Electrification team wins ACT Property Council award
We are thrilled that Northrop Consulting Engineers' Canberra-based Electrification Team won the 'Team of the Year' award at the Property Council ACT People in Property Awards 2024 which were held last Friday. This recognition highlights our commitment to transforming buildings into sustainable, electric powered environments.
The team led by Bilal Babadagi, Jessica Kennedy, and Gavin Saldanha, with assistance from the wider Integrated Builders Team drive electrification initiatives with innovative solutions and a collaborative spirit. Bilal manages project delivery and stakeholder coordination, while Jessica and Gavin enhance our performance with their unique perspectives.
Key achievements contributing to the nomination include:
- Selected as a key consultant to assist in the electrification of government sites encompassing multiple buildings in the ACT.
- Innovative feasibility studies - reporting for schools to identify building issues and proposed solutions to improve indoor air quality and energy efficiency, and
- Groundbreaking solutions - introducing the use of hydrothermal energy from lakes setting new standards in sustainability.
The multidisciplinary projects worked on by the team have reinvented the ACT property sector, promoted efficient practices, driven innovative decarbonisation and fostered sustainable development contributing to meeting ACT's Net Zero target by 2040.