Sustainable Energy and Carbon Reduction

I was project co-ordinator for a trial which analysed the impact of home EV charging on the electricity grid. I also produced an advisory report on how councils and electricity lines companies can support EV uptake.

Read the Wellington Electricity EV Charging Trial report here.

Read the ‘Supporting EVs in the Wellington Region’ advisory report here.

Working with people of all ages, community groups and businesses I co-ordinated a display of a ‘low carbon’ Kāpiti Coast in the year 2025 made of Lego to help illustrate how we might meet the challenge of climate change.

We did it! Building a Lego Low Carbon Kāpiti

Practice paper presentation on Lego projects for IPENZ Transportation Group 30-3-17

In the UK, I developed and helped implement planning policies requiring high standards for insulation and other sustainability measures to be installed in new-build homes and existing homes when they were extended.

Highly commended in the 2006 UK National Energy Efficiency Awards.

I provide climate change advisory services to Greater Wellington Regional Council and helped them establish a ‘carbon neutrality’ target and action plan for their organisation working with councillors, senior management and staff.

You can find out more about GWRC’s 2030 carbon neutrality target here.

Kapiti Coast District Council CEMARS certification - Jake Roos with Mayor Ross Church

I led Kāpiti Coast District Council to become the first CEMARS (ISO-14064) certified local authority in NZ, contributing to over a 75% decrease in greenhouse gas emissions and effectively its managing energy and use costs.
Reducing Carbon Emissions, Saving Money at Radio New Zealand.
Read about KCDC’s carbon and energy management programme here.
April 2014 – Winner EECA Awards ‘Community’ & ‘Public Sector’ category.

2017-11-18 Qtown marathon for web Working as a teaching fellow at Otago University, I developed and taught courses on building physics, energy policy and energy auditing. I created the University of Otago Energy Studies online weather data display.
Read Action for Sustainable Buildings – An NZ/UK Comparison.
Read Sustainable Energy in Practice – Ten Years Out in the ‘Real World.’

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