Speakers

Roger Macklin is a Director at the Building Services Consultancy, Hoare Lea. He specialises in decarbonising buildings and how to power this process. Prior to joining Hoare Lea, Roger was the Engineering Director at Geothermal International, at the time the largest Ground Source heat pump installer in the UK and involved in both the installation and operation of heat pump systems. He actually has a PhD in Aerodynamics which is odd given that buildings don’t move much. However, his career took him into the design of wind tunnels and climatic test facilities, the heart of which is a refrigeration system and therein lies the link. Hoare Lea has been working with the UKGBC to accelerate action to strengthen the resilience of the UK’s energy infrastructure and distribution systems. It aims to support and enable the wide-scale electrification of the UK built environment and reinforce a credible pathway to achieving a net zero built environment.