Team Catalyst: Driving sustainability through teamwork

Team Catalyst was established in 2005. The company specialises in greenhouse gas mitigation in non-residential buildings.

Team Catalyst provides innovative solutions to its customers within the commercial building sector spread across new developments and existing buildings. It is currently involved in several projects related to improving energy efficiency in commercial buildings and works closely with Architects, Developers, Builders, Property Owners and Building Managers.

Team Catalyst assists its varied clientele towards achieving their objectives in regard to enhancing building efficiency and meeting their ABGR and Green Star targets as applicable.

Greenhouse Performance of Existing Commercial Buildings

The average GHG performance of existing commercial buildings is estimated to be in the range of 2 – 2.5 under the ABGR – well below the threshold of 4.5 required by the Federal and NSW Governments for future tenancies.

Future regulatory policy, coupled with emerging corporate commitments to improve greenhouse efficiency, will place even greater pressure on building owners to enhance the greenhouse performance of existing commercial buildings.

Risks and opportunities for Commercial Property Portfolios

Building owners face the risk that current greenhouse performance of existing buildings will compromise the value of their commercial property portfolios. However, on the upside, there is enormous potential to cost effectively achieve enhanced GHG performance.

Systems Approach holds the key

Several components working in conjunction with each other impact on overall building performance. Often these individual components require conflicting operating conditions to operate at their individual best efficiencies.

Team Catalyst’s expertise in energy modeling, coupled with its systems knowledge, places it in a unique position to offer cost effective innovative solutions that maximise overall system efficiency of the building.