National NZEB Conference

He was formerly Senior Scientist at RPS Group in Environment & Resource Management, with a core focus on the energy sector throughout his career including providing consultancy services to SEAI across the public sector, SME, RD&D and Delivery programmes since 2005. Brian has also provided consultancy to the public and private sector on policy, infrastructure and technology.

He has extensive practice experience, working on a diverse range of residential and commercial building projects. In 2015, Daniel obtained a Masters degree (First Class Hons.) in Energy Retrofit Technology (Sustainable & Energy Efficient Design) at the Dublin Institute of Technology. He has a special interest in Passive House, nZEB (Nearly Zero Energy Buildings) and low-energy design solutions for both new build and retrofit. He has carried out research into Passive-House and nZEB energy efficient design strategies, including a detailed examination of implementing these ultra-low energy building standards, in a cost-effective way. He has taught at DIT School of Architecture and currently lectures on the MSc Building Performance (Energy Efficient Design) programmes.

She has over 20 years’ experience in the energy performance of buildings both in Ireland and Australia. Prior to joining SEAI, Orla was a director in a consulting practice involved the environmental, energy and sustainable assessment for a range of new and existing buildings.

As the Project Support Officer within Development Unit and the Centre for Energy Efficiency and Deep Decarbonisation [CEEDD] at Limerick Institute of Technology, she coordinates and manages training and building capacity tasks for a number of EU projects. She has extensive experience in sustainable energy efficient design and project management within the construction sector and has a wealth of knowledge on renewables, energy auditing, sustainable techniques and technologies. She carries out various energy efficient Train the Trainer and e-Training courses, as well as presenting at various Energy and Sustainability forums In Ireland and across Europe. Lis is involved in a number of BIM and NZEB expert panels including the National Specifications Skills for NZEB in Ireland and have developed a number of NZEB courses for Craftworkers with WWETB (Waterford Wexford Educational Training Board). Lis is also an active member of the National Standards Authority for Ireland, NSAI e-committee.

He is also active in the not for profit sector and is vice-Chairman of the Passive House Association of Ireland and founding Chairman of near Zero Energy Buildings Ireland nZEBI. He has authored many papers on the topic of low-energy and passive houses & energy storage in addition to presenting at national and international conferences. He is an experienced consultant and serves in the EU as an Expert on Energy-Efficient Buildings.

Terry received an honours degree in Building Services Engineering from DIT Bolton Street and since then has worked at every level of the construction industry from sustainable energy retrofits to large scale construction projects with multinational clients before joining BET in 2017 to head up this newly created department.

He is a Civil Engineer (BE MSc) and holds a PhD in the combined field of façade engineering and renewable energy technologies. He also works as R&D manager for Techrete Ireland.

His research at UCD focuses on understanding how buildings perform in practice and how they can become more energy efficient — looking not only at their operational energy but also their embodied energy. He has published journal articles as first author in the areas of energy efficiency, renewable energy, concrete technology and facade engineering.

Elva qualified with a degree in environmental science and worked in industry with an energy provider as an environmental scientist before qualifying as a solicitor. Prior to working as a legal consultant, Elva worked as an in-house lawyer in the semi-state sector and for over 10 years with McCann FitzGerald, a leading commercial law firm in Dublin. Elva was formerly the head of the environmental and planning law group in McCann FitzGerald prior to setting up her own practice.

Elva holds a B.A. in Environmental Science from Trinity College Dublin and qualified as a solicitor in 2007. Elva has contributed articles to numerous publications on various topics including habitats and climate change law.
She’s a strategic specialist providing technical legal advice to domestic and international clients.

Xavier was instrumental in deploying the Passive House standard when he was technical manager of SEAI’s Renewable Energy Information Office, and is currently involved in a number of flagship NZEB new built and renovation projects.

He is a founder of RetroKit, a digital platform dedicated to support housing providers in planning and upscaling the energy renovation of their housing stock.

Prior to setting up in independent practice in Ireland he worked in the UK and the USA, where as a Fulbright Scholar he completed studies in Urban Design, at Rice University, Houston, Texas, winning the William Dunlop Darden Medal. His work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy London, and his practice has been involved in a wide variety of projects from Commercial to Residential; Conservation through to Exhibition Design, Urban Design and Low Energy Strategies. Martin is currently researching nZEB Design at the University of Ulster.