# VAE Group: Smarter HVAC Solutions > Smarter HVAC Solutions\. We bring the best minds together to create environments that work smarter, feel better and last longer\. Generated by Yoast SEO v28.4, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [Employee Awards](https://vaegroup.com/employee-awards/) - [Speak Out Confidential Reporting](https://vaegroup.com/speak-out/) - [HVAC Graduate \& Apprenticeship Programs](https://vaegroup.com/graduate-apprenticeship-programs/) - [Careers](https://vaegroup.com/careers/): Join Us Come for the job, stay for the career - [Homepage](https://vaegroup.com/): Built in certainty\. We bring the best minds together to create environments that work smarter, feel better and lost longer ## Posts - [Beyond the Build \- Taranaki Cancer Centre](https://vaegroup.com/beyond-the-build-taranaki-cancer-centre/) - [VAE Employee Benefits Expo 2026](https://vaegroup.com/vae-employee-benefits-expo-2026/): At VAE, supporting our people goes beyond offering great employee benefits—we make it easy for our team to access and understand them\. - [VAE Wins IBTech Project Excellence Award for 123 Albert Street](https://vaegroup.com/vae-wins-ibtech-project-excellence-award-for-123-albert-street/): VAE is proud to have been awarded the IBTech Project Excellence Award at the ARBS 2026 Industry Excellence Awards for our work at 123 Albert Street in Brisbane\. - [VAE recognised as a 2025 Distech Diamond Partner](https://vaegroup.com/vae-recognised-as-a-2025-distech-diamond-partner/): VAE is proud to announce that we have been awarded Platinum Partner status for 2025 by Distech Controls, a recognition that celebrates the collective effort of our teams across the country\. - [The Next Leap in Building Performance \- Blog](https://vaegroup.com/the-next-leap-in-building-performance-blog/): Electrification Done Right \! What many buildings are now discovering is that electrification is not simply a mechanical swap it’s a coordinated engineering and building\-intelligence project\. ## Employee Stories - [Meet Jemima Harbort](https://vaegroup.com/employee-story/meet-jemima-harbort/) - [Meet Joel Bennett](https://vaegroup.com/employee-story/meet-joel-bennett/) - [Meet Drew McLean \- Mechanical Service Team Leader](https://vaegroup.com/employee-story/meet-drew-mclean/) - [Meet Ben Carter \- Founder \& CEO](https://vaegroup.com/employee-story/meet-ben-carter-founder-ceo/) - [Meet Aaron Wilson \- Branch Manager](https://vaegroup.com/employee-story/meet-aaron-wilson/) ## Leadership Contact - [Tom Doss](https://vaegroup.com/leadership/tom-doss/) - [Mark Chiles](https://vaegroup.com/leadership/mark-chiles/) - [Asher Green](https://vaegroup.com/leadership/asher-green/) - [Ben McCullough](https://vaegroup.com/leadership/ben-mccullough/) - [David Hudson](https://vaegroup.com/leadership/david-hudson/) ## Projects - [Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre](https://vaegroup.com/project/te-pae-christchurch-convention-centre/) - [QUT Kelvin Grove Q Block HVAC Upgrade](https://vaegroup.com/project/qut-kelvin-grove-qblock-hvac-upgrade/) - [Festival Towers Chiller Plant Replacement](https://vaegroup.com/project/festival-towers-chiller-plant-replacement/): Festival Towers’ rooftop chiller plant replacement delivers improved reliability, efficiency and long\-term resilience, installation delivered while maintaining chilled water supply to retail tenancies\. - [PC2 Laboratory Construction at Australian Institute of Tropical Health \& Medicine](https://vaegroup.com/project/australian-institute-of-tropical-health-and-medicine/) - [Integrated Building Platform Solutions for 360 Queen Street](https://vaegroup.com/project/ibp-solutions-for-360-queen-street/): A new 76 bed state\-of\-the\-art facility, opened in April 2025 and constructed by Hutchinson Builders for the Queensland Police Service \(QPS\), providing additional Youth Detention capacity in SEQ ## Categories - [News](https://vaegroup.com/category/news/) - [Latest News](https://vaegroup.com/category/news/latest-news/) - [Solutions](https://vaegroup.com/category/solutions/) - [Brisbane](https://vaegroup.com/category/locations/brisbane/) - [Locations](https://vaegroup.com/category/locations/) ## Tags - [\#HVAC](https://vaegroup.com/tag/hvac/) - [\#CommercialAirConditioning](https://vaegroup.com/tag/commercialairconditioning/) - [\#HVACUpgrades](https://vaegroup.com/tag/hvacupgrades/) - [HVAC Engineering](https://vaegroup.com/tag/hvac-engineering/) - [Building HVAC](https://vaegroup.com/tag/building-hvac/) ## Leadership Teams - [Leadership Team](https://vaegroup.com/leadership-team/leadership-team/) - [Board Members](https://vaegroup.com/leadership-team/board-members/) ## Primary Locations - [Brisbane](https://vaegroup.com/primary-location/brisbane/) - [Townsville](https://vaegroup.com/primary-location/townsville/) - [Cairns](https://vaegroup.com/primary-location/cairns/) - [Sydney](https://vaegroup.com/primary-location/sydney/) - [Darwin](https://vaegroup.com/primary-location/darwin/) ## Project Industries - [Education](https://vaegroup.com/project-industry/education/) - [Commercial Offices](https://vaegroup.com/project-industry/commercial-offices/) - [Health](https://vaegroup.com/project-industry/health/) - [Hotels \& Entertainment](https://vaegroup.com/project-industry/hotels-entertainment/) - [Airport](https://vaegroup.com/project-industry/airport/) ## Project Locations - [Brisbane](https://vaegroup.com/project-location/brisbane/) - [Townsville](https://vaegroup.com/project-location/townsville/) - [Cairns](https://vaegroup.com/project-location/cairns/) - [Mackay](https://vaegroup.com/project-location/mackay/) - [New Zealand](https://vaegroup.com/project-location/new-zealand/) ## Project Solutions - [Existing Building Upgrades](https://vaegroup.com/project-solution/existing-building-upgrades/) - [New Construction](https://vaegroup.com/project-solution/new-construction/) - [Building Technology](https://vaegroup.com/project-solution/building-technology/) - [Service \& Maintenance](https://vaegroup.com/project-solution/service-maintenance/) ## Sales - [Sales](https://vaegroup.com/sales/sales/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://vaegroup.com/sitemap_index.xml)