Wade is a Registered Building Practitioner and a Certified Passivhaus Tradesperson with a passion for an outdoor lifestyle and making sure the homes we build are well designed, well insulated and, above all, comfortable.
Wade has worked in the building industry both here and in Canada for over 20 years. He started North South Homes with his wife in 2015 after noticing the need for builders to get on board with building environmentally sustainable homes. Since then, North South Homes has developed a strong philosophy around building homes that support current and future goals of reducing global energy usage.
Luc is a Sustainability Engineer and director of Detail Green. With a background in the commercial building industry and a range of Green Building qualifications including Certified Passivhaus Consultant & Building Certifier, Green Star Professional as well as NatHERS Assessor, Luc provides specialist ESD input to all areas of the built environment.
Luc is passionate about ensuring buildings are designed and constructed in a manner to minimise their environmental impact during their whole life cycle.
Joel Seagren is a mechanical engineer and an intelligent ventilation solutions engineer at Fantech. He has a particular focus on systems that ensure high levels of indoor air quality and has a passion for helping deliver comfortable, healthy and energy-efficient spaces in buildings.
Marcus Strang is a specialist sustainability engineer and experienced Certified Passivhaus Designer, having had the opportunity to work on many Certified Passivhaus buildings in Australia. His expertise is in refining building energy performance, analysing thermal envelope junctions and fenestration details, as well as identifying interstitial and surface moisture risks using hygrothermal modelling tools. Marcus’s interests encompass holistic systems design, building physics, passive design optimisation and natural building materials. Currently, also a PhD Candidate specialising in the Passivhaus Standard and mass timber design, which he sees as a fundamental step for striving towards net-zero carbon emission buildings and a thriving, vibrant society.