YEPG is made up of young energy professionals from across the industry. Discover more about the committee below.
Name: Gavin Lane, Chair
General: Consultant Energy Engineer at Carbon Intelligence
Like: Smart Buildings, languages, and coffee
Dislike: Not having a dishwasher, peak hour public transport, and high overnight baseloads
Name: Ruby Kessell, Vice Chair
General: Sustainability Consultant at WSP
Like: Heat pumps, inclusive design and running
Dislike: Greenwashing, fuel poverty and pessimism
Name: Michael Bennett, Secretary
General: Senior Mechanical Engineer & Digital Lead at Foster and Partners
Like: The opportunities of BIm, increasing awareness of sustainable design, and watching live sports
Dislike: Unambitious energy targets, designed only to meet regulations, and tomatoes in sandwiches
Name: Angeliki Krania, Joint Events Lead
General: Sustainability Manager at Lamington Group
Like: Innovative yet holistic solutions, human-centric design, traveling, and cooked food
Dislike: Redundant tasks, unnecessary meetings, and buzzwords
Name: Fatou Chang, Joint Events Lead
General: Graduate Building Services Engineer at Sweco
Like: Honesty, cooking, hiking
Dislike: Not having a dishwasher, reading, and messiness
Name: Yasemin Agaoglu, Joint Events Lead
General: Electrical Engineer at Sweco
Like: Stage plays, film soundtracks, airports, and new journeys
Dislike: Rudeness and soups
Name: Lucy Sherburn, Webmaster
General: Consulting Engineer at FairHeat
Like: Low carbon heat sources, running and travelling
Dislike: Lack of government funding for improving energy efficiency in homes
Name: Harry Day, Joint Social Media
General: Graduate Mechanical Engineer at Troup Bywaters and Anders
Like: UNSDGs, long walks in the sunshine, and cooking
Dislike: Inefficient design, long walks in the rain, and washing dishes
Name: Sapna Halai, Joint Social Media
General: Senior Engineer at Useful Projects & Expedition Engineering
Like: Pottery, dogs, and wild swimming
Dislike: Privatised utilities, comic sans
Name: Inam Shah, Joint Social Media
General: Electrical Engineer at Sweco
Like: Sustainable engineering solutions, getting the job done on time, cooking
Dislike: Greenwashing, fuel poverty and pessimism
Name: Hua Zhong, Regional Officer, East Midlands
General: Senior Lecturer in Building Services at Nottingham Trent University
Like: Low Carbon and sustainable design
Dislike: Unhealthy environment
Name: Ana Sofia Narro Vallejo, Committee Member
General: Sustainability Engineer at Cundall
Like: Smart design, energy efficiency, and a nice beach
Dislike: Close-mindedness, corruption
Name: Nikos Goufas, Committee Member
General: Sustainability/Building Physics Engineer
Like: Low energy building design and smart energy systems
Dislike: Overheating in the office, “not in my backyard” attitude, and traffic
Name: Richard Denteh, Committee Member
General: Senior Consultant at Meinhardt UK
Like: When good engineering solutions are well executed. Formula 1 (of course Lewis Hamilton is my favourite F1 driver)
Dislike: Last-minute rush and time-wasting
Name: Josie Cheeseman, Committee Member
General: Undergraduate Engineer at WSP
Like: Cooking, efficient tiny homes, and being outside
Dislike: The dark
Name: Adam Daulby, Committee Member
General: Building Services Engineer at AECOM
Like: Operational energy performance, designing for occupants and when Revit doesn’t crash
Dislike: Oversized plant, undersized plant, and when Revit crashes