Severn Wye Energy Agency current staff (Sept 2007)
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Director
Assistant Director
Office Support
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Project Managers
Energy Advisors
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Catrin Maby |
Director |
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With a background in engineering, Catrin has worked in sustainable energy since 1984, when she set up an energy advice service for tenant organisations in London. She has wide experience in strategic development, training, advice and awareness-raising, and assisted several local authorities in the development of their first Home Energy Conservation Act strategies in 1996.
As an independent energy consultant and energy ratings assessor, Catrin assisted Birmingham City Council in developing sustainable energy aspects of inner city regeneration programmes, working with technical and community liaison staff and community groups over a period of several years.
Catrin’s extensive track record in energy advice includes co-authoring the ‘Advice into Action’ review of energy advice to low income households published by EAGA Charitable Trust in 1998, and a wide range of materials including the first Heating Advice Handbook in 1986, the NEA ‘At Home With Energy’ series, public information fact sheets for Midlands Electricity, and materials for use in teaching adult literacy, numeracy and English as another language. Catrin has trained over a thousand staff of fuel utilities, insulation companies, local authorities, housing associations and voluntary organisations in energy awareness.
Catrin joined SWEA in 1999, overseeing its development as a dynamic and dedicated team of energy professionals, with a wide portfolio of sustainable energy projects and services. She has presented the agency’s work at international events such as the World Sustainable Energy days in Austria, the European Council for Social Housing in Greece, the Assembly of the European Regions in Sweden and European Commission ‘Managenergy’ conferences in Brussels and Italy. She was one of a team of four international consultants selected by the European Commission to research the work of European energy agencies in 2004-5, and led the successful development of two new Intelligent Energy Europe projects in the 2005 call for proposals. Qualifications BA Hons. (Oxon) Engineering Science MSc Energy Resources Management Member of the Institute of Energy Contact details E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 01594 545365
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Kaye Welfare |
Assistant Director |
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Kaye joined the agency in 2000, after three successful years as Energy Efficiency Coordinator for Stroud District Council. She has an excellent track record in developing and running local energy efficiency projects, and has gained a reputation for turning a challenge into a resounding success. Under her management the Gloucestershire Energy Efficiency Advice Centre has achieved maximum activity levels and an impressive range of outreach activities, with partnerships with housing, health, caring agencies, the Pensions and Benefits Agencies, installers and suppliers of energy efficiency products and local media. Kaye has played an important role in the Gloucestershire Home Energy Conservation Act Group, and in the success of the Affordable Warmth Partnership, which she chairs. This partnership of seven local authorities and two health authorities has achieved national recognition for its work, and Kaye has assisted the development of similar strategic groups in other areas including Wiltshire, Cardiff and Caerphilly. Taking an active role in the national Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes, Kaye chairs the Community and Education Group. She is also on the board of the Federation of Energy Efficiency Advice Centres. Qualifications BSc Geology Post Graduate Diploma in Business Studies and Personnel Management Contact details E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 01594 545362 Back to Top
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Sarah Giff |
Project Manager
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Sarah joined SWEA in 2002, after two and a half years with Devon Energy Efficiency Advice Centre, during which she was nominated for the South West HECA Awards for her successful leadership of the Plymouth Healthy Homes Project. Under her management the Gloucestershire Warm and Well programme has been consolidated as a model of an integrated local approach, delivering over £5m of energy efficiency improvements to nearly 9,000 homes in its first four and a half years of operation. The project won the prestigious Ashden Award for energy efficiency in 2006, and is listed as a European ‘Managenergy’ good practice case study. A qualified trainer for the City & Guilds 6176 in Energy Awareness, Sarah also runs a series of tailor-made courses for health professionals under SWEA’s ‘Active, Warm and Well’ programme, covering falls prevention, diet and nutrition, physical activity and the health effects of cold and damp homes. Sarah leads on marketing for the Energy Efficiency Advice Centre, and is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. She has been an active member of the EST/EEAC Marketing Steering Group since 2003, and led the South West regional initiative ‘Think Build it Greener’, promoting energy efficiency through the DIY home improvement market. Qualifications Chartered Institute of Marketing Professional Diploma NEA City & Guilds 6176 Energy Awareness - trainer Contact details E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 01594 546447 Back to Top
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Kierson Wise |
Project Manager
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Kierson joined SWEA in 2002 and has worked on a variety of projects including running the community-based Lydney Local Power project, working with farmers in Gloucestershire on the Warm Farms scheme and developing wood fuel supply in the Forest of Dean. With diverse experience in teaching English as a foreign language, overseas development and archaeology, he brings a fresh perspective to the organisation, and has shown that he has the considerable persistence, commitment and diplomacy needed to work through the barriers to success faced by community based sustainable energy projects. Kierson has a Masters degree in Climate Change and Sustainable Development which included working with Sustainable Energy Ireland to deliver a successful dissertation on Ground Source Heat Pump technologies. Qualifications MSc Climate Change and Sustainable Development, DeMontfort University, Leicester BA Geography with Development Studies, University of Sussex Renewable Energy Technologies, Unit T265, Open University Contact details E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 01594 545368 Back to Top
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Mike Brain |
Project Manager
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Mike joined SWEA in 2004, after two years managing the government-funded Action Energy programme of energy efficiency advice to SMEs for the northern half of the South West region. Previous experience includes private sector insulation schemes and coordination of an energy efficiency installers’ network for the commercial and domestic sectors. At SWEA Mike leads the Local Energy Support Team, delivers energy surveys for non-domestic buildings, and provides the secretariat for the South West Home Energy Conservation Act Forum. He has led the development of a unique holistic approach to energy efficiency in the prison community. Attracting support from Her Majesty’s Prison Service as well as the Energy Saving Trust, the pilot phase includes nine prisons in Wales and the South West, and provides surveys of energy efficiency in prison buildings, training for prison staff, energy advice surgeries for prisoner families and the development of an educational programme for prisoners. Mike has supported SWEA’s work with schools with surveys of energy use, and the development of the ‘School Energy Diary’ approach to monitoring fuel consumption. Qualifications National Homes Energy Rating (NHER) Site Surveyor & Site Assessor CIBSE – Conducting non-domestic energy surveys – Monitoring & Targeting Contact details E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 01594 545367
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Rachel Close |
Project Manager
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Rachel is an experienced teacher and joined SWEA in 2005 to coordinate the development of educational programmes. She is leading on delivery of a major European partnership involving thirteen partners in nine countries, locally named the ‘Power to Change’ project. Through this she has enabled local primary schools to integrate education about energy issues into their curricula on an ongoing basis, providing them with carefully developed training, advice, educational materials and ongoing support. With her detailed knowledge of the education system, experience in preparing and delivering materials for both children and adult training courses, and project management skills, Rachel is engaged in developing SWEA’s educational work for the future, widening the scope of the work with primary schools and building upon partnerships between secondary schools and local employers. She is also further developing SWEA’s work around basic skills, including a new City and Guilds programme to be piloted with prisoners. Qualifications PGCE Early Years and Literacy BA (Hons) Education and Psychology A-Level Environmental Science Contact details E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 01594 545369
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Pete West |
Project Manager
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Before joining SWEA in 2006, Pete spent six years as Project Manager for the West Wales Eco Centre, where he was responsible for funding and delivery of a range of successful renewable energy and education projects. He also has fifteen years’ experience of running a heating business specialising in environmentally-friendly installations including biomass, solar water heating, condensing boilers and heating controls. Pete has a strong commitment to international cooperation within the sustainable energy NGO sector, and has developed excellent partnerships with energy NGOs in central and eastern Europe. He is a member of the management board of the Danish-based International Network for Sustainable Energy, INFORSE-Europe, and in 2006 has presented at seminars on renewable energy policy in Brussels and the Ukraine. Since joining SWEA, Pete has led the establishment of a wood fuels cooperative for Gloucestershire, and a feasibility study into parish level activity initiatives to achieve energy savings. Qualifications BSc (Hons.) Chemistry Open University T265 Renewable Energy HND Energy Resources Engineering Contact details E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 01594 545366 Back to Top
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Barbara Moreton |
Senior Energy Advisor
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Barbara joined the agency in 2001, when we took on the delivery of the Energy Efficiency Advice Centre. With an early career in the police service, Barbara returned to work after bringing up her family, taking a degree in Environmental Policy. She has a keen interest in both community and environmental issues, and as a Forest of Dean resident was an active participant in the development of the local Agenda 21 plan for the area. Her voluntary work has also engaged her with a variety of church, youth and other community groups, and her patience and empathy with vulnerable people is an asset to the advice work of the agency. Qualifications BA Hons Environmental Policy with Geography NEA City & Guilds 6176 Energy Awareness NVQ Level 3: Working with others; Communication; Improving Own Learning and Performance Contact details E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 01594 544124 Back to Top
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Paul Sheridan |
Senior Energy Advisor
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With a background in engineering, Paul joined SWEA in 2004. He has detailed practical experience of energy efficiency and renewable energy at domestic scale, and a wide knowledge of environmental issues including sustainable transport and organic food production. Paul has installed both solar water heating and photovoltaic panels in his own home, and as a volunteer has run practical renewable energy workshops and supported other householders in DIY installation of solar hot water. Qualified as an NHER energy ratings surveyor, Paul leads the WISE homes work for the advice team, offering an in-depth service to those living in ‘hard to treat’ homes for which the mainstream and most cost-effective energy efficiency measures are not technically feasible. He also carries out home visits for social housing tenants and supports the promotional programmes for low energy lighting and refrigeration. Qualifications National Homes Energy Ratings (NHER) Site Surveyor Working with the Environment, Unit T172, Open University Energy for a Sustainable Future, Unit T206, Open University NEA City & Guilds 6176 Energy Awareness Contact details E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 01594 544458 Back to Top
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Rebecca Billington |
Energy Advisor |
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Rebecca has a background of involvement in conservation, and has worked in a diverse range of roles within the last three years ranging from assistant animal behaviourist to administrative posts. She has worked as a volunteer for the Gwent Wildlife Trust, where she assisted the Environment Officer in examining the possible effects of current planning applications on local wildlife. During this time she also became involved in a Forest School Scheme initiative in Wales. She has also worked as a volunteer for the Gerald Durrell Wildlife Preservation trust in Jersey. Qualifications BSc (Hons.) Ecology, Conservation and Environment NEA City & Guilds 6176 Energy Awareness Contact details E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 01594 544256 Back to Top
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Lucie Davis |
Energy Advisor |
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Lucie joined the Energy Efficiency Advice Centre in 2005, following a student placement and temporary work with Severn Wye Energy Agency. Her interest in energy issues began whilst at university where her studies included fieldwork on domestic energy use in rural Uganda. Her role has included work on the DIY Energy Saving scheme as well as working with schools and community groups in the Gloucester city area. Qualifications BA (Hons.) Environmental Management with Environmental Science NEA City & Guilds 6176 Energy Awareness Contact details E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 01594 545366 Back to Top
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Anna Willett |
Energy Advisor |
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Anna joined the Energy Efficiency Advice team in October, and is looking forward to getting involved in the energy sector and helping Gloucestershire residents to save energy in their homes. Anna has previously worked for Peterborough City Council trying to increase householder recycling; and on a project aimed at increasing sustainable consumption in the Leicester community. Qualifications MEng (Hons.) Electrical Engineering MA Environment and Business NEA City & Guilds 6176 Energy Awareness Contact detail E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 01594 545363 Back to Top
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Alison Patten |
Administrator |
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Alison joined SWEA in 2005, take responsibility for company administration. She has wide experience of accounting and administration systems, having worked for insurance companies, a bank and private industry. She comes to SWEA after several years of successfully managing a busy office for a company selling products to the building industry. Alison’s role at SWEA includes the day to day running of the accounting systems, credit control, purchasing and payroll. Qualifications: RSA I, RSA II Pitman I, Pitman II Contact details E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 01594 546113
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Linda Marshall |
Company Secretary
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Linda joined SWEA in 2004 in a part time capacity and is now working full time as Financial Controller and Company Secretary. She has a wide knowledge of accounting and administration systems and has worked for a variety of organisations at a senior level. Her role at SWEA involves her in the reporting requirement of European projects, financial reporting and Company Secretarial duties. Qualifications HNC Business Studies ACA Level 1 Contact details E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 01594 546448 Back to Top
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