Dr. Paolo Corrada

Main activity undertaken by Impact Zero includes the identification, development and implementation of energy efficiency programs and projects. My role includes the management of the company, organize working team to prepare response to tender, manage relations with clients and actively improve business development.

Worked as part of management team. Responsible for creative first-principal engineering approaches to evolving innovative solutions. Identify direct and indirect cost-benefits of sustainability through process of identifying potential project-specific synergies, combined with representation of complex concepts into simple pieces.

Analysing operations to determine current and projected greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in accordance with local and international standards and ensuring compliance with current (NGERS, EEO) and future legislation. Undertaking energy audits, reporting and implementing energy efficiency and greenhouse management reduction projects.

My main activities & responsibilities included: Undertaking energy, general environment, water and waste system audit. Undertaking site investigation, assessment, reporting and implementation of energy efficiency and greenhouse management reduction projects, strategies and programs. Undertaking Life Cycle Assessment, GHG audits. Provide costed solutions to meet client energy efficiency requirements.

Responsible for the preparation of site energy audit reports, including details of operating conditions in customer premises.

Worked on a project of waste reduction which involve recycling and re-selling of goods that have been overhauled.

Research about cost of water supply with diversity of alternatives sources as new 3 star device in toilette and kitchen fixtures, new tank installed in each dwelling in SEQ, new dam and new desalination plant.

Assisting in field studies and equipment management including the running of an olfactometer, calibration and preparation of sampling equipment for field use.

Public infrastructure projects, commercial, residential and industrial developments and design using AutoCAD.

Project management of complete Photo Voltaic (Solar Power) system for jointly owned apartment block with roof-integrated modules and greenhouse gas emission.

Responsible for the certifying of new and in-service lifts according to EC Directive.

Research for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of a New System for Hydrogen Production. The LCA was based on analysing the environmental aspects of a new process for hydrogen production from water, called RedOx. The LCA comprised the impact assessment of all the environmental aspects of the process for the steps, starting from the production of hydrogen from water up to its uses as an energy carrier.

Design of air conditioning and heating system.

Design of new systems for air conditioning, heating and air treatment, and to control of energy performance of the Hospital energy plants.

After my diploma in 1990 I have been employed with short term contract as a technical advisor from different private clients for the design of HVAC system and hot water system.

Low temperature solar cooling system with absorption and desiccant wheel