Becky Lane, Co-Founder & CEO, Furbnow Becky Lane is Co-Founder and CEO of Furbnow, a complete retrofit service to help all homeowners proactively reduce home energy consumption and put them on a path to low-carbon heating. As a champion for place-based approaches to decarbonisation, Becky has led retrofit programmes and designed new retrofit delivery models,
Ceri leads the Retrofit Development Programme for the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, designed to inform the strategy for large-scale housing decarbonisation across the South Yorkshire region. Part of the Sustainability Team, Ceri works with local and national partners to shape suitable interventions. She brings her broad knowledge exchange and innovation experience to the role.
Dr Kerry Mashford OBE CEng FIMechE Kerry is a systems engineer by background and has worked for many years in sustainable manufacturing and construction, energy transition and the circular economy. She initiated and led Innovate UK’s Building Performance Evaluation programme which began in 2009 and carried this interest into her role as Chief Executive of
Dr Mike Pitts leads Innovate UK’s Net Zero Heat programme and is the Deputy Challenge Director for Transforming Construction. He was previously Head of Urban Systems at Innovate UK, covering the priority areas of Urban Living and Smart Infrastructure. He joined Innovate UK in 2012 to lead on embedding sustainability across Innovate UK’s strategy and
Girvin Gill is a Policy Advisor with experience working in the charity sector, building materials and wider construction sector. Girvin has a passion for the political process and exploring the workings of parliament. He has a fascination with the ideologies behind policy. Girvin has worked as a Policy Advisor in the SEA where he helps
Griff is the MD for heatly, a one-stop solution for the survey, design, installation, and commissioning of heat pump systems. Griff has been in the building services industry for over 15 years and has overseen the development of most of the national renewable technology standards. He has spearheaded a number of government-backed industry initiatives, such
Jamie Keats, Product Owner, CITU Jamie Keats is a qualified architect specialising in sustainable development and works as a Product Owner overseeing CITU’s Research and Development across its build system. CITU is a vertically integrated housebuilder with a mission to accelerate the transition to zero carbon cities. Jamie studied at Glasgow School of Art and
Joe is Chief Operating Officer at Airex who have created the world’s first smart air brick to reduce the home’s energy bills, helping to end fuel poverty and climate change with a simple building retrofit. He has a decade of experience within the domestic energy efficiency and fuel poverty sector. This has included the design
Lynsey is Head of Digital Programmes at Built Environment – Smarter Transformation. Lynsey has worked in the built environment sector for over a decade and is a passionate advocate for positive change within the sector. She is an innovation expert who has successfully delivered projects in the fields of sustainability, healthy ageing, digitisation, equity and
With vast industry experience in sales, marketing and senior leadership roles, Mark has successfully developed and brought to market innovative solutions for industry leading tech brands such as ViewSonic, Promethean, Lenovo, and Sony United Kingdom.
Richard Kemp-Harper, Chief Commercial Officer at AirEx Technologies. Richard has over 15 years of experience in product and technology strategy in the energy and transport sectors. In his last role he was part of the leadership team of a zero emission transport startup that grew from 8 to 80 people and an exit in 2021.
Rowley Maggs, Strategic Advisor at Ambue, is passionate about leveraging technology to make housing stock and buildings more sustainable. Ambue’s platform empowers retrofit professionals to increase their project throughput, accelerating the pace and scale of energy efficiency improvements, enhanced comfort, and better air quality. Rowley’s focus is on investing in technology, streamlined processes, and innovative
Samantha has enjoyed a number of successful careers, including project management, social and retail market research, environmental and educational capital and HNWI fundraising. More recently, she founded and ran a small, high-quality plumbing and bathroom design business. Curiously, water has been a key theme running through many of these roles. She has held various senior
Simon Ayers, Chief Executive Officer, Trustmark Simon Ayers is CEO of TrustMark, the only Government Endorsed Quality Scheme for work carried out in or around the home. He leads a hardworking and dedicated team, supported by an independent Board in the delivery of TrustMark’s core objective which is to ensure quality, compliance and customer protection
Tom is Head of Sustainability and External Affairs at Mixergy Ltd, a company that develops smart and responsive hot water tanks that enable energy storage and grid balancing. With over 20 years of experience as a building services engineer and a certified on construction domestic energy assessor (OCDEA), Tom has a deep understanding of the
