About Me

I was born in Cardiff (capital city of Wales, United Kingdom) in 1964,  since my earliest days I was fascinated the mysteries of how things work, I spent much of my formative years dismantling train sets, toys, motors, and mechanical devices, all dissected for examination, much to my parents annoyance! That curiously led to my engineering (building services) career.

I worked in the United Kingdom for M&E consultant firms, and even managed a stint at local government (now defunct Mid Glamorgan County Council).  In 1993 I was transferred to Hong Kong for one year contract, I fell in love with the place and stayed, and founded my own M&E consulting engineering firm.  After seven years I earned HKSAR permanent residency status.

In 1998, I founded Kelcroft (http://www.Kelcroft.hk) a built environment M&E engineering consultancy practice, along the way I joined the BEAM Society and was elected to sit on the BEAM Executive Committee, and later as a director of BEAM Society Limited, this is the only real organisation to influence sustainable building in Hong Kong.

In more recent times, in 2008 I helped found the Hong Kong Association of Energy Services Companies, known as HAESCO (http://www.HAESCO.org) I am one of the founding directors, and elected vice-chairman.

Interests

With more nearly thirty years experience in the construction industry, covering design, management, energy, green building, commercial and industry sectors I still witness too much waste, too many energy hogging facilities, that prompted increasing focus towards sustainability, green, and the pursuit of building energy efficiency.

I am a member of the BEAM Faculty,  chairman of the BEAM Faculty Innovation and Framework group, and a BEAM Professional (that is the Hong Kong equivalent of a LEED AP), and I tutor and teach sustainable green building.

I always worry about the term “expert” because I take the view we should never stop learning. Presently, I am studying a MBA (Sustainability). If you are not completely bored, you can read more about my career here.

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