Best Practice Arena

Simon is a consultant, podcast host and speaker on air quality and ventilation in the built environment. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM) and Institute of Environmental Science (IEnvSc), he has over two decades of experience in working in housing, retrofit, the workplace and education. He is chair of the IEA Industry Advisory Board for Annexe 5 (AIVC) on ventilation and air quality, advises many organisations and government and has been a leading voice on improving standards in the sector. 

He is also an experienced trainer and author of multiple international ventilation courses focusing on housing and Retrofit.

Cian is Managing Director of PowerTherm Solutions, an energy consultancy that also undertakes the M&E design of sustainable energy retrofits. 
 

PowerTherm Solutions has designed a number of bivalent heat pump retrofit solutions, including several SEAI Pathfinder projects. This experience provides the basis of his presentation today. Cian is a chartered mechanical engineer with 30 years of experience, including 23 years in energy conservation. He is a SEAI Registered Energy Auditor, Certified Energy Manager, and a Certified Measurement & Verification Professional. He has assisted a number of organisations achieve ISO50001 certification.
 

Niall is Group Technical Director with Ecological Building Systems. He is a Certified European Passivhaus Consultant and founding board member of Irish Green Building Council (IGBC). Niall has provided technical guidance on several national standard committees and provides expert input to several working groups with the UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings, UK Passivhaus Trust, IGBC and the NSAI. 
His specialist areas of expertise include building physics, energy conservation, hygrothermal analysis, airtightness, natural insulation materials, and vapour diffusion open constructions.
 

Over 22 years Niall has provided guidance to many award-winning new build and retrofit projects in Ireland and the UK. He has also co-authored and authored chapters for a number of low energy building publications including The Passivhaus Handbook and The Passivhaus Designers Manual. and he regularly provides technical contributions to numerous professional bodies including the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland Journal.  

Richard Linger is a chartered engineer and has over 30 years’ experience in the energy sector. Starting in the oil and gas industry he has worked across the globe on energy related projects. In the UK he helped design the Electricity Trading Market for Great Britain and later worked on large Merger and Acquisition projects for BP and Shell. On returning to Ireland, he was an advisor to Eirgrid (Grid Operator), Government Departments and utility companies on smart grid and strategic developments. From 2013 Richard managed a leading research center in IoT at Munster Technological University and worked with companies in Ireland, China and USA on new hardware, firmware and AI technologies. In 2015 he founded PV Generation Ltd, which is Ireland's leading cross sector (Domestic/C&I/Utility) PV and Battery design and installation company, having installed over 5000 systems. 

His current role is CEO, and he is leading the company on a new phase of expansion in Ireland. Richard provides strategic, policy, technical and entrepreneurial expertise to help underpin delivery of PV related technology across Ireland.