SUSTAINABLE DESIGN & BUILDING PHYSICS SPECIALISTS
Our mission is to deliver sustainable projects with excellence. Buildings that exceed clients expectations. We are driven by our passion for engineering, innovation and the environment.
Our approach
Our ethos for sustainable design and contributing to the engineering of buildings is to strive to deliver solutions that positively impact our environment and seek to be champion for sustainable and environmentally conscious initiatives. The benefits for the climate, human health, biodiversity, and human rights will be part of our hand print in the world .
We are driven by our passion for deep green engineering, innovation and regenerative design. With leading experience in the area of building physics, high performance buildings and energy modelling, R&P Green Solutions take a detailed analytical approach in every project and system supported by second to none reporting skills.
Our Services.
Building Simulation
Building energy modelling, indoor comfort analysis, and Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Green Building Certification
Green Star, NABERS, LEED, WELL, Living Building Challenge
Passive House Design
Design and assess your next building to the Passivhaus standard
Regenerative Design
An integrated systems approach to building design and construction.
Meet our team
Roberto Padovani, MEng
Roberto is a Mechanical Engineer having graduated from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. He also holds a Masters in Environmental Engineering with the University of Melbourne and accreditation with green building bodies such as AIRAH, LEED , NABERS, International Living Future Institute (ILFI), WELL and Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA).
Roberto is a sustainable building specialist with 25 years’ experience as a mechanical design engineer, project manager and environmental consultant in the manufacturing and sustainable building industry. He has international experience in ESD design, sustainable buildings, façade optimization, building simulation, Passive House and Green Building certification. He has been engaged to provide advice to several high profile NABERS, Green Star and LEED projects across the globe. Roberto has extensive experience in building simulation such as energy modelling, daylight modelling, shading analysis, natural ventilation analysis, thermal comfort analysis, CFD modelling, renewable energy simulation and thermal simulation of building façades.
Kelvin Mureithi
Kelvin is green building design and ESD Engineer with a focus on the built environment. A Mechanical Engineer by training, he collaborates with developers, town planners, architects, and clients to develop and implement project-specific sustainability frameworks. This includes sustainability assessments for feasibility studies, town planning applications, building approval, and building performance.
Kelvin has deep experience a range of residential, commercial, retail, and educational developments—with project experience across Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. Whether its green building certification and project management, water sensitive urban design assessment (wsud), indoor comfort analysis, he can help.
Michael Ochoa, B
Michael has international experience in HVAC design and building simulation. Worked in several high profile LEED and Passivhaus projects from energy simulation to mechanical ventilation calculations and final documentation submission.
Michael is a licensed Mechanical Engineer having graduated from the De La Selle University in the Philippines and an IES Virtual Environment expert. His capabilities also extend to cooling load calculations, CAD modelling (Autodesk Autocad) and BIM Modelling (Autodesk Revit).
Guiller Ramos
Guiller has a wide experience in IESVE Geometry modelling, proficient user of AutoCAD and other office tools. Have worked on different types of buildings, from simple to complex ones. Earned Certificate from a Technical Drafting Course in the Philippines.
Creative, innovative, deadline-oriented and ability to work independently or as a team and under pressure; Self-motivated; with strong interpersonal skills; productive team member; dedicated to quality, creativity and integrity
Environmental Design
Our vision of sustainability is based on working with whole systems, an understanding of the bio-region, and the nature of the larger environmental influences and interrelationships in order to create a thriving living system inspired by creativity and collaboration.
The result is not only a pleasant architecture connecting the living beings to nature, but also a space whose design is generated from a deep knowledge of the site and its characteristics with the aim of providing high quality spaces while minimizing the use of non-renewable resources.
Source: 2021 Center for Living Environments and Regeneration
In-person and remote options
Our office is conveniently located in Melbourne.
Can’t make it into the office? No worries.
We’ve got you covered with planning, and conducting virtual or face-to-face Design Reviews and Integrated Design Charrettes at your office or a convenient co-working space.
“I have collaborated with Roberto on many projects across all sectors of the market over a 5 year timeframe. The technical skillset he provides adds value to all his project design frameworks. It was a pleasure working with him from project inceptions to completions and would recommend his ESD services on any project moving forward”.
— Emre Erbas, Director at erbas™
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