2014
Cresstec founded
2016
CHRDTF opened
23 countries
Patents secured
T1 · T2 · T3
Climate-condition research
01 / The founding story
2014
Sydney, Australia
Sustainability without sacrifice
It began with a belief that better environmental outcomes should also make better business sense.
Founded by three like-minded professionals, Cresstec was created around a simple principle: sustainability should not require customers to sacrifice performance, convenience or efficiency.
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CRESSTEC stands for Carbon Reducing Energy Saving Solutions and Technologies. The name still defines the work—developing novel, compliant products that deliver measurable returns for customers.
Two jobs. One purpose.
Create new knowledge. Turn it into outcomes.
Create new knowledge
Research HVAC-R behaviour, test theories and build the evidence required to understand how systems perform under real, changing conditions.
Turn knowledge into outcomes
Convert validated research into protected algorithms, controls and commercial technologies with measurable customer results.
Cresstec capability
Built to measure what conventional testing misses.
The Cresstec HVAC-R Research & Development Testing Facility— CHRDTF—opened at North Rocks in February 2016 to investigate HVAC and vapour-compression performance in static and transient conditions.
Static + transient
Testing across steady and changing operating states
Half-second data
Capturing starts, stops and changing load
Fault simulation
Refrigerant, airflow and common operating faults
Commercial application
Evidence supporting HDAC and REED development
CHRDTF / TEST CELL
LIVE DATA
Controlled indoor
Controlled indoor test
POWER · CAPACITY · PRESSURE
TEMPERATURE · AIRFLOW
Cresstec research contributed to Australian Government HVAC-R fault analysis.
Cresstec capability
The work connects Cresstec’s internal research capability with independently published industry evidence.
DCCEEW
Bench testing results for refrigeration and air- conditioning equipment.
Linked research library
Read the evidence.
Research made real
From evidence to deployable technology.
What guides us
Ideology meets engineering.
Customer driven
Long-term relationships, practical insight and solutions with demonstrable customer value.
Future focused
Solving present operating problems while building the advances required for what comes next.
One team
Commercial, engineering and research expertise working together around measured outcomes.
What guides us
Ideology meets engineering.
Steve Becchio
Chief Operating Officer
MBA (MGSM) · BAppFin (Macq) · CMVP
Ian Nankivell
Founder & CEO
David Tomson
Founder & Director
Steve Smith
Director of Sales
Dr Michael Woods
Director of Technology
PhD · BE (Hons) · BSc (UNSW)
Dr Julie Tang
Head of Intelligent Control Systems
PhD · BE (Hons) · BCom (UNSW)
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