Our people

Laura is the Operations Manager at XCO2.  Her responsibilities stretch from human resources and office accounting, to events management and everything in-between.

She has past experience working in a design, sales and support role in an international manufacture and supply company along with time spent studying in an international design and engineering team in Denmark.

Laura’s background lies in design with a BA (Hons) in Furniture and Product Design from Nottingham Trent University.

Ray is a Mechanical Engineering Consultant with over a decade of experience. He manages some of XCO2’s largest engineering projects in the UK and abroad.

Having spent 8 years of his professional career in the Middle East, Ray has extensive experience in designing high-profile buildings and large masterplans in a variety of sectors, from hotels, high rise, commercial and retail through to industrial. He is interested in advanced building performance modelling and energy-efficient mechanical systems design.

Ray counts among his qualifications, LEED AP for Building Design and Construction and Interior Design and Construction, and Estidama Pearl Qualified Professional.

Starting with XCO2 in April 2017, Tom joined as an Associate Electrical Engineer. He leads one of XCO2’s multidiscipline M&E teams, previously heading up the company’s electrical team.

Having gained a Master’s in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Nottingham University, Tom began his career in building services engineering in 2006 and has gained comprehensive experience through working on major national and international projects across a variety of sectors.

Tom enjoys the mix of design based tasks and on-site activities that building services offers, and the focus on new and emerging technologies and their implementation within the buildings of today.

Sara is an Associate Sustainability Consultant with extensive cross-sector experience as designer, consultant and lecturer. Her background includes low carbon and Passivhaus design and construction, Post Occupancy Evaluation monitoring and report, Building Regulations compliance assessment and Energy and Environmental strategy.

A registered architect with a Master’s in Architecture from University of Lisbon and a MSc Environmental Design and Engineering from University College of London, Sara is committed to reducing the environmental impact of the construction industry and creating healthier environments. She is an advocate of Building Performance Evaluation and member of the CIBSE Young Energy Performance Group.

Sara also has a strong interest in Learning and Education and is a lecturer at the University of Suffolk, where she leads the Design Technology module. Previously, she has also collaborated with the UK Green Building Council in the development of the new Learning and Development educational program. She has a passion for travel and has lived in Portugal, Norway, Japan before moving to the UK.

Mark joined XCO2 in June 2021 as an Associate, leading one of the M&E teams. He has a Higher National Certificate in Building Surveying/ Construction Management from the University of Greenwich and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers. Mark has over 15 years’ experience working in the Building Services Design industry undertaking work across numerous sectors including educational, residential, commercial, hotels, sports and leisure, and museums.

Mark has a solid foundation in Mechanical and Public Health Services Design, ensuring current industry regulations are adhered to. He is interested in problem-solving and providing robust, bespoke solutions to problems at hand, whilst trying to tackle climate change by ensuring carbon reductions are at the forefront of design, utilising innovative technologies.

Louise joined XCO2 in June 2021 as Associate in one of our Sustainability teams. She studied Architectural Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark, graduating with a Bachelor’s degree and further completed an MSc in Engineering.

Louise has over 10 years’ experience and is an expert in delivering energy and sustainability strategies, whole life carbon assessments, circular economy strategies, planning applications, BREEAM and other environmental assessments. Working on listed heritage buildings is of particular interest, as well as developing net zero carbon strategies for projects across all scales and sectors.

Louise is a qualified BREEAM Commercial Assessor, Certified European Passivhaus Designer and a Chartered Energy Engineer with the Energy Institute.

Matthew is a Mechanical Engineer with 15+ years’ experience in design, operation, and on-site construction management. He has developed his technical capability in building services engineering through gaining specialist experience in aspects of sustainability and green building design and construction.

His sustainability experience covers building energy modelling and the design, installation and operation of both energy efficient and renewable energy systems to achieve compliance with regional and international green building schemes such as Estidama, BREEAM, and LEED.

Matthew is a CIBSE member as well as accredited as an Estidama PQP, having passed the Estidama Pearl Qualified Professional (Buildings) exam. His project experience covers a diverse range of residential, infrastructure, industrial, retail, leisure, healthcare, education, and pharmaceutical projects for major government and private clients in the UAE and UK.

Having worked on the tools for 5 years as an electrician’s mate,  Marvin found the design process fascinating and completed a BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering with a Building Services arm in 2011. Since then, he has honed his design skill on residential and mixed-use buildings as well as commercial buildings and places of worship.

Marvin’s interests within the M&E world lie in Revit and developing technologies i.e. battery storage and integrated systems.

Nick is an Electrical Engineer with extensive experience in building services design for commercial and residential applications.

His diverse professional background includes solar energy installations for private and commercial use in Greece, as well as electrical design and commissioning for industrial buildings in Saudi Arabia.

Amber joined XCO2 in July 2021 with expertise and a keen interest in building performance and developing net zero carbon and sustainability strategies. She has led on projects ranging from schools and hospitals to residential-led masterplans. In addition to working with clients to achieve their sustainability aspirations, in her previous role, Amber led the ISO 14001 and 50001 certified Environmental Management System for seven UK and Ireland studios and developed new practice sustainability policy to ensure that high levels of sustainability were achieved from within.

Amber has contributed to the Mayor of London’s Good Growth by Design Recovery Roundtables and sits on the Camden and London Legacy Development Corporation Design and Quality Review Panels, helping to ensure high quality sustainable design standards for new development. She has also collaborated with over 100 industry professionals to co-author the LETI Climate Emergency Design and Retrofit Guides, to support the transition of the capital’s built environment to net zero carbon.

Amber holds an MSc in Sustainable Energy Technologies & Management from Brunel University London and BSc (Hons) in Architectural and Interdisciplinary Studies from University College of London.

Originally trained as a civil engineer in Greece, Zach went on to complete a Master’s in Renewable Energy Systems Engineering with the University of Surrey. With almost 10 years of experience in the construction industry, he collaborates with architects and clients to develop energy and sustainability strategies from concept to construction stage across the residential and commercial sectors.

He specialises in detailed thermal modelling and building physics, energy strategies from early stages of the design, renewables feasibility, wider sustainability assessments, building regulations compliance, overheating analysis to improve the design of buildings and reduce energy consumption. Zach has expertise that spans from planning applications and early stages of the design of new developments to new construction and decarbonisation of existing buildings.

Andrew is a Principal Sustainability Consultant who joined XCO2 in October 2022. He is a Level 5 Non-Domestic Low Carbon Energy Assessor (LCEA) and an On-Construction Domestic Energy Assessor (OCDEA).

Before joining XCO2, Andrew’s previous roles required him to manage all sustainability/energy related proposals and to ensure all works were carried out a more than satisfactory standard. Works for each would include energy reports for planning, sustainability statements, low/zero carbon feasibility studies, overheating analysis, DSM thermal modelling and SAP calculations.

Now at XCO2, Andrew has settled in quickly and working in line with the high standards set within XCO2. He has managed energy and sustainability works for projects such as offices (new build and refurbishment), high rise residential,  SEND schools and multi-use developments.

With a background in engineering, Eunice has over six years’ experience in sustainability consulting with expertise in various international building certification schemes (LEED, WELL, GBL), sustainable design strategies, and corporate sustainability roadmaps. She has worked within a wide range of sectors and has helped organisations in their sustainability journey across Asia.

Her passion for sustainability started in Iceland during a study abroad excursion. She has a keen interest in nature-based solutions, net zero concepts, community development, circularity, and social start-ups.

Stefano hold a Master’s degree in Building Systems Engineering, after which he originally joined XCO2 for 10 months in 2014 as a Junior Engineer.  He returned to the company in 2019 as a Mechanical Engineer, after more than five years’ experience within the industry.

His experience includes the building services design up to RIBA Stage 4 and site monitoring of multiple high-end retail projects throughout UK and in the Middle East, as well as commercial Category A and B projects in London.

Stefano strongly believes in the importance of improving the efficiency in the building sector, as a wide definition of efficiency that touches the environmental design, but also the general design approach, the construction phase and the operational costs.

Megan is a Senior Mechanical Engineering Consultant who studied a BSc in Mechanical Engineering at University College Dublin before undertaking a Master’s in Energy Systems Engineering. Megan is a Chartered Engineer through CIBSE.

Megan has worked on a wide range of projects including various residential schemes, commercial offices, hotels, student accommodation and modular projects. She has a keen interest in hotel projects, private island design, and bespoke residential schemes with particular focus on sustainability and energy-efficient mechanical systems design.

She also presented her research on ‘BIM to Building Energy Performance Simulation: An Evaluation of Current Transfer Processes’ at the BS2019 conference in Rome which has since been published as a conference paper.

Angela joined XCO2 in September 2021 as a Senior Sustainability Consultant. She originally studied a BSc in Architecture at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) however, after graduating, realised her interests lie within the sustainability side of the construction industry. From this, she then completed an MSc in Sustainable Design at QUB.

She started off her journey as an OCDEA assessor before moving onto the role of a BREEAM assessor for UK Non-domestic NC projects and BREEAM AP. Since joining XCO2, she has passed the Domestic Refurbishment and the Non-domestic Refurbishment exam.

Angela enjoys liaising with clients and design team members to achieve the best possible performance of assessed buildings. She also has a keen interest in incorporating circular economy principles into projects she is working on and carrying out embodied carbon assessments.

Originally trained in architecture in Saudi Arabia, Farah went on to complete a Master’s in Environmental Design and Engineering with the University College London, during which she carried out her commended dissertation in collaboration with WSP whilst working as a sustainability intern.

She joined XCO2 in November 2018 as an intern and was promoted to Senior Sustainability Consultant in July 2022. She specialises in sustainable building design across the hospitality, residential and commercial sectors and has a good knowledge of the integration of low carbon technologies. Through her degree in architecture, she has the skills to provide advice on passive design principles and integration of sustainability into building forms.

Raquel is a Mechanical Engineer with experience in the building services industry, working within the commercial, residential and retail sectors. She has gained much of her knowledge from her on-site roles.

Prior to beginning her career in building services, Raquel worked in the renewable energy sector, primarily in the high-end domestic market.

Raquel has an MSc in Industrial Engineering, specialising in energy and fluid dynamics and she is an ACIBSE candidate.

Rachel graduated from the University Sheffield with a Master’s in Engineering. As a Senior Mechanical Engineer at XCO2, she has extensive knowledge of designing complex projects from early planning stage through to implementation, testing and handover.

Rachel works closely with the client, design team consultants, and contractors to ensure project delivery, focusing on site-specific complexity, energy efficiency, economy, quality and reliability and sustainability aspects.

Having recently graduated with a BSc in Physics from the University of Warwick, Tomas joined XCO2 in the summer of 2018 as a sustainability consultant. Whilst there, his focused quickly turned to thermal systems and renewable energy production.

Tomas primarily carries out daylight, sunlight and overshadowing simulations, SAP and SBEM calculations along with overheating assessments for residential scale developments.

He believes balance between a theoretical and empirical approach is key to efficient design in built up environments. During his time at XCO2 he hopes to gain experience in developing passive design strategies while also exploring the potential of renewable technologies in a modern urban context.

Jack studied Environmental Sciences at university but gained experience within the built environment on a sandwich placement between 2014 and 2015 due to a keen interest in energy and has never looked back. Jack has worked within the industry full-time since 2017 on primarily residential-led schemes.

He is a keen and quick learner and since joining XCO2 has already expanded his knowledge of retrofit, SBEM calculations, embodied carbon and WLC assessments and Circular Economy Statements.

Jack’s interests are centred within net zero carbon strategies and environmental design guidance; including energy modelling plus environmental and sustainability statements. However, he is eager to bring Passivhaus into his repertoire and progress his understanding of renewable technologies as these have always interested him.

Having graduated his Master’s with First Class Honours in 2015, Aidan went began his career as a Mechanical Engineer following a summer spent organising a music festival in Hong Kong. As an early adopter of new digital design tools, he soon became fluent in all aspects of BIM, from early stage concept modelling, 3D system design with integrated analysis, clash detection, visual programming and the procedures required to fulfil the requirements of BIM Level 2 projects.

As the lead of digital engineering at XCO2, Aidan monitors the quality of our digital output to ensure that we deliver to a consistent high quality across all projects and in accordance with agreed programme and relevant project specific standards. He has a keen interest in the digitalisation of the construction industry and adoption of process technologies underpinned by BIM. He works on both project delivery and the standardisation/teaching of BIM within XCO2.

He is a current member of the CIBSE Society of Digital Engineering Steering Group, working with leads from other consultancies to help to improve the proliferation of digital engineering tools and drive standardisation across the industry.

Angus graduated with a BSc in Environmental Science from the University of Plymouth. After graduating he took part in a 10-week volunteering expedition in Malaysian Borneo with Raleigh International, where he gained experience in sustainable development work such as improving access to education and clean water in isolated communities.

Before joining XCO2, Angus worked within the Building Research Establishment’s Sustainable Products team helping to deliver certification to the BES6001 -Responsible Sourcing Scheme. as well as Lifecycle Carbon Assessments which helped to develop his keen interest in the importance of Sustainable Procurement and Embodied Carbon.

During his time at XCO2 he hopes to gain further experience in developing Whole Lifecycle Carbon Assessments for buildings and believes it is important to always consider other critical issues such as Operational Energy Use and Material Circularity when considering strategies for reducing the Embodied Carbon impact of a built asset.

Sharon joined XCO2 in October 2021 and was promoted to Senior Engineer in January 2023. She graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s in Building Services Engineering.

Prior to joining XCO2, Sharon worked in Dubai for a 2-month secondment which boosted her interest to work aboard and move to the UK.

Sharon’s experience includes electrical design for high-rise buildings, retail complexes, mega-scale hotels and resorts in Hong Kong and Macau.

Alfredo joined XCO2 in April 2021 and was promoted to Senior Consultant in January 2023. He studied Civil Engineering in Colombia before moving to the UK to undertake MSc studies in Environmental Design and Engineering at University College London. He is an OCDEA- Domestic Energy Assessor Candidate and a CIBSE member, working towards achieving his chartership.

He has gained experience in advanced energy modelling and energy performance of residential and non-residential developments (calculations that involve SAP and IES VE respectively), whole life-cycle assessments utilising One Click LCA tool, overheating, daylight and thermal comfort analysis, and energy studies for performance and compliance for planning applications.

Alfredo’s interests lie in SAP calculations, WLC assessments and energy modelling, although he enjoys getting involved in all things sustainability and environment.