Advisor

Pratik Shah

Buildings Performance and Wellness Lead

Over the last 15 years, Pratik has developed a strategic and holistic view on sustainability with a pragmatic understanding of the costs, drivers and returns to assist Clients in commercial decision making. His specialty is in undertaking a critical appreciation of the built form based on his passion for biophilic, bioclimatic and passive design principles, building thermodynamics and his vast experience of environmental rating schemes such as Green Star, LEED, BREEAM, Living Building Challenge as well as WELL Building Standard to assist the design team in achieving a low energy, environmentally sustainable and a health-centric built environment. His specialist competencies include:

• WELL, Green Star, LEED and Infrastructure Sustainability consultancy and facilitation services, including peer review
• Devising cost-effective initiatives to improve existing building performance
• Sustainability masterplan, sustainability opportunities, sustainability guidelines and strategic pathways for embedding sustainability in new buildings and infrastructure projects
• Thermal comfort based material selection advise focusing on properties such as thermal mass, admittance, thermal resistance, emittance, reflectance & embodied energy.

Location

New South Wales, Australia

Credentials
  • WELL Faculty
  • LEED AP
  • WELL AP
Advisories
  • Airport

  • Air & Thermal Comfort