Team
Here is the Element Energy team:
Team Members
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Shane Slater BEng PhD
Shane is a director of Element Energy. He brings multi-disciplinary engineering design skills to the practice. His expertise on energy and the built environment had its origins at Max Fordhams Engineers, after which he led the Sustainability and Renewables group at engineering consultants Whitby Bird.
Shane has responsibility for business development, and project coordination and reviews. He also provides technical input into the development of the services we offer, including: Carbon Capture and Storage; Computational Fluid Dynamics; electronic tools to streamline energy strategies in the built environment; site energy assessments and energy legislation compliance; and technical due diligence.
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Ben Madden MA Msc
Ben is a director of Element Energy. He has extensive practical experience of a range of low-carbon energy initiatives, as well as experience of the project management of multi-partner projects (especially those involving the EC).
Ben began his involvement with low-carbon energy engineering at Whitby Bird, acting as lead engineer and project manager for a range of photovoltaic and low-carbon building projects. Current work focuses on developing techno-economic studies to inform Government policies for energy efficiency and distributed generation, as well as strategic studies for leading industrial players in the low-carbon energy space.
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Ian Walker BA PhD
Ian is a director in Element Energy’s London office. He has experience of a broad range of strategic, analytical and project management projects. He provides advice to national and local government agencies, developers and private companies to inform policy, planning and commercial decision-making. Ian leads Element’s work in the low carbon buildings sector, particularly on the development of site energy strategies for developer and local authority clients.
Formerly Ian worked in the Sustainability and Renewables team of multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Whitbybird, where he gained experience of low carbon building design and engineering of building-integrated renewables installations. Ian has a BA in Natural Sciences and Ph.D in Materials Science from the University of Cambridge.
