We help organisations reduce their energy waste

Our National Footprint

Austep is a Queensland based B Corp Social Enterprise with a national footprint, access to grants and funding, and a strong focus on quality and expertise. We help organisations increase profitability and sustainability, through comprehensive energy efficiency upgrades in commercial buildings. This includes LED lighting, hot water, and HVAC controls. Austep also donates 50% of profits to charity.

NATION WIDE SERVICE

SUCCESSFUL ENERGY SAVINGS

NATION WIDE SERVICE

SUCCESSFUL ENERGY SAVINGS

NATION WIDE SERVICE

SUCCESSFUL ENERGY SAVINGS

NATION WIDE SERVICE

SUCCESSFUL ENERGY SAVINGS

NATION WIDE SERVICE

Why Energy Efficiency?

Despite rising power bills, and climate change, 84% of energy in commercial buildings is wasted due to lack of time, and everyday contractors lack of energy efficiency expertise. This increases emissions, reduces business productivity, and reduces business profitability.

Referred to as ‘the first fuel’, Energy Efficiency is the cheapest and fastest way to reach net zero and reduce energy costs - by reducing energy waste.

As well as making businesses more profitable, energy efficiency also has many other benefits – such as improving safety and aesthetics through better lighting, and improving comfort and wellbeing through better heating and cooling.

Exterior of Cornerblock, the world's first Passive Haus commercial building

People don’t always notice lighting or air conditioning, but they do notice how it makes a place feel. Energy Efficiency impacts employee satisfaction and guest experience.

Why Choose Austep?

Lifecycle thinking to improve your long-term ROI

Years of experience to save you time and reduce risk

Access to Government grants and funding

Multi-discipline expertise to increase energy savings

Quality solutions to improve guest experience and employee wellbeing

Working with a social enterprise doubles your impact

Our Story

While the world faces serious challenges ranging from poverty to climate change, business can be a powerful tool to help. Despite the enormity of environmental and social issues, humans have repeatedly achieved the "impossible" before; just imagine telling someone 300 years ago about electric light. Solutions won't just happen though, we have to get to work.

Founded in 2015, Austep is a B Corp certified Social Enterprise using business as a tool to positively impact people, profit, places and planet. We design and install energy efficiency upgrades in commercial buildings, to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions, while donating 50% of profits to charity.

As an experienced Energy Services Company (ESCO), Austep is a specialist energy efficiency consultant and turnkey project manager, helping organisations improve their positive impact and increase profitability.

Our friendly and trusted team includes a licensed builder, architect, lighting designers, and mechanical engineers, with accreditations in carbon, energy, sustainability, refrigeration, project management, energy auditing, energy management, NABERS, and more - enabling us to audit, design and lead comprehensive Integrated Commercial Building EnergyRetrofits (IBERs).

Built on a foundation of partnerships, positive impact, and expertise, we reduce the lifecycle costs of energy use in buildings, while improving light quality, thermal comfort, and occupant wellbeing.

If you are an executive with financial targets, a site manager who makes the place run, or a sustainability manager with a net zero target, we know you are busy. We make it easy, and profitable, for you to reduce emissions, reduce your energy bills, and increase your positive impact.

Our Leadership Team

Asher Christophers

Founder

A pragmatic idealist who grew up around leaders in the field of energy efficiency, Asher is an LED enthusiast and social entrepreneur, passionate about energy efficiency and carbon reduction. Asher also co-founded a charity who divested $30m from fossil fuels.

Andre Brinckman

Energy Solutions Manager

An MEP super star experienced in design, engineering, installation, and maintenance spanning electrical, HVAC, BMS, solar, factory safety rectifications, multi-milllion dollar luxury hotel construction, thermal storage, and facilities management.

Ashwin Mungantiwar

Senior Lighting Designer

A super human lighting engineer and interior designer with experience ranging from the Sydney Cricket Ground and Star Casino, to Government street lighting and the Tokyo Aquatic Centre, Ashwin is an MIES (the world's highest level of lighting designer).

David Mountseer

Licensed Builder & Senior Advisor

An energy efficiency guru who built multiple energy companies, held senior roles in AGL and Lendlease, advised Government, and co-founded the Energy Efficiency Council, David has the expertise to lead comprehensive, integrated building retrofits.

Mahalath Halperin

Senior Architect

With the magic power to design a building that doesn't need heating or cooling, and a Fellowship from the Australian Institute of Architects, Mahalath is an award winning carbon, energy, and NABERS assessor, specialising in Sustainable Architecture.

Fairlyne Labadan

CPA & Carbon Accountant

With over a decade in finance, as well as experience running her own business, Fairlyne is a certified Accountant that understands the economics of how businesses work and how to optimise their profitability, as well as their carbon accounting.

Joanna Ylanan

Operations Manager

With a diverse academic background spanning biology, science, medicine, and architecture, Joanna is an operations professional skilled in people management and business administration.

John Balandra

Mechanical Engineer

John has extensive experience as a university instructor in mechanical engineering, specialising in energy efficiency and sustainability. He is pursuing a master's degree in mechanical engineering and has joined Austep to apply his knowledge in advanced energy solutions across various industries.

We help organisations reduce their energy waste

Our National Footprint

Why Energy Efficiency?

Why Choose Austep?

Our Story

Our Leadership Team

Asher Christophers

Andre Brinckman

Ashwin Mungantiwar

David Mountseer

Mahalath Halperin

Fairlyne Labadan

Joanna Ylanan

John Balandra

Our Clients

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