editor for 5 years and, after a spell as a consultant in Paris, is now Content development manager at NBS, the UK's equivalent to NATSPEC. Whilst in Sydney John was involved with the NSW Chapter's sustainability group, which led to him authoring a dozen Notes for the BDP Environment Design Guide. He was on the steering group for the 4th edition of the BRE Green guide to specification.
John has also written a text book, Specifying architecture, and edits the NBS Journal and the ICIS Newsletter. He teaches a certificate course for year-out architecture students at Newcastle University, where he is completing a PhD. He has lectured widely, and has written many articles, on both specifying and sustainability.
Dr Bro Sheffield-Brotherton Chairman, Sustainable Solutions Pty Ltd Principal Scientific Advisor – Australian Toxics Network, Melbourne Australia
Bro is one of of Australia's leading toxicologists. He has been a member of the Australian National Environment Protection Management Council and is Chairman of Sustainable Solutions Pty Ltd.
