We at Sustainable Homes are recognised experts in our field. In our team we have Code for Sustainable Homes assessors, NHER assessors, energy experts, strategy experts and trainers who are leaders in their fields. The team has knowledge of lower carbon new build, existing buildings and effective strategies. Together we are leading the change.
With any operation, success depends on the quality of its people. Sustainable Homes has chosen each member of its staff with care. They have been supported through significant learning and development. They will provide you with the assistance you need to make your properties and business more sustainable.
The team includes:
Andrew Eagles, Managing Director - Andrew has worked for several years at the Housing Corporation on housing issues. He has spoken at numerous national conferences on everything from modern methods of construction to housing quality indicators. Andrew commissioned the Cyril Sweett Code for Sustainable Homes Costing Research with English Partnerships. He is a Code for Sustainable Homes and NHER accredited assessor. In addition to advising on existing homes housing policy Andrew sat or is sitting on the following steering groups: BRE Sustainability Board; Senior Steering Group on the Code for Sustainable Homes; Housing Corporation Gold Award; internal champion on sustainability; and NextGeneration - Sustainability benchmarking club of developers.
Maeve O’Keeffe, Training Manager - Maeve has over 7 years' experience of providing facilitation and training for organisations and communities on often complex and contentious sustainability issues: nuclear security, renewables, low carbon innovation and corporate responsibility; building capacity in the corporate and government sectors, and empowering communities. She is a qualified Code for Sustainable Homes Assessor and licensed trainer. Maeve is really curious about why people do the things they do, and how we can use our knowledge to engage people in creating a more sustainable future. She’s also worked as a bankswoman and chippy, but that’s another story… Maeve’s main responsibility at Sustainable Homes is to find new markets and develop our portfolio of open courses and in-house training, ensuring that we remain one of the UK’s leading sustainability training and consultancy providers. Contact maeve@sustainablehomes.co.uk 0208 973 0469.
Grazia dal Fara, Index Manager – Grazia has an extensive and diverse experience of working with corporations to embed sustainability in the way they run their business. She embarked on the green wagon when she attended an MSc in Environmental Assessment and Evaluation at LSE. With a passion for business management and Corporate Responsibility prior to joining Sustainable Homes, Grazia had been managing the CR index at Business in the Community. Grazia’s main responsibility at Sustainable Homes is developing and managing an innovative index Sustainable Homes Index For Tomorrow (SHIFT) aimed at assessing how green housing associations are.
Richard Lupo, Sustainability Consultant – Richard, fondly known by the rest of the team as just ‘Lupo’ has taken a lifelong interest in sustainability issues and has a passion for measuring - everything. Richard is a Code for Sustainable Homes assessor and a trainer of Code Assessors. He has a working understanding of sustainability issues gained from study for an MSc in Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London and from hands on research. Richard has recently completed a 2 year research project on recycling of construction and demolition waste within the UK which included a sustainability assessment. Prior to that, he has acted as Principal Contractor under Construction Design and Management (CDM) regulations on an industrial installation project. He has also worked within the plumbing fittings manufacturing industry in the UK and Germany, developing new plumbing fittings and investigating their use on sites. Contact richard@sustainablehomes.co.uk 0208 973 0473.
Heather Russell, Team Administrator - Heather’s role includes organisation of the team’s attendance at, as well as Sustainable Homes’ own, conferences, exhibitions and training days; maintaining a database of over 4,200 contacts; and working closely with rest of the team, and others, to provide a comprehensive, informative and up-to-date service to our client group.
Associates
Barry Smith - Barry is a Senior Consultant to Sustainable Homes and the Director of urbanfox consultancy, an independent consultancy covering all aspects of sustainable business practices, environmental best practice in the built environment and community development. Barry established urbanfox consultancy following a career in senior management in social housing.
Alan Pither - Since 1998 Alan has worked as an energy efficiency consultant and trainer, offering a wide range of services to local authorities, housing associations and other organisations. Alan has over 20 years experience of working in the energy efficiency field, and in recent years has been increasingly involved in renewable energy projects. He has extensive experience of environmental assessment, having been a BREEAM assessor since 1990.