Nick Macdonald Smith
Principal Energy & Environment Programme Manager, NHS Properties
Nick has been working in energy efficiency and sustainability in the built environment for the last 13 years, both in consulting and in-house roles across engineering to property management organisations. Nick’s been an accredited Energy Performance Certificate Assessor and BREEAM Commercial Assessor in the past, and has managed portfolio wide certification programmes for EPCs/DECs, Air Conditioning Assessments, BREEAM Certification and other mandatory and non-mandatory reporting requirements.
The rise of Big Data and data analytics in the built environment is allowing better understanding of energy use and where the opportunities to drive large savings are in a large and diverse estate.