Staff

Simon has been helping people, organisations and policy-makers develop effective responses to the threat of climate change and the misery of cold homes for more than 30 years. He became CSE's Chief Executive in 2002 after two previous spells at CSE punctuated by five years running Friends of the Earth's national energy campaign (1989-94) and senior management roles at Triodos Bank (1998-2002).

He is a specialist advisor to government, academic and industry bodies, including Ofgem, Department of Energy and Climate Change, NICE (Public Health Advisory Committee), and research programmes at Exeter University (IGov) and University of Cardiff.

Simon contributes his expertise across CSE’s work, including: policy design; the social impacts of energy policy; smart meters; community and public engagement with energy issues; fuel poverty policy and practice; social initiatives in the energy industry; low carbon network regulatory policy; financing of sustainable energy; and local authority energy strategy and practice.

Simon is Chair of renewable energy company Thrive Renewables plc (formerly known as Triodos Renewables) and a non-executive director of both Bristol Green Capital Partnership CIC and Bristol Energy Network CIC.

Simon has a BA (Hons) in Experimental Psychology from Oxford University. He is a Fellow of the Energy Institute and the RSA, an Honorary Fellow of the Society for the Environment, and was awarded an OBE in 2011.

simon.roberts@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1441

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Rachel is a leading expert in the community energy sector. She oversees a team of nine staff delivering support for local authorities and community energy groups across the UK. Rachel devised and managed the award-winning PlanLoCaL programme and resources, widely acknowledged as providing the most comprehensive suite of resources to support community renewable energy schemes. She also designed and oversaw The Co-operative Community Energy Challenge for The Co-operative Group including the grant competition, and has played a core role in website specification and testing for websites relating to projects in her team (e.g. PlanLoCaL). Rachel provides overall management for the government's Urban Community Energy Fund, and was previously part of CSE's development team.

Rachel has a BSc in Environmental Science, an MSc in Forest Management and an MA in Policy and the Environment.  Before working at CSE she worked in forestry and arboriculture for 7 years.

rachel.coxcoon@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1426

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Sarah has many years' experience of office and financial management, initially employed by Bristol Energy Centre, the trading company of the Centre for Sustainable Energy in 1993. Together with the Chief Executive, she has responsibility for the financial management of the organisation. She is ultimately responsible to the trustee body, reporting to them at quarterly finance meetings. As one of the senior management team, she is involved with the strategic development of the charity.

Sarah has a BSc in Psychology from the University of Bristol and a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from the University of the West of England.

sarah.frankish@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1444

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Janine has been Head of Development at the Centre for Sustainable Energy since May 2000 and oversees all new project development and fundraising within the charity, from conception of a project idea to practical delivery. Since joining CSE she has helped to diversify the range of funders supporting CSE's work which now span government departments, the energy industry, local government, charitable grants, lottery programmes and consultancy contracts. In 2002 Janine helped set up the Community Action for Energy network. In 2012 she designed and ran Bristol Switch and Save, the city’s first collective buying scheme for energy.

Prior to joining CSE, Janine worked for a range of sustainable energy organisations, including an energy consultancy, the Building Research Establishment and the former Energy Efficiency Office of the Department of the Environment. She has been responsible for producing best practice guidance for new and refurbished housing, designed national energy efficiency schemes and worked on major public awareness campaigns.

Janine has an MSc in Energy Conservation and the Environment, and a BSc in Maths.

janine.michael@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1414

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Ian joined CSE in 2001. He has more than a decade of experience working in sustainable energy practice and social research. His previous role as Senior Analyst covered research into fuel poverty, consumer behaviour, hard-to-treat housing issues and scheme evaluation. Ian’s particular skills include energy modelling, data collection, analysis and survey work.

Ian has considerable knowledge of energy policy, from the legislative framework to the practical on-the-ground delivery. He has been involved in the evaluation of a number of policies, including most recently CESP and the Energy Company Obligation, thus providing a working knowledge of the challenges facing householders and installers.

Ian is a leading expert on the distributional impacts of energy policy and his work in this area include: the development and application of the Distributional Impacts Model for Policy and Strategic Analysis; designing carbon taxation to protect low-income households for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s New Insights programme; examining the distributional impacts associated with UK Climate Change Policies; analysing the impact of the UK-wide feed-in tariff on low income consumers and researching into the nature, prevalence and distribution of fuel poverty in non-traditional homes in the UK.

Ian also has considerable expertise in energy and consumer behaviour, and projects in this area include: managing a trial of the Energy Saving Trust’s Market Segmentation Model; working with the Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE) and the Energy Saving Trust on a project for Consumer Focus to explore measures that might be supported under the Green Deal; managing Climate Change West, a multi-partner communications project to promote climate change awareness amongst the public and managing several studies examining consumer tariff-switching behaviour.

Prior to joining CSE Ian was based at the University of Birmingham Department of Public Health and Epidemiology as a researcher, and also worked as a project assistant at Ecotec.

Ian has a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Science from the University of Birmingham and graduated in 1998. Ian is also a member of the Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes Fuel Poverty Strategy Group, National Right to Fuel Campaign, and Public Utilities Access Forum.

ian.preston@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1422

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Joshua has extensive experience of research in the fields of renewable energy, energy policy-making and energy strategy. Before coming to CSE as Head of Research and Analysis, he was first Strategy Adviser and then Principal Policy Officer with regard to energy at the Greater London Authority, where he was involved in managing and designing a wide range of research and implementation projects around themes of renewable energy deployment, energy efficiency and fuel poverty.

Joshua'­s experience includes:

• researching, collating, mapping and presenting energy and CO2 emissions data for use in the Mayor of London'­s Energy Strategy
• analysing the effects of various energy policy scenarios in relation to climate change
• providing energy expertise in planning negotiations and decisions
• leading on policy input into the development of the Climate Change Agency
• developing, fundraising and managing a London-wide study of the opportunities for community heating and CHP through biomass

A tangible example of Joshua's success in integrating the results of sustainable energy research projects into mainstream work of local energy developers and planning authorities, is the fact that 11 of the 36 London Boroughs now have energy planning policy documents based on work that Joshua pioneered between 2000 and 2005.

Joshua holds an MSc in environmental technology (specialising in energy policy) and a BSc (Hons) in chemistry. He has previously lived and worked in France and the USA, where he researched issues related to petroleum resource depletion and climate change.

joshua.thumim@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1439

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Joshua has extensive experience of research in the fields of renewable energy, energy policy-making and energy strategy. Before coming to CSE as Head of Research and Analysis, he was first Strategy Adviser and then Principal Policy Officer with regard to energy at the Greater London Authority, where he was involved in managing and designing a wide range of research and implementation projects around themes of renewable energy deployment, energy efficiency and fuel poverty.

Joshua'­s experience includes:

• researching, collating, mapping and presenting energy and CO2 emissions data for use in the Mayor of London'­s Energy Strategy
• analysing the effects of various energy policy scenarios in relation to climate change
• providing energy expertise in planning negotiations and decisions
• leading on policy input into the development of the Climate Change Agency
• developing, fundraising and managing a London-wide study of the opportunities for community heating and CHP through biomass

A tangible example of Joshua's success in integrating the results of sustainable energy research projects into mainstream work of local energy developers and planning authorities, is the fact that 11 of the 36 London Boroughs now have energy planning policy documents based on work that Joshua pioneered between 2000 and 2005.

Joshua holds an MSc in environmental technology (specialising in energy policy) and a BSc (Hons) in chemistry. He has previously lived and worked in France and the USA, where he researched issues related to petroleum resource depletion and climate change.

joshua.thumim@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1439

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Toby has been working in sustainable energy research for ten years. As a Project Manager in the Research and Analysis team at CSE, he works on a range of projects investigating domestic energy efficiency, technology opportunities, the impacts of national energy and climate change policies, and fuel poverty. Toby’s main skills and responsibilities are providing technical knowledge, research skills, data analysis and project management.

Through his work at CSE, Toby has developed a strong understanding of an extensive range of national surveys and statistics, covering housing, demographics, public attitudes and socio-economics, and has five years experience of database management using programmes such as SQL and SPSS. He has also acquired extensive knowledge of BREDEM models (including SAP). Toby has a MEng in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham and a PhD in Bioenergy from the University of Leeds.

toby.bridgeman@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1435

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Tom joined CSE in June 2012 to work on the development of the National Household Model, a project intended to simulate the evolution of the UK's housing stock in response to policy initiatives and so enable the development of better energy policy.

Prior to joining CSE, he worked on fleet optimisation software for LNG tankers at Minimax Labs. Tom completed a PhD which mainly looked at stochastic optimisation for routing problems at the University of Bristol's Computer Science department. In his free time he enjoys riding bicycles and making gadgets.

tom.hinton@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1455

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Nicky joined CSE in January 2016. She manages and delivers research and evaluation projects. She is currently working on producing a Warmer Homes and Fuel Poverty evaluation toolkit for use by local organisations delivering such schemes.

She has previously worked on interdisciplinary projects to inform policy and practice and to develop toolkits. She led a qualitative research strand for a project to understand the housing needs of older people. She managed a project for Natural Resources Wales, the output of which was a GIS tool to inform targeting of investment towards improving equitable access to the health and wellbeing benefits of green spaces. She has experience in devising and undertaking qualitative and mixed method research, including use of deliberative meetings, focus groups, interviews, surveys and participatory research.

She has had a particular emphasis on understanding how effects of policy or projects can differently affect different groups of people, including on grounds of gender, disability and age/lifestage as well as on other socio-economic grounds. Nicky has previously lived in India and Mali, and worked on community development projects in these countries, as well as a poverty reduction project in China.

Nicky has an MA in Gender and Development and an MSc in Policy Research.

Nicky.hodges@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1400

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Martin joined CSE as Technical Project Manager in May 2002. Martin's main role within CSE is to manage a portfolio of projects that are technical in nature. These include local authority support programmes, renewable energy feasibility studies and the management of energy audits within the private and public sectors. He also assists in the provision of general technical support throughout CSE. Martin is also a PRINCE2 qualified project manager.

His career experience also includes working overseas for an environmental consultancy in Ecuador, where he worked on implementing pollution control and energy-saving techniques in industry, and initiated a feasibility study on rural electrification using renewable sources of energy. More recently, Martin worked for PV Systems Ltd in Cardiff as a project engineer and was responsible for designing and installing monitoring systems for renewable energy installations both in the UK and abroad.

Martin holds an MSc in Renewable Energy Systems Technology and BSc (Hons) in Environmental Science. He also holds engineering qualifications, having served an apprenticeship with Rolls Royce plc, Bristol, after which he served for three years within the Test Measurement Department.

martin.holley@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1419

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Annette joined CSE in September 2012 and has worked on a number of different projects including a Building Performance Evaluation of Wiltshire Council’s Bourne Hill offices in Salisbury, and a study looking into the sustainable retrofit of traditional buildings for English Heritage.

Before joining CSE, Annette worked as a sustainability consultant within the construction industry for approximately four years. She qualified as a BREEAM Accredited Professional and Code for Sustainable Homes assessor, and worked on a range of projects within the education, commercial and residential sectors. Annette also has previous experience of conducting renewable energy feasibility studies and of modelling the energy consumption of buildings.

Annette completed an MSc in Energy Policy at the University of Exeter in 2011 and also holds a BSc in Environment, Economics and Ecology from the University of York.

annette.lamley@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1415

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Glenn joined CSE in 2012 to work on the National Housing Model. The NHM project's goal is to produce an energy, bill payer cost and carbon emission model of the UK’s housing stock, then to simulate how it would change over time under scenarios defined by energy policy makers and analysts.

Before joining CSE, he worked for three years developing healthcare software at Bluewire Technologies. There, he worked on programs to store and display patient history for hospital clinicians, to alert them to major risk factors, and to recommend safe drug prescriptions.

Glenn has a BA in History and an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Bristol.

glenn.searby@cse.org.uk

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Rich joined CSE in June 2012 to work on the development of the National Household Model, a project intended to simulate the evolution of the UK's housing stock in response to policy initiatives and so enable the development of better energy policy.

Prior to joining CSE, he worked as a consultant within the J2EE practice of EMC Consulting. He has been designing and building system integration, web and internal applications for over 12 years, working across a variety of industry verticals where he has been involved in the full software development lifecycle from analysis and design to programming and managing development teams.

He has a BSc in Computer Science from Plymouth University and has recently moved to Bristol.

richard.tiffin@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1411

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Rachel is a leading expert in the community energy sector. She oversees a team of nine staff delivering support for local authorities and community energy groups across the UK. Rachel devised and managed the award-winning PlanLoCaL programme and resources, widely acknowledged as providing the most comprehensive suite of resources to support community renewable energy schemes. She also designed and oversaw The Co-operative Community Energy Challenge for The Co-operative Group including the grant competition, and has played a core role in website specification and testing for websites relating to projects in her team (e.g. PlanLoCaL). Rachel provides overall management for the government's Urban Community Energy Fund, and was previously part of CSE's development team.

Rachel has a BSc in Environmental Science, an MSc in Forest Management and an MA in Policy and the Environment.  Before working at CSE she worked in forestry and arboriculture for 7 years.

rachel.coxcoon@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1426

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Caitlin joined CSE in October 2014 as an intern in the Local and Community Empowerment team. She assists in the development and delivery of the team’s projects including Urban Community Energy Fund, Green Open Homes and Less is More.

Before starting at CSE, Caitlin undertook a four year undergraduate BA degree in Geography with Study Abroad at the University of Exeter. During this time, she worked briefly for Good Energy in a public consultation role as well as with her student union as a Home Energy Assessor in the student community having been trained by Community Energy Plus.

caitlin.ballard@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1400

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Rachel joined CSE in October 2014 as an intern in the Local and Community Empowerment team. She assists in the development and delivery of the team’s projects including Urban Community Energy Fund, Green Open Homes and WPD Community Chest.

Before starting at CSE, Rachel undertook a four year undergraduate Masters degree in Zoology at the University of Sheffield. Since graduating in 2013, she has worked with the UK Youth Climate Coalition as their finance officer and at Yorkshire Wildlife Trust on the Inspiring People programme.

rachel.haycock@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1400

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Bridget joined CSE in September 2009. As CSE’s Senior Community Projects Manager she runs and develops community energy and fuel poverty projects and provides support for community energy groups. Her work addresses a range of energy issues where a community scale approach is the most effective way to bring about change. Current projects are the PlanLoCaL energy efficiency and Green Deal toolkit, the national Green Open Homes network and CSE’s programme of national support for community energy groups.

Previous work includes management of Warm Streets Communities, Bristol Community Energy mapping, Warmer Improved Somerset Homes (tackling fuel poverty), Levels & Moors Energy (development of community scale renewables) and running a number of affordable warmth programmes for Local Authorities and housing associations.

Bridget has more than ten years experience in project management and development work in the public, private and voluntary sector, in particular with community projects and sustainable development initiatives.

She has an BSc in Environmental Science from Southampton University.

bridget.newbery@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1413

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Harriet works on a range of projects which seek to support community groups, local authorities, planners and young people to engage with sustainable energy projects and develop low carbon policies. These include: supporting groups to integrate sustainable energy objectives into neighbourhood plans; working with English Heritage to produce guidance on the sustainable retrofit of heritage dwellings; supporting event organisers through the Green Open Homes network; and supporting groups applying to the Urban Community Energy Fund.

Prior to joining CSE, Harriet worked in environmental consultancy for four years, specialising in environmental planning. Harriet has also worked with Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming, producing guidance on the role of planning in supporting sustainable food objectives.

Harriet has a Human Geography MA from Edinburgh University, a Spatial Planning MSc from University College London (RTPI-accredited), and a Social Science Research Methods MSc from Cardiff University.

harriet.sansom@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1428

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Daniel has 14 years of experience in planning, predominantly in local authorities. He previously worked for developers Wind Prospect and for Bath & North East Somerset Council, where as Principal Planner he was responsible for most renewable energy planning applications in the local authority area, including negotiating and consenting the first two commercial scale solar farms, and contributing to the development of planning policies on energy in the district. Dan has an excellent understanding of the barriers community groups face when developing energy generation projects, including planning, landscape issues and landowner agreements.

Daniel has a BSc in Global Futures (Sustainability) and Geography and an MSc in Town and Country Planning.

dan.stone@cse.org.uk

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James joined CSE in September 2009 as an Energy Advisor and moved into the position as Project Manager in the Local and Community Empowerment team in 2014.

He regularly provides advice and support to a number of community organisations, typically on topics such as renewable energy, legal structures and funding. He has delivered training and presentations to a wide range of organisations and has considerable experience creating resources for the public under projects such PlanLoCaL and Green Open Homes. Significant projects that James has worked on in the past at CSE include PlanLoCaL, the Local Energy Assessment Fund, Green Communities and the Co-op Community Energy Challenge.

James has an English degree from Plymouth University and a MA in Professional Writing from University College Falmouth.

james.watt@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1424

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Anna joined CSE in April 2005. As Lead Trainer, Anna manages several training (and other) projects and coordinates a pool of CSE trainers across several work areas. She also designs and delivers a range of training courses which vary from half day workshops to long-term contracts providing ongoing training and support over several years. The courses cover a wide range of topics, from basic energy advice for the complete novice to technical energy training, energy auditing, running energy awareness campaigns, project management and funding. Anna regularly delivers the nationally recognised City and Guilds 6281 (formerly 6176) Energy Awareness course on behalf of National Energy Action.

Anna has extensive experience working with a wide range of community groups across the UK on energy/carbon reduction projects, in particular providing support and training on project management and community engagement. She also has considerable experience working within organisations and businesses to set up staff energy awareness and carbon reduction campaigns. Anna led the training and awareness-raising elements of projects such as Our Big Energy Challenge, a three-year project which aimed to reduce energy usage in the Bath and North East Somerset Local Strategic Partnership by 10%, and was a valued member of the Green Communities team, regularly delivering a suite of courses to groups across the UK.

In addition to training, Anna also manages other areas of work, for example the 2012 Western Power Distribution Community Chest grant scheme for energy efficiency measures in community buildings.

Before joining CSE, Anna worked as an in-house trainer for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Anna is an experienced and well-qualified trainer, holding the CIPD Certificate in Training Practice and the Certificate in Education (Post Compulsory Education and Training). She also has a BA (Hons) in Geography and Sociology.

anna.watts@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1423

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Ian joined CSE in 2001. He has more than a decade of experience working in sustainable energy practice and social research. His previous role as Senior Analyst covered research into fuel poverty, consumer behaviour, hard-to-treat housing issues and scheme evaluation. Ian’s particular skills include energy modelling, data collection, analysis and survey work.

Ian has considerable knowledge of energy policy, from the legislative framework to the practical on-the-ground delivery. He has been involved in the evaluation of a number of policies, including most recently CESP and the Energy Company Obligation, thus providing a working knowledge of the challenges facing householders and installers.

Ian is a leading expert on the distributional impacts of energy policy and his work in this area include: the development and application of the Distributional Impacts Model for Policy and Strategic Analysis; designing carbon taxation to protect low-income households for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s New Insights programme; examining the distributional impacts associated with UK Climate Change Policies; analysing the impact of the UK-wide feed-in tariff on low income consumers and researching into the nature, prevalence and distribution of fuel poverty in non-traditional homes in the UK.

Ian also has considerable expertise in energy and consumer behaviour, and projects in this area include: managing a trial of the Energy Saving Trust’s Market Segmentation Model; working with the Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE) and the Energy Saving Trust on a project for Consumer Focus to explore measures that might be supported under the Green Deal; managing Climate Change West, a multi-partner communications project to promote climate change awareness amongst the public and managing several studies examining consumer tariff-switching behaviour.

Prior to joining CSE Ian was based at the University of Birmingham Department of Public Health and Epidemiology as a researcher, and also worked as a project assistant at Ecotec.

Ian has a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Science from the University of Birmingham and graduated in 1998. Ian is also a member of the Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes Fuel Poverty Strategy Group, National Right to Fuel Campaign, and Public Utilities Access Forum.

ian.preston@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1422

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Liz joined CSE as an intern in September 2015, and suports the busy Home Energy Team in providing energy advice to householders in Bristol and Somerset.

She graduated with a degree in Environmental Science from the University of Southampton, during which she completed a research project into the uptake of energy efficiency measures in the home. After finishing university Liz volunteered for a year at an energy charity, giving advice to households on energy saving measures such insulation and lighting, switching energy suppliers and available grants.

elizabeth.adams@cse.org.uk

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Paola joined CSE in September 2015 and is an intern in our busy Home Energy Services unit provides energy advice to householders in Bristol and Somerset. She has a Master’s degree in Human Geography from University of Bristol and a degree in Anthropology from Universidad Externado de Colombia.

Previously, Paola was a volunteer with Bristol charity, Refugee Action, liaising between asylum seekers and the Home Office, solicitors, health services and partner organisations. She was also an advice intern at the Just Ask service in the University of Bristol Students’ Union, helping students in academic, personal or financial difficulties.

paola.aldana@cse.org.uk

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Justin has five years of experience in customer service, mostly in the energy field. He is a qualified energy advisor and joint coordinator of CSE’s home energy advice hub, supporting the advice team and managing smaller advice projects.

Justin’s role includes the provision of telephone and email advice, outreach, home visits, casework and training. He is an excellent communicator, explaining the sometimes complex world of energy and energy efficiency to a wide range of audiences, including appearances on primetime Radio Bristol to promote the advice line. Justin is also skilled in building effective, trusting relationships with householders and partner organisations.

He has played a key role in developing CSE’s work with volunteers, helping to embed them effectively into energy advice service provision. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Natural Sciences (Energy and Environment) from the University of Bath.

justin.lee-gammage@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1417

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Liz joined CSE in March 2005 initially as an outreach worker in which role she spent a lot of time out and about, promoting energy efficiency in the local Bristol community and further afield in rural Somerset. In 2014 she became one two caseworkers delivering our WISH (Warmer Improved Somerset Homes) project in Somerset, and is now based in Shepton Mallet.

In her varied career Liz has held a number of public-facing jobs enabling her to communicate well with people from all walks of life. She has previously worked at NatWest Bank for 23 years, in her local post office, as a learning support assistant at a south Bristol secondary school with young people aged 11-16 who had special educational needs, and even as a lollipop lady.

liz.dagger@cse.org.uk

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Shareen joined CSE as an intern in September 2015 and is working on a range of our Home Energy Team projects. She has a masters degree in environmental science from university of Southampton, focussing on sustainable environmental management.

Shareen was a volunteer for the UK Youth Climate Coalition, engaging local youth with environmental issues and climate change. She also worked for Groundwork/Southern Water as a 'Green Doctor' water and energy advisor, undertaking home appointments and helping householders reduce consumption and manage their meters and bills.

shareen.elnagy@cse.org.uk

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Lisa joined CSE in 2002 and has extensive experience of helping people who live in fuel poverty. Her recent work includes managing the Somerset fuel poverty project WISH, assisting the development of a pre-payment meter switching project, and managing a financial capability project that worked with the Somali community and other BAME groups in Bristol.

Prior to joining CSE, Lisa worked in healthcare; she was employed by Rethink, supporting people who suffer with mental health problems, as well as for United Bristol Healthcare Trust, in a research post. Lisa also has considerable skill working on a telephone advice line for people in crisis.

Lisa has a BA (Hons) in Health and Community Studies obtained at Chester University, and has also gained the City & Guilds Energy Awareness qualification.

lisa.evans@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1402

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Louise joined CSE in April 2015 as one of two caseworkers delivering our WISH (Warmer Improved Somerset Homes) project in Somerset, and is based in Taunton. Louise has built up considerable experience of advising households on energy related issues over the past 7 years. This started with a voluntary role conducting home energy surveys in the West Somerset Area, then working for Sedgemoor District Council for 3 years as Energy Efficiency Officer. Most recently Louise has run a number of energy projects at the Community Council for Somerset, one of which she gained a NEA ‘Heat Hero’ award for in 2015.

Louise has recently completed an MSc in Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales. She has a BSc (Hons) in Zoology from the University of Bristol, and has also completed the City & Guilds Energy Awareness qualification.

louise.evans@cse.org.uk

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Naomi joined CSE as an intern in September 2016 to support the work of the Home Energy and Local & Community Empowerment teams.

She has a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bristol, with a focus on sustainable energy methods. During her degree she interned at Ameresco LTD, an energy services company, focussing on data analysis; and at Crisis Centre Ministries, a charity working with vulnerable and homeless adults in Bristol.

naomi.knight@cse.org.uk

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Kath joined CSE in February 2015. She works on a range of projects in the busy Home Energy Team providing in-depth energy advice to vulnerable householders over the phone, at events and through home visits.

Prior to this Kath gained invaluable volunteering experience at CSE and holds the NEA/City and Guilds 6176 Energy Awareness qualification. She has extensive experience of supporting a wide range of vulnerable people through her previous work at The Open University and Bristol Care & Repair.

Kath.Lindsay@cse.org.uk

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Cora joined CSE in January 2016 as a member of the Household Energy Services team. She has experience as an energy advisor with Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, supporting vulnerable residents and providing tailored energy advice through home visits and over the phone.

She has an MSc in Environmental and Energy Studies from the Centre for Alternative Technology. Her thesis was on the impact of community energy groups on the local uptake of energy efficiency measures, and as part of this she volunteered with Bedminster Energy Group in Bristol.

cora.paine@cse.org.uk

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Erica joined CSE in December 2015 as a member of the Household Energy Team working on the Warm and Safe Wiltshire project in partnership with Wiltshire Council providing telephone advice, home visits and project support.

Prior to working at CSE Erica has worked as a Project Manager at the Environment Centre in Southampton working on various projects supporting vulnerable people with energy advice and practical support and as an Energy Advisor with the Thames Valley Energy Centre where she lead on the insulation scheme. Erica has three years’ experience in communications within local government and most recently has been working with a charity assisting vulnerable and isolated older people.

Erica has an MSc in Environmental Science from the University of Southampton.

erica.planer@cse.org.uk

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Sonia joined CSE in 2013 and has worked on different outreach projects that deliver energy efficiency advice and address fuel poverty in the Bristol, Bath and Somerset regions. Furthermore she has planned and delivered training sessions on these topics to health-care professionals and community groups. She also works on the advice line providing information on the Green Deal, ECO, renewable technologies and more.

Prior to her employment with CSE, she lived in Sheffield and was employed as an energy advisor working on a CERT funded Free Insulation scheme with the local council and also worked as a fuel poverty case worker working on a Department of Health funded project at South Yorkshire Energy Centre.

Sonia was recently awarded an MSc in Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies with the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales, gaining a merit. In her thesis she investigated the differences that insulation measures had made to people’s homes and the likelihood that they were delivering the carbon savings awarded to them. She also has the NEA/City and Guilds 6176 Energy Awareness qualification.

sonia.pruzinsky@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1409

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Karen joined CSE in November 2013 and currently works on a range of projects within our Household Energy Services team. Her role includes advising the public on how to prevent energy waste in the home, as well as working on a range of home energy and research projects.

Karen has a  BSc (Hons) in Biology from the University of East Anglia, a postgraduate certificate in Management (voluntary organisations) at South Bank University and MSc in Sustainable Development in Practice from the University of the West of England.  She has previously worked for charities such as the New Economics Foundation on community participation, and the Women’s Environmental Network on waste prevention. She has passed City and Guilds Energy Awareness.

karen.smith@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1405

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Kate  joined CSE as a senior project manager in  July 2012. She currently manages a range of projects across the West of England supporting householders to reduce their energy use and reduce their fuel bills while still keeping their homes safe and warm. Kate manages CSE’s volunteering initiative recruiting and training volunteers to work alongside trained advisors and providing peer support to older householders. She also manages projects engaging with Bristol's black and minority ethnic communities helping disadvantaged members of Bristol's minority ethnic communities at risk of fuel debt.

Before joining CSE Kate spent ten years in management and development roles running behavioural change projects to reduce waste and to increase reuse and recycling.  More recently she held a development role supporting services for disabled people and managing a peer support volunteer project.

She has a degree in Business Studies completed at the University of the West of England.

kate.thomas@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1429

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Mark joined CSE in January 2008 and spends the majority of his time as a project worker on various fuel poverty and community focussed projects. His roles in each vary but generally consist of home visits to service users; case work; delivery of presentations or training sessions; and staffing advice stands.

Mark also works part of his time as an Energy Advisor in CSE’s Home Energy Team advice centre. This role involves giving advice on how to save energy; information on renewable technologies; how to recycle/dispose of waste; methods of water conservation; and information on what grants are available to improve household energy efficiency.

Mark holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Environmental Studies from the Open University. He has also gained several qualifications whilst working at CSE including, NEA/City & Guilds level 3 NVQ in ‘Providing Energy Efficiency Services’, NEA/City & Guilds 6176 ‘Energy Awareness’ and NEA/City & Guilds 6176 ‘Renewable Energy in the Home’.

mark.tyler@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1449

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Jamie has been managing advice projects at CSE, including the energy advice line service, since 2009. He became an energy advisor in 2002 providing face-to-face and over-the-phone advice to the public, having previously been part of CSE’s finance and administration team. Jamie has a key role in the development of CSE’s Household Energy Service customer database as well developing and updating CSE’s range of advice factsheets. He managed the redevelopment of CSE’s energy advice website www.cse.org.uk/loveyourhome and oversaw the production of the popular ‘External wall insulation – a case study’ video. Jamie has made numerous appearances on local and national radio. He has given live interviews on keeping warm in winter, cutting fuels bills and domestic renewable energy on both BBC Somerset and BBC Radio Bristol. Jamie has appeared on the panel of the BBC Radio 4 Money Box and Money Box Live programmes.

Before he joined CSE Jamie was the Local Finance Administrator for Community Service Volunteers (CSV). Prior to this he worked for Bristol Cyrenians both at a day centre for street homeless people and for several years in residential care, working with adults with mental health problems.

Jamie has a BSc (Hons) Geography from the University of Plymouth. He also has City & Guilds 6176 Energy Awareness, City & Guilds 6176 Renewable Energy in the Home and NVQ Level 3 Providing Energy Efficiency Services.

jamie.walters@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1452

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Lorna joined CSE in Febuary 2015 is a member of the Home Energy team providing in-depth and personal energy advice to vulnerable people in Bristol and Somerset via our advice line and at events and on home-visits.

Before joining CSE Lorna was a volunteer for a range of different organisations including as a photographer for Avon Wildlife Trust, a guide at the Ecohome at Bristol's CREATE Centre, and as a runner for a BBC wildlife documentary production team. She was also a volunteer for CSE itself, gaining different kinds of experience across many of our projects.

lorna.wilcox@cse.org.uk

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Paul joined CSE in December 2009. His role involves developing and delivering CSE’s retrofit schemes as well as testing the key mechanisms behind the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO). He manages the Household Energy Services marketing budget; promoting the energy advice line, advice projects and energy saving schemes. Paul frequently delivers presentations in the community and provides training to partner organisations.

Paul achieved a first class BSc (Hons) in Wildlife Conservation from the University of Plymouth, and has previously worked for charities such as Severn Wye Energy Agency, the Barn Owl Trust and Moor Trees. He has EA/City & Guilds 6176 Energy Awareness and NEA/City and Guilds 6176 Renewable Energy in the Home qualifications, as well as an NVQ 3 Providing Energy Efficiency Services.

paul.winney@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1403

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Janine has been Head of Development at the Centre for Sustainable Energy since May 2000 and oversees all new project development and fundraising within the charity, from conception of a project idea to practical delivery. Since joining CSE she has helped to diversify the range of funders supporting CSE's work which now span government departments, the energy industry, local government, charitable grants, lottery programmes and consultancy contracts. In 2002 Janine helped set up the Community Action for Energy network. In 2012 she designed and ran Bristol Switch and Save, the city’s first collective buying scheme for energy.

Prior to joining CSE, Janine worked for a range of sustainable energy organisations, including an energy consultancy, the Building Research Establishment and the former Energy Efficiency Office of the Department of the Environment. She has been responsible for producing best practice guidance for new and refurbished housing, designed national energy efficiency schemes and worked on major public awareness campaigns.

Janine has an MSc in Energy Conservation and the Environment, and a BSc in Maths.

janine.michael@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1414

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Nick joined CSE in September 2010 and has over 15 years experience working and studying in the environmental field. At CSE, Nick helps to develop our work with local authorities and housing associations, as well as exploring European funding opportunities.

Nick specialises in behavioural and attitudinal research but has also delivered energy and environmental audits, carbon foot printing of organisations, life cycle assessments, implementation of environmental management systems (ISO 14001), energy modelling and mapping projects, statistical analysis and general strategy and policy work.

His work experience includes domestic energy policy research with Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute, installation of photovoltaic lighting systems in rural Nepal with a small NGO based in Kathmandu, community energy work with Carbon Descent,  an energy agency based in central London, and energy and environmental consultancy for Sustain, where Nick led the policy and strategy function within the organisation.

Nick has a first degree in Human Sciences from Sussex University (BSc), an MSc in Energy Conservation and the Environment from Cranfield University, a post graduate diploma in Science Communication from Birkbeck College (pg.Dip) and completed his PhD in the Sociology of Energy Use with Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute in 1998.

nick.banks@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1418

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Ruth joined CSE in 2010 and works primarily on the development of new projects, tendering and grant fundraising spanning all areas of CSE’s work – providing particular support to the Local & Community Empowerment team. She is responsible for several of CSE’s backroom systems for development activities. Ruth also supports the delivery of CSE’s local empowerment projects and represents CSE in external activities regarding community resilience to climate change.

Ruth has ten years of experience within the environmental and voluntary sector, previously working for Global Action Plan and Avon Wildlife Trust. She has a BSc Hons (1st) in Environmental Sciences from the University of East Anglia and recently completed an MSc (Distinction) in Crisis and Disaster Management with the University of Portsmouth, focusing on community resilience.

ruth.cole@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1440

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Phillip has a BSc in Environmental Science from the University of West of England, and six years of experience in the sustainable energy field, focusing primarily on domestic energy efficiency. He has recently rejoined CSE as a Senior Development Manager following a career break. Previous to this, Phillip spent 2.5 years as CSE’s lead on developing and delivering energy company funded domestic energy efficiency schemes, followed by a year as Head of Household Energy services. Before CSE he worked for Sustain developing EEC and CERT funded energy efficiency schemes.

phillip.morris@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1400

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Jonathan joined CSE in March 2008 and works on new project development and fundraising within the organisation. He has ten years experience of project management and fundraising, particularly in the conservation/environmental sector. Prior to joining CSE, Jonathan was a fundraising manager at the Soil Association, working on a range of sustainable food and farming projects, and was most recently at Bristol Zoo.

Jonathan also has a BA in History from the University of Liverpool.

jonathan.twomey@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1412

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Tim is responsible for CSE's corporate communications and publicity, and for the communications element of the organisation's larger projects such as the 100 Ideas House and Our Big Energy Challenge. He was marketing manager for the South West Energy Saving Trust advice centre from its launch in August 2008 to February 2009. He has also worked on the relaunch of the CSE website, and on products and events marking CSE's 30th anniversary in 2009.

Tim has almost two decades' worth of experience in print and communications. He was Publications Manager at the Soil Association (1994-2000) before moving to Greenpeace International in Amsterdam (2001-2003) where he began as Publications Manager before becoming Head of Images, covering print, video and still-photography. He has experience in writing, design, print production, brand-management and image use.

Tim has a BA (Hons) in History and Politics and a MSc from Bristol University in International Politics.

tim.weisselberg@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1425

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Sarah has many years' experience of office and financial management, initially employed by Bristol Energy Centre, the trading company of the Centre for Sustainable Energy in 1993. Together with the Chief Executive, she has responsibility for the financial management of the organisation. She is ultimately responsible to the trustee body, reporting to them at quarterly finance meetings. As one of the senior management team, she is involved with the strategic development of the charity.

Sarah has a BSc in Psychology from the University of Bristol and a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from the University of the West of England.

sarah.frankish@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1444

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Having recently joined the team in the capacity of Office Administrator, Simone brings with her many years of experience of working in a supportive role from her background as an administrator and PA. Simone’s role at CSE is to provide administrative support to the project delivery teams at CSE, and support the efficient operation of the Finance & HR team on a day-to-day basis.

Previous to joining CSE, Simone was employed as an School Administrator & PA to the Senior Leadership Team at a large primary school in East Bristol where her main responsibilities included providing support in order to facilitate the smooth running of the school and assisting with financial management.

simone.farquharson@cse.org.uk | 0117 934 1400

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