LCIC staff

Dr John French - Chief Executive

Dr Simon Gerrard - Chief Technical Officer

Simon is LCIC’s Chief Technical Officer utilising over 20 years’ experience in environmental sciences and management. Before the formation of LCIC, Simon researched environmental risk management and practical application. He was also Programme Manager of the Community Carbon Reduction (CRed) Programme from its inception in 2002. His focus is now on developing, implementing and evaluating carbon management solutions for business, organisations and communities.

Laura Chellis - Project Co-ordinator

Laura is currently leading the development of the ERDF-funded LCIC Innovation Fund for the East of England, as well as managing a portfolio of carbon reduction consultancy projects. Before joining LCIC, Laura spent 15 years co-ordinating research, consultancy and manufacturing production projects. Her experience spans industry and academia in the UK, and a World Heritage and Marine Biosphere Reserve overseas.

Chris Blincoe - Project Manager

Chris currently manages key projects and client relationships for LCIC including LCIC’s role in the proposed Rackheath Eco-community with the Department for Communities and Local Government, Barratt Strategic and Broadland District Council and the long-standing relationship with IBM UK Ltd resulting in the first roll-out of CRed2 to all IBM’s UK based staff. Before joining LCIC, Chris worked as an environmental consultant for Mott MacDonald Ltd, for the East of England’s renewable energy agency Renewables East, and also managed a £1m portfolio of innovative carbon reduction projects for the Carbon Connections fund at UEA.

Fergus Rolfe - Project Officer

Fergus manages the technical aspects of energy efficiency, carbon reduction and sustainable development projects with particular emphasis on carbon evaluation. Before joining LCIC he worked for many years for and with major energy suppliers, government agencies, Local Authorities, universities and Non-Government Organisations developing, marketing, managing and delivering numerous carbon reduction schemes.

Peter Metcalfe - Project Officer

As Technical Projects Officer, Peter uses lifecycle analyses and carbon footprint concepts in assessing the greenhouse gas impacts of food and farming. He has practical experience in estimating carbon footprints for food and drink produce and a specific interest in sustainable low carbon food production. Before joining LCIC, Peter worked for CRed conducting practical surveys that aimed to help business and organisations understand and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. He has also implemented practical scientific approaches to evaluate actual exhaust emissions alongside his work on greenhouse gas assessment of biodiesel using concepts given in ISO14040 series for lifecycle analyses.

Joseph Saunders

Since joining the University of East Anglia as its Estate Development Director twelve years ago, Joseph has been responsible for development strategy and the procurement of a building programme valued at around £300m. He has added five super energy efficient buildings to its renowned Elizabeth Fry Building. Its innovative Biomass Energy Centre is shortly to generate heat and power at an astonishing 80% efficiency. Working with English Heritage, the University’s Conservation Development Strategy broke new ground and was used by the Department of Culture Media and Sport to support proposals for major change to primary legislation protecting our heritage. Before joining the university, Joseph worked for RMJM in Saudi Arabia and the Fitzroy Robinson Partnership in UK. A member of the RIBA, Joseph has served on its Higher Education Design Quality Forum. He is a CABE Enabler and until recently, a Trustee of the National Extension College in Cambridge.
 

Matt Taylor - CRed Systems Coordinator

Matt co-ordinates the CRed System, working alongside developers to optimise the system and clients to ensure they get excellent customer service. Before joining LCIC he worked with CRed for five years. His previous experience in television broadcast provided the skills to organise CRed’s busy events schedule. Later, as more national CReds evolved, his role grew to help those emerging CReds become established and to ensure communication between the new CReds. Contact him for more information on any aspect of the CRed system. 01603 592838
 

Lucie Waterman - Administrative  Assistant

Lucie is LCIC's Administrative Assistant and assists with finances and project administration as well as general administration duties. Lucie is currently concentrating on providing support on the ERDF-funded Low Carbon Innovation Fund for the East of England. Lucie comes from a customer service and sales background including the recruitment, legal and travel industry. She joined the team in August 2009 and is enjoying developing her knowledge of the industry and supporting our exciting projects.

Angela Larke - Office Manager

Angela joined LCIC in 2007 and her main responsibilities, as part of the three person administrative team, involve human resources, contracts and financial matters. Before joining LCIC Angela had worked at the University of East Anglia since 1995 holding a number of administrative positions: initially working in the School of Biological Sciences, moving to the position of Secretary to the Director of Communications in a central services department and was, most recently, PA to the Director of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts and Museology Programme.

Associate Consultants

Martin Ingham

A Chartered Civil Engineer, Martin has more than 25 years of experience as an independent management consultant working in the areas of business consulting and project management. Wishing to make a contribution to carbon reduction and progressing the sustainability agenda Martin undertook the MBA in Strategic Carbon Management at UEA in 2008, gaining a distinction. Since then he has consulted predominantly on sustainable energy supply, and on energy efficiency in the built environment. The latter has included consultancy for LCIC on the EU North Sea Region Interreg IVB funded project Build with CaRe, focusing on approaches to overcoming barriers to low carbon construction and refurbishment. Martin has gained particular expertise on monitoring and analysing low energy buildings and their in-use performance to ascertain whether they meet design expectations; that is for the fabric, the technology, and in enabling low energy occupant behaviour.

Dr Thomas Macagno

Dr Thomas Macagno is a thought leader in sustainability.   He sees sustainability as a mega-trend impacting every product or service produced and a force for social change reshaping society. Thomas began his career in the IT industry holding various international roles in product marketing and innovation management.    His experience working with Internet start-ups taught him how new ideas and technologies can rapidly change business and the economy.  Foreseeing the importance of sustainability he further developed his understanding of sustainable development by undertaking a PhD at the University of East Anglia.  This experience gave him the opportunity to explore how global companies like HSBC and SAB Miller manage corporate social responsibility.  Most recently, Thomas held the position of Head of Sustainability at May Gurney.   His key responsibilities were to lead thought on sustainability integrate it into day-to-day operations.

Dr Bruce Tofield, CChem, FRSC, FRSA

Bruce has led work on biofuels, transport and low-carbon construction within the LCIC. He brokered the project to create the UK's first dual-fuel (biomethane and diesel) low-emissions, low-carbon bus as part of UEA's activity in the EU-supported Civitas II SMILE programme. Within SMILE he facilitated a new supply chain for sustainable biodiesel and a spin-off from the transport work on biofuels has been a successful project with the UK oil-fired heating industry trialling renewable heating oil blends. He is now leading UEA's activity in the Interreg N Sea programme Build with CaRe (Carbon Reduction), 2008-11, that aims to mainstream low-carbon construction.


Dr Keith Tovey, M.A, PhD, C.Eng, MICE - Scientific Advisor - Energy

Keith read Mechanical Sciences at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and completed his PhD at Cambridge. He joined the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia in 1973. During the 1980s Keith’s research interest turned to energy related matters. From 1992 to 1996 he was Vice Chairman of Sub Commission B of the International Society of Soil Science and from 1996 to 2002 was International Secretary of the International Geological Correlation Programme 396: Continental Shelves in the Quaternary. Since 2001, Keith’s research has been largely focussed on energy and carbon reduction. Since 2003, he has been regularly advising groups within the Energy Industries and Parliaments, from Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan, and more recently on collaborative projects exploring low carbon futures in China.