Buildings as Batteries

Offices, big sheds & special purpose buildings

A special supplement in the new TFE Review digital magazine

This is how we change our world

Our Buildings as Batteries masterclass in August uncovered a strong and growing appetite to understand how the commercial and industrial property sector can leverage the net zero energy revolution.

The Fifth Estate will use the learnings from that masterclass to publish a special report over at least five weeks that further explores the challenges and solutions.

Speakers at the masterclass were:

  • Craig Roussac, Chief Executive Officer, Buildings Alive
  • Jacob Clark, Development Manager, DEXUS
  • Jorge Chapa, Chief Impact Officer, Green Building Council of Australia
  • Alison Scotland, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council
  • Geof Alexander, head of product, JET Charge
  • Summer Steward, Project Manager – ESG, Team Global Express
  • Melissa Doueihi, Head of Strategy & Innovation, Endeavour Energy
  • Jason Layt, Acting Head of Decarbonisation & Customer Strategy, AGL
  • Alex Sear, Director (Electrification & ESG), ADP Consulting

We will look at:

  • EVs and charging – how commercial building owners can provide charging facilities and enjoy the benefits while minimising risks
  • Electrification ­– new buildings are easy but there are massive challenges with converting existing buildings
  • Time of use – energy management can slash power prices. (Will property owners may soon be paid to take clean abundant solar energy off the grid at peak generation times?)
  • Technology – what’s in the wings for new tech available now and how  AI can enhance outcomes
  • Industrial and logistics facilities are now massive. Their huge roof spaces offer big opportunities for solar harvesting but what are the opportunities to connect this bounty with the grid?
  • Batteries offer enormous opportunities to owners and tenants alike – and an excellent return on investment
  • Enormous appetites for energy – How do these new age industrial building tenants (including in data centres) meet the need for the sophisticated tech they rely on to be competitive?
  • The big drivers – What are the big ESG drivers underpinning the urgency?

The Fifth Estate will cover these issues through:

  • Articles and feature stories
  • Video podcasts with leaders
  • A dedicated section on our website
  • A dedicated section in our newsletter
  • An EDM to publish the collated results

Get in touch now to tell us how you’d like to be part of this project.

Send an email to events@thefifthestate.com.au or call 02 808 42291

Our big commercial office buildings have untapped potential to help the grid reach net zero. Time of use management is amongst the evolving solutions. Let’s explore the possibilities and how to dissolve legacy barriers.

THE OPPORTUNITIES

Take part in this special supplement and showcase your skills to Australia’s most influential leaders in the built environment and to government agencies accelerating the net zero and sustainability transition.

If your work is involved delivering or consulting in solar installation, batteries, electric cars, trucks or other transport solutions, you need to be in this ebook.

SOLAR AND BATTERIES

Solar is an obvious choice for commercial and industrial tenants – what is the rate of take up of solar panels and batteries by businesses in commercial buildings and what’s driving the take up? What are the challenges that need to be overcome?

THE BIG ROOFS

It’s not only about what’s in the big box of the shed either, the potential for solar harvesting on these roofs is stirring imaginations.

How do we ensure owners and tenants effectively share that electrical bounty with the grid, while also keeping ample redundancy for operations?

We’re curious about the enterprise opportunities – batteries, microgrids, island modes, smart grid integration, and precinct energy models. Is the industrial shed the cleaner, greener small modular power station of the 2030s?

Industrial property’s big sheds are a new breed. Amazon’s new headquarters in Melbourne will be the size of 11 Melbourne Cricket Grounds.

Logistics facilities are now sophisticated tech operations with their own major call on energy to run complex systems, staffed by senior professionals who are sitting alongside in high quality offices running regional headquarters.

The industry is responding to changing consumer habits as  buyers move from queues in bricks and mortar to clicks and a virtual cart and the shift from “just in time” but “just in case” warehousing.

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Managing Editor
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