Section J
Environmentally Sustainable Design Consultancy · Australia

Sustainable solutions for the buildings we want to be in.

Section J is an ESD consultancy working alongside architects, builders and developers to navigate the path between code compliance and considered design.

Energy performance, NatHERS, Section J, life cycle assessment, climate adaptation and Green Star — calibrated to the project at hand.

Jerrin Poovely — Director, Section J

Jerrin Poovely

Director — Section J

Every building worth thinking about contains a contradiction. More glass means more daylight and worse insulation. A north-facing façade captures winter sun and overheats in summer. The wall that performs best thermally is often the one you least want to build.

I find those tensions genuinely interesting — and I think something is lost when they get flattened into a compliance report. The best outcomes I've seen come from projects where the engineer and the architect are actually talking to each other, early and often, about what the building is trying to be.

B.Eng Mechanical Engineering (Hons)
RMIT University  ·  2012–2016
M.Urban Planning
University of Melbourne  ·  2020–2023
Accreditations
Green Star Accredited Professional GBCA
Life Cycle Assessment Practitioner
NatHERS Assessor National
Section J — Energy Modelling J1V3 / DtS
Services

From compliance pathways to whole-of-life thinking.

01 Energy Performance Solution (VURB) Compliance
02 NatHERS Assessment — 7-Star Residential
03 Partial Compliance & Exemption Reports Strategic
04 Section J — J1V3 Energy Modelling Performance
05 Section J — Deemed-to-Satisfy Assessment DtS
06 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Whole-of-life
07 Climate Risk & Adaptation Plan Resilience
08 Operational Resilience Plan Resilience

Have a project in mind?
Let's talk early.

The most useful work we do is at concept stage — when there's still room for the energy strategy to inform the building, rather than the other way around.

Location

Melbourne, Victoria
Working Australia-wide