Company Profile: RE Developments Company
A collaboration between:
Energy Conservation and A A Franco
RE Developments Company
(Incorp. also the business name: “Energy Conservation”)
PO Box 441
BAULKHAM HILLS NSW 1755
Australia
Web site: www.energyconservation.com.au
Phone: 02 9686 6771 Fax: 02 9688 6706
Email: savings@energyconservation.com.au
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Energy Conservation
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We provide the following professional products/services:
- Energy Audits
- Building Energy Assessment Services
- Lighting Efficiency Assessment Services
- Implementation of energy saving recommendations made
- Power Factor Correction Services
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Our business owner and CEO, Erwin Tischler is a Cert. Electrical Engineer (Grad. Granville TAFE College, NSW 1972) and an Electrician (Lic EA 39404 - Granville TAFE College, NSW 1963). He has over 20-years of experience in engineering business services such as electrical switchgear design, electrical estimating , building electrical services design and building maintenance management for all types of commercial and government buildings.
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Erwin has also specialized in energy conservation since 1995 and was a Senior Energy Consultant with the Energy Management Unit of the NSW Department of Public Works for many years. This is where he gained energy savings experience on large State Government facilities such as Hospitals, Gaols, TAFE Colleges, Office Buildings, Police Stations, Agriculture Department, high schools and primary schools etc. For a long period he was also the NSW Client Manager for the portfolio of Energy Efficiency Matters for the Department of Education and Training (i.e. all of NSW Colleges of TAFE & all Schools).
Erwin also gained experience in training many Energy Managers and with the writing of energy saving articles for books and technical magazines etc.
Erwin took that considerable experience with him to start his own Energy Efficiency Consultancy in 2000 where he has since gained experience on many Government, commercial and industrial facilities.
Our Experience with Energy Conservation Projects
We pride ourselves on the huge number of residential, commercial, industrial, government and educational facilities to whom we have shown how to permanently reduce their energy bills. Much of our energy auditing work over the last few years has been through referral by Integral Energy, a major Electricity Provider for the Sydney metropolitan area, for whom we supplied energy audits directly to their many of their electricity customers.
Our energy saving products and services over the last 10-years now have the capacity for saving our past clients millions of dollars in energy costs annually. The energy savings also mean that tens of millions of kilograms of green house gases have now been cleared from our environment to help slow down the onset of the green house effect.
Some results from recent energy audit results are:
Customer testimonials:
The following testimonials are comments from our more recent Energy Audit clients:
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Client
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Project
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Comments
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John
Stack
General Manager
Westfund NSW
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Energy
Audits for two of their office blocks in Lithgow NSW
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Communications: Excellent
Work timing: Excellent
Energy Audit report: To expectations
After sales service: Excellent
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Christian
Schlegl
Senior Engineer
Kimberly-Clarke
Ingleburn NSW
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Energy Audit
for their large Baby Care mill
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Communications: Good
Work timing: Good
Energy Audit report: Above expectations
After sales service: Excellent
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Mike
Whiteman
General Manager
PCL Finance
Wollongong NSW
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Energy Audit
for their Office Block
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Communications: Excellent
Work timing: Good
Energy Audit report: To expectations
After sales service: Excellent
Overall: Our company is now in a better position for having engaged
your services. We have a good starting point and a series of well
calculated energy saving actions to consider
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Mark
Stimpson
Exec. Committee
Body Corporate
SP49302 Panorama Towers
Pyrmont NSW
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Energy Audit
for their 230 unit Apartment Block
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Communications: Excellent
Work timing: Excellent
Energy Audit report: To expectations
After sales service: Excellent
Overall: Thank you for your prompt and professional service
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Project Management of energy saving installations:
The examples included below involved total contractor Project Management from “A to Z” and involved the following duties, including the tender process , executed by our CEO are:
- the assessment of energy saving potentials;
- negotiations with senior client management to proceed with implementation;
- system design, system specifications, tender writing;
- estimating project cost;
- the tender procedure & subsequent tender evaluations;
- the analysis of tenderers & tender quote and recommendation to client management;
- the letting of tenders to successful tenderers & payments to contractors;
- the commissioning inspection of energy saving measures;
- the assessment reporting of actual energy savings achieved on some projects.
a) Project management for NSW Police Services:
Two contracts totalling $500,000 for the installation of a total retrofit (refit) of existing fluorescent lighting with high energy efficiency lighting components for the NSW Police Service's Office Block Headquarters in College St, Sydney and also for the huge Sydney Police Centre.
These two projects were executed whilst our CEO was working on secondment to the NSW Police Service, with the client’s specific instructions to finish the work in under 6-months. Both were successfully designed, tendered, installed and commissioned by our CEO within the specified time frame. These two projects were subsequently a contribution towards the NSW Police Service being granted a NSW SEDA Excellence Award for “Outstanding Commitment to the Energy Smart Government Program” in 1998.
b) Project management for NSW Department of Corrective Services:
Three contracts totalling $150,000 for the implementation of energy cost saving measures in the following gaols:
Goulburn Gaol
Grafton Gaol
Lithgow Gaol
Parklea Gaol.
c) Project management for NSW Department of Education and Training:
The following contracts were completed under the ongoing DET project, named
E3 (Energy Efficiency in Education). These were completed whilst our CEO was in the position of Department of Public Works’ Client Manager for Department of Education and Training:
Energy Efficiency Statements (also called Energy Performance Report)
NSW Department of Education and Training’s refurbished office building in the Sydney CBD.
Energy Efficiency Publications:
i) Our CEO was the author of text book sections titled:
- Lighting - Energy Savings for Educational Buildings
- Electricity Tariffs (and Related Subjects),
……. which were published jointly by Department of Public Works & Office of Energy, in the 400-page Building Energy Manual in 1993.
ii) Our CEO was the author of the following published magazine articles:
- Energy conservation in schools -
International CADDET magazine - Sept. 1991
- Energy conservation in the Government -
Electrical Engineer Magazine May, 1991
- Power Point Control Saves $$$ -
Electrical World magazine, 1995
- State schools save 20% of electricity bill -
Electrical World Magazine Oct, 1989
- Timely remedies from the NSW Public Works Dept -
Aust. Energy Management News Magazine - May, 1991
- Low Cost device reduces electricity bills -
Energy Focus magazine - Volume 2, 1991
- Look After the Pennies -
Energy Focus magazine, Feb. 1994
- Are Cleaners Waste Heaps? -
Energy Focus magazine, 1996.
- Watch your Recurring [energy] Costs
Small Business Magazine, Dec 2004
- A Bright Energy Savings Idea No.1
Small Business Magazine, Dec 2004
- Help! What’s Happening [with my power factor]
Small Business Magazine, Mar 2005
- A Bright Energy Savings Idea No.2
Small Business Magazine, Mar 2005
- Danger! Do NOT use [your faulty appliances]
Small Business Magazine, Jul 2005.
- A Bright Energy Savings Idea No.3
Small Business Magazine, Jul 2005
- 33% Return on your Money [with energy savings measures]
Small Business Magazine, Oct 2005.
- A Bright Energy Savings Idea No.4
Small Business Magazine, Oct 2005
- Free electricity energy savings advice
Small Business Magazine, Dec 2005.
- A Bright Energy Savings Idea No.5
Small Business Magazine, Oct 2005
- Energy Savings for Motels
Motel Owners’ Journal, May 2007
- BEWARE – The green guest army is here
Motel Owners’ Journal, Dec 2007
Business Insurance Cover:
We have adequate and up to date insurance cover as follows:
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Insurance Company |
Policy Number |
| Public Liability Insurance |
$10Million |
QBE |
Avail. on applic. |
| Professional Indemnity Insurance |
$1Million |
QBE |
Avail. on applic. |
Business Credit Rating:
Our business banking facilities have been for many years through the Sydney Credit Union, through whom we have currently an excellent credit rating under our business name. We have an overdraft facility to allow us to draw on in cases of cash flow fluctuations during any projects that may last for long periods.
A bank letter of credit is available for your perusal.
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A A Franco
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Angelo Franco
Angelo has extensive experience in the design of mechanical services for building services, supervision of mechanical installations, asset management and energy conservation.
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QUALIFICATIONS
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (MECHANICAL)
University of New South Wales, 1973
MASTERS DEGREE IN ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
University of Technology, Sydney, 1996
EXPERIENCE
- Currently operating under the business name of Angelo A Franco as a consultant in the building services industry.
- Manager of the Asset Management group of NSW Public Works & Services from October 1995 to October 2000, responsible for:-
- Developing Total Asset Management (TAM) Guidelines for the NSW Government
- Managing a number of TAM projects
- Consulting with Government Agencies and community groups to ensure acceptance of the guidelines, processes and outputs produced by the TAM group.
- Manager and Creator of the Energy Management Group of NSW Public Works’ State Projects Division from during 1992 and 1993, being involved in :-
- Providing expertise in a specialist area to ensure technical competence in the services provided to agencies by the group
- Providing consulting services, on a commercial basis, to the public and private sector
- Providing energy management services to the private sector, to companies such as Big W and Woolworths. The full range of energy management consultancies including:-
- Asset surveys,
- Energy audits and
- Condition surveys
- Head of production of the office of Energy’s " Building Energy Manual" as a reference document for all designers and operators of Building Services to achieve the NSW Government aim of more energy efficient buildings
- Over twenty-five years experience in the design, documentation and supervision of construction for Mechanical Engineering Services for building projects. In particular Angelo's skills have developed in the areas of Health infrastructure and Energy Management. Some of the projects in which he has played a key role include:
- Hospital Services Design
- Co-ordination of Engineering Design input to The New Children’s' Hospital at Westmead valued at $54 million (Total project budget $300 million).
- Office Type Service Design
- Dubbo Police Station and Courthouse
- Manly Police Station and Courthouse
- Long Bay Gaol, New Administration Block
- Education Facilities Service Design
- Peel Valley High School
- Wee Waa Central School
- Miller Technical College
- Energy Management Projects undertaken include:-
- Assessment of Energy Usage at Big W and Woolworths stores across Australia
- Implementation of Energy Management Plans at these stores
- Assessment of Energy Usage at a number of Australian Defence Establishments in NSW and Victoria.
- Implementation of Energy Management Plans at these Defence Establishments.
- Energy Management Plans for a number of NSW schools, TAFE’s, Offices and Hospitals.
STUDY TOURS
- Tour of overseas hospitals and laundry facilities in October, 1990 to identify international trends in services design and energy conservation measures being used:
- The San Diego Children’s' Hospital USA
- St. Mary's Hospital UK
- The Ottawa General Hospital CANADA
- Amko Pty Ltd NETHERLANDS
- Milnor Europa BELGIUM
- Tour of UK hospital facilities and asset management in December, 1994 to identify international trends in asset management services and measures being used to adapt to the new financial requirements of asset management. The main facility visited was the East Surrey Hospital Trust.
AWARDS
- 1991 Commendation from the Chief Engineer NSW Public Works for "Initiative in Investigating the Concept of Co-generation as an Energy System for a Shared Infrastructure Project on the Westmead Hospital".
- 1993 Special Commendation from the Director General of NSW Public Works for production of "The Building Energy Manual" in February 1993.
PUBLICATIONS
- "The Building Energy Manual" published in February 1993.
- Energy Use in Buildings Paper at 1993 AIRAH Conference in Sydney.
- Asset Maintenance Management in the NSW Public Sector, International Maintenance Conference, 1995
- Public Sector Asset Management, International Conference of Maintenance Societies, Melbourne 1996
COMMITTEES
- Technical Advisory Committee for Operating Suites (TACOT) of the New South Wales Health Department, Member
- Standards Australia Committee for PIPED Medical GASES AS 2896
- NSW Public Works Representative on The Standards Association Committee for AS 1668, Parts 1 and 2, (Part 1 relating to fire safety requirements for air handling systems, Part 2 to Ventilation requirements for air handling systems); and the draft standard for Ductwork
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Our building efficiency services may suit persons from NSW and the ACT, and the following Cities and major towns in those States, i.e. : Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory (A.C.T. ACT),
Brisbane in Queensland (Qld), Sydney in New South Wales (N.S.W. NSW), Baulkham Hills, Cairns, Innisfail, Ingham, Townsville, Bowen, Mackay, Rockhampton, Gladstone, Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, Maryborough, Gympie, Charters Towers,
Mount Isa, Mnt Isa, Mt Isa, Kingaroy, Roma, Dalby, Toowoomba, Ipswich, Warwick, Surfers Paradise, Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah, Ballina, Lismore, Tenterfield, Grafton, Glenn Innes, Inverell, Blacktown, Liverpool, Fairfield,
Pennant Hills, Penrith, Narrabri, Moree, Bourke, Coffs Harbour, Armidale, Tamworth, Gunnedah, Coonabarabran, Gilgandra, Nyngan, Broken Hill, Kempsey, Port Macquarie, Pt Macquarie, Taree, Forster, Nelson Bay, Maitland,
Cessnock, Gosford, Parramatta, Castle Hill, Pennant Hills, Hornsby, Liverpool, Penrith, Windsor, Lithgow, Katoomba, Bathurst, Orange, Wellington, Dubbo, Cowra, Forbes, Parkes, Young, Leeton, Griffith, Narrandera, Hay,
Mildura, Goulburn, Yass, Cootamundra, Kiama, Nowra, Queanbeyan, Wagga Wagga, Albury, Deniliquin, Batemans Bay, Cooma.
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