Future Proof is a design-focused ESD consultancy that provides advice on the intersection of design, building performance and good material principles from the outset of your new project. We believe that effective sustainable design cannot be a compliance plug-in or a tick-box exercise, but must add real value to core design work. Done well, it is a practical investment in a better building.
As an advisory service that is created by Breathe Architecture, Future Proof draws on two decades of award-winning sustainable design experience, while also being a fully independent advisory service. We support diverse design approaches to deliver optimised outcomes for all our clients.
Our approach
We work best when engaged early, working collaboratively with you, to target shared, and clearly understood objectives. This allows us to provide advice on critical early decisions, such as building orientation, envelope, massing, materials, and construction methodology. Early engagement costs less and delivers more effective results than retrofitting design efficiencies later.
We ask exploratory questions and advocate for passive-first solutions that reduce mechanical and electrical loads. This optimises projects, lowers ongoing operational costs, and supports better environmental outcomes.
Who we work with
Our role is to make the sustainability case from the inside, embedded in the design process, working alongside values-aligned clients, developers, architects, builders, and like-minded people.
We provide ESD and circularity consultation across various project types and scales including:
Single & multi-residential (new builds, additions, BTR)
Retirement & lifestyle villages
Affordable & social housing
Hotels
Commercial & mixed-use developments
Why Future Proof
Our architectural training enables us to understand design intent and integrate environmental objectives naturally within projects. We think spatially, materially, and contextually, not just in spreadsheets. We are also driven by the imperative to add value, not cost.
Years of practical experience, working in sectors that are highly cost sensitive, has taught us that best ESD practice is always an arbitration between commercial value and sustainable aspirations. Often, the high operational costs and additional plant equipment needed to meet a target is simply a failure to optimise design at the start.